​​​​​​​​​​​​Molecular Pathology Publications​ 2024

October-December

  • Correction: IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic blood donors at two time points in Karachi. Hasan M, Moiz B, Qaiser S, Maso​od KI, Ghous Z, Hussain A, Ali N, Simas JP, Veldhoen M, Alves P, Abidi SH, Ghias K, Khan E and Hasan Z. PLoS One. 2024 Dec 12;19(12):e0315960. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315960

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  • Pneumococcal carriage and changes in serotype distribution post- PCV13 introduction in children in Matiari, Pakistan. Iqbal I, Shahid S, Kanwar S, Kabir F, Umrani F, Ahmed S, Kha​n W, Qazi MF, Aziz F, Muneer S, Kalam A, Hotwani A, Mehmood J, Qureshi AK, Hasan Z, Shakoor S, Mirza S, McGee L, Lo SW, Kumar N, Azam I, Bentley SD, Jehan F, Nisar MI.​ Vaccine. 2024 Oct 3;42(23):126238. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126238

  • ​Analysis of spinal muscular atrophy patients from the spinal muscular atrophy and muscular dystrophy registry of Pakistan. Aziz B, Arif AA, Ansar Z, Nasir A, Hasan Z, Kazi K, et al. Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/22143602241301657

  • SARS-CoV-2 variants induce increased inflammatory gene expression but reduced interferon responses and heme synthesis as compared with wild type strains. Merchant M, Ashraf J, Masood KI, Yameen M, Hussain R, Nasir A and Hasan Z. Sci Rep. 2024 Oct 28;14(1):25734. ​​DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-​76401-1

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  • ​Outcomes of Patients with NPM1 Positive Acute Myeloid Leukemia, An Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Zulfiqar M, Ali N, Shaikh U, Jehanzeb H, Arif S, Saeed N, Khan ZF and Ansar Z. Journal of Haematology and Stem Cell Research; Published on 2024-01-01 issue Vol. 3 No. 2 (2023): July-December. https://jhscr.org/index.php/JHSCR/article/view/88​.


July-September

  • Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates from Pakistan: a genomic analysis. Nasir SAR, Zeeshan M, Ghanchi N, Saeed N, Ghayas H, Zaka S, Ashraf J, Jabeen K, Farooqi J, Hasan Z, Fatima T, Rezwan F, Mahmood SF, Arshad M, Khan E, Ozer EA and Hasan R. BMC Microbiol. 2024 Sep 14;24(1):347.​​ DOI: 10.1186/s12866-024-03491-2


  • Disparities in age and gender-specific SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing trends: a retrospective study from Pakistan. Ghanchi NK, Masood KI, Qazi MF, Shahid S, Nasir A, Mahmood SF, Ansar Z, Nisar MI, Hasan Z. BMC Public Health. 2024 Sep 27;24(1):2629. ​DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19958-w



  • MPN-005 Spectrum of ABL Kinase Variant Analysis to Imatinib Resistance in Different Subsets of BCR ABL1-Positive Patients, in a Major Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan. Ahmed ZA, Shaikh MS, Samra Naz, Hayat H, Ali N​. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2152-2650(24)01384-3.


April-June​​


  • Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus in oral squamous cell carcinoma with or without chewing habits. ​Anwar N, Chundriger Q, Awan S, Moatter T, Ali TS, Abdul Rasheed M, and Pervez S. ​PLoS One. 2024 May ​1;19(5):e0300354.​ DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300354.​


  • ​Efflux pump gene single nucleotide variants associated with resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with discrepant drug genotypes.​ Hasan Z, Razzak SA, Kanji A, Shakoor S, and Hasan R.​​ J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2024 May 22:S2213-7165(24)00095-X.​ ​​DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2024.05.006.​


  • ​Shift in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern from Delta to Omicron was associated with reduced hospitalizations, increased risk of breakthrough infections but lesser disease severity. Mwendwa F​​, Kanji A, Bukhari AR, Khan U, Sadiqa A, Mushtaq Z, Nasir N, Mahmood SF, Aamir UB, and Hasan Z. ​​J Infect Public Health. 2024 Jun;17(6):1100-1107. DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2024.04.025

  • ​​​​Value of 3‑D‑Printed Swabs for Respiratory Sampling and Testing. Hasan Z, Iqbal A, Ahmed I, Khan MA, Jabeen K, Islam N, Khan E and Sayani S. ​Received: 28 June 2023 / Accepted: 24 July 2023. Biomedical Materials & Devices. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44174-023-00120-w.

January-March​

  • Immune mapping of human tuberculosis and ​​sarcoidosis lung granulomas.​ ​Carow B, Muliadi V, Skålén K, Yokota C, Kathamuthu GR, Setiabudiawan TP, Lange C, Scheu K, Gaede KI, Goldmann T, Pandita A, Masood KI, Pervez S, Grunewald J, Hasan Z, Levin M and Rottenberg ME.​ ​Front Immunol. 2024 Feb 7;14:1332733.​ DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1332733


  • ​Mutation Analysis of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Gene in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer for Selection of Patients Eligible for Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy . Ansar Z, Nasir A and Moatter T. J Cancer Allied Spec. 2024 Feb.8;10(1). https://journals.sfu.ca/jcas/index.php/jcas/article/view/569​.​