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Genomic and clinical epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Lebanon: a prospective multicenter study 2020–2024
Virus 7 min.
In December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 emerged in Wuhan, China and quickly became a global public health emergency with significant morbidity and mortality [1, 2]. It has become a major etiologic agent of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and is associated with severe manifestations such as pneumonia and...
HPV persistence and CIN2 + Detection in women with normal cytology and Non-16/18 High-Risk HPV positivity
Virus 4 min.
Cervical cancer is the eighth most common cancer among women in Türkiye, with an incidence rate of 4.7 per 100,000 in 2025, according to data released by the Cancer Department of the Turkish Ministry of Health [1]. Persistant human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is responsible for cervical cancer...
Shifting patterns of pediatric respiratory viruses during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a retrospective observational study
Virus 4 min.
Respiratory tract infections are the most common acute infectious diseases worldwide and cause significant mortality and morbidity, particularly in childhood [1]. It is considered normal for a child under the age of five to experience approximately four to five episodes of acute respiratory infections...
Molecular, immunological and oncogenic mechanisms of cervical cancer mediated by HPV/HIV co-infection, clinical implication and management
Virus 6 min.
Cervical cancer is one of the most common malignancies affecting women globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. It arises through a well-characterized multistep process known as cervical carcinogenesis, which is initiated by persistent infection with high-risk human papillomavirus...
