Publications by authors named "Anwaar Ul-Haq"
Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Pakistan, January 2023-June 2024.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has significantly reduced wild poliovirus cases since 1988, eliminating two serotypes and limiting endemic transmission to just Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- In Pakistan, a single confirmed WPV1 case was reported in early 2023, but subsequent months saw a resurgence with eight cases documented by mid-2024 and over 300 WPV1-positive environmental samples.
- The country's ongoing challenges, such as a complex sociopolitical environment and community resistance to vaccination, necessitate strong political commitment and targeted efforts to improve polio vaccination outreach and address operational issues.
Article Synopsis
- This case report discusses a rare situation where a 9-year-old boy with 1p36 deletion syndrome had a late-onset congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), which is usually detected in newborns.
- The boy initially showed symptoms like respiratory distress, abdominal pain, and vomiting, leading doctors to mistakenly diagnose him with tension pneumothorax before a CT scan revealed the true cause.
- The case emphasizes the need for awareness of late-presenting CDH in pediatric patients, as timely diagnosis and surgical treatment can significantly improve outcomes.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and morbidity worldwide. Many studies have shown machine learning models to be effective in detecting lung nodules from chest X-ray images. However, these techniques have yet to be embraced by the medical community due to several practical, ethical, and regulatory constraints stemming from the "black-box" nature of deep learning models.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe evaluated the effect of lactic acid spray on micro-flora, instrumental color, shelf-life and sensory attributes of buffalo meat displayed under Modified Atmosphere Packaging. Buffalo calf carcasses (n = 12) were sliced into equal sagittal halves, n = 6 halves were randomly assigned to each of four treatments i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Shah-Waardenburg syndrome (SWS) is a neurocristopathy and is characterized by Hirschsprung's disease (HD), deafness, and depigmentation of hairs, skin, and iris.
Objective: The aim of the article is to study the relative frequency of associations in 6 consecutive cases of SWS.
Methods: A review of 6 consecutive patients with SWS was performed to study the frequency of various components of the syndrome.