Nasal carriage of highly resistant methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains by hospital staff in Hazara region of Pakistan by Maria Rukan, Humaira Jamil, Habib Ali Bokhari, Aamer Ali Khattak, Allah Nawaz Khan, Zahid Ullah, Sarfaraz Hussain, Muhammad Ali Syed

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Genetic association study of ERBB4 SNP rs1351592 with polycystic ovary syndrome in Pakistani population by Tayyaba Afzal, Ghazala Kaukab Raja, Maimoona Afzal, Shakeel Ahmad, Nighat Sultana, Umm e Kalsoom

“…Our study aimed to investigate the association of ERBB4 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP), rs1351592 with PCOS in Pakistani women of Hazara region. Fifty PCOS patients and 14 healthy women were recruited and SNP was replicated using ARMS-PCR and sequencing. …”
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Viral load in interferon treated & untreated patients of HCV by Alamzeb Jadoon, Ayesha Gohier

“…RESULTS: There was a significant difference (p≤0.001) found in the viral load of interferon-treated and untreated patients of hepatitis C, but there was no significant difference found when compared among gender-different districts of the Hazara region. CONCLUSION: Significantly higher viral load in untreated patients of HCV when compared to interferon-treated patients of HCV suggest that interferon is still effective against HCV. …”
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Self-Medication as an Important Risk Factor for Antibiotic Resistance: A Multi-Institutional Survey among Students by Shah Zeb, Mariam Mushtaq, Muneeb Ahmad, Waqas Saleem, Ali A. Rabaan, Bibi Salma Zahid Naqvi, Mohammed Garout, Mohammed Aljeldah, Basim R. Al Shammari, Nehad J. Al Faraj, Nisreen A. Al-Zaki, Mona J. Al Marshood, Thuria Y. Al Saffar, Khadija A. Alsultan, Shamsah H. Al-Ahmed, Jeehan H. Alestad, Muhammad Naveed, Naveed Ahmed

“…The current survey was designed to conduct interviews at different universities based on the availability of the students from August 2021 to October 2021 in Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan. …”
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