Publications by authors named "Sara H Agwa"
Article Synopsis
- Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is a serious, chronic infection that often shows no symptoms, making early detection crucial for treatment and infection control.
- Current detection methods like PCR are expensive and time-consuming, which limits their use in smaller labs and field settings.
- A new technology using crosslinked Enhanced Emission (CEE) has been developed for detecting HCV RNA with high sensitivity and speed, allowing results in under 20 minutes via a 3D-printed microfluidic chip, achieving impressive sensitivity (96.47%) and specificity (98.79%).
Article Synopsis
- A lot of money has been spent on studying the COVID-19 virus in Africa, leading to over 100,000 virus samples being analyzed to understand the spread of the disease.
- *More countries in Africa are now able to do these studies themselves, which helps them get results faster and keep a close watch on the virus.
- *To keep fighting COVID and other diseases, more funding and support for testing and research in Africa is really important for the future.
COVID-19 in Children With Cancer: A Single Low-Middle Income Center Experience.
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol
November 2021
Background: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) could be associated with morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised children.
Objective: The objective of this study was to measure the frequency of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among hospitalized children with cancer and to detect the associated clinical manifestations and outcomes.
Methodology: A prospective noninterventional study including all hospitalized children with cancer conducted between mid-April and mid-June 2020 in Ain Shams University Hospital, Egypt.
Background Hepatitis C virus infection is one of the major causes of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide. IL28B gene polymorphism has a direct relation to the response of interferon-based regimens. However, the effect of IL28B gene polymorphism on efficacy of the new direct acting antivirals used in treatment of chronic hepatitis C Egyptian patients hasn't been studied yet.
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