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  1. Article ; Online: The cancellation of mass gatherings (MGs)? Decision making in the time of COVID-19.

    Ahmed, Qanta A / Memish, Ziad A

    Travel medicine and infectious disease

    2020  Volume 34, Page(s) 101631

    Abstract: Our recommendation, as experts who have monitored health hazards at the Hajj for over 15 years, especially if the situation with COVID-19 continues to escalate globally is that Hajj 2020 will be at risk of being suspended and a means for Muslims to ... ...

    Abstract Our recommendation, as experts who have monitored health hazards at the Hajj for over 15 years, especially if the situation with COVID-19 continues to escalate globally is that Hajj 2020 will be at risk of being suspended and a means for Muslims to fulfill their rights in the future either personally or even by proxy need to be announced. The same holds true for the Summer 2020 Olympics in Japan and for many other MGs and large gatherings. Decisions in the time of COVID-19 will be closely followed and will be a blueprint for other mass gatherings.
    MeSH term(s) Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; China ; Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control ; Crowding ; Decision Making ; Humans ; Islam ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Saudi Arabia ; Sports ; Tokyo ; Travel
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-03-14
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2170891-5
    ISSN 1873-0442 ; 1477-8939
    ISSN (online) 1873-0442
    ISSN 1477-8939
    DOI 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101631
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  2. Article ; Online: The cancellation of mass gatherings (MGs)? Decision making in the time of COVID-19

    Ahmed, Qanta A. / Memish, Ziad A.

    Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

    2020  Volume 34, Page(s) 101631

    Keywords Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ; Infectious Diseases ; covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Elsevier BV
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    ZDB-ID 2170891-5
    ISSN 1873-0442 ; 1477-8939
    ISSN (online) 1873-0442
    ISSN 1477-8939
    DOI 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101631
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  3. Article: The cancellation of mass gatherings (MGs)? Decision making in the time of COVID-19

    Ahmed, Qanta A / Memish, Ziad A

    Travel Med Infect Dis

    Abstract: Our recommendation, as experts who have monitored health hazards at the Hajj for over 15 years, especially if the situation with COVID-19 continues to escalate globally is that Hajj 2020 will be at risk of being suspended and a means for Muslims to ... ...

    Abstract Our recommendation, as experts who have monitored health hazards at the Hajj for over 15 years, especially if the situation with COVID-19 continues to escalate globally is that Hajj 2020 will be at risk of being suspended and a means for Muslims to fulfill their rights in the future either personally or even by proxy need to be announced. The same holds true for the Summer 2020 Olympics in Japan and for many other MGs and large gatherings. Decisions in the time of COVID-19 will be closely followed and will be a blueprint for other mass gatherings.
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher WHO
    Document type Article
    Note WHO #Covidence: #8338
    Database COVID19

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  4. Article: Zika in Singapore: implications for Saudi Arabia.

    Ahmed, Qanta A / Memish, Ziad A

    Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit

    2017  Volume 23, Issue 4, Page(s) 311–313

    MeSH term(s) Communicable Diseases, Imported/epidemiology ; Communicable Diseases, Imported/prevention & control ; Humans ; Islam ; Mosquito Vectors ; Saudi Arabia/epidemiology ; Singapore/epidemiology ; Zika Virus Infection/epidemiology ; Zika Virus Infection/prevention & control
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-06-14
    Publishing country Egypt
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1291071-5
    ISSN 1687-1634 ; 1020-3397
    ISSN (online) 1687-1634
    ISSN 1020-3397
    DOI 10.26719/2017.23.4.311
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  5. Article ; Online: From the "Madding Crowd" to mass gatherings-religion, sport, culture and public health.

    Ahmed, Qanta A / Memish, Ziad A

    Travel medicine and infectious disease

    2018  Volume 28, Page(s) 91–97

    Abstract: Human behavior has long engaged in collective behavior assembling in crowds. The Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land has been recorded since the 4th century, while the Hajj, Islam's great pilgrimage, has existed for fourteen centuries, of which a body ... ...

    Abstract Human behavior has long engaged in collective behavior assembling in crowds. The Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land has been recorded since the 4th century, while the Hajj, Islam's great pilgrimage, has existed for fourteen centuries, of which a body of literature devoted to the travelogues of the Hajj has been recorded for over ten centuries. Football is a sport played worldwide by more than 1.5 million teams and in 300,000 clubs. Most however play outside of the officially organized sphere: more than 4 percent of the global population plays football, including 270 million amateur players. Assembling for specific events is a uniquely human behavior, though the formal study of crowds did not begin until the mid-Twentieth Century. Today Mass Gathering Medicine focuses on the public health challenges to hosting events attended by a large enough number of people, at a specific site, for a defined period of time, likely to strain both the planning and response to the mass gathering of a community, state, or nation. All of us can recall attending a mass gathering, whether it be watching one's favorite rock group in performance or assembling for religious pilgrimage. Certainly, the event itself is transporting and transforming and the unison of behaviors and activities can be enormously enriching, uplifting and overwhelming, just as much as they may be at times dangerous and high risk. This review seeks to draw contrasts and comparisons between sporting gatherings and religious gatherings with a chief focus on Hajj, among the largest of all mass gatherings today. We will find there are some powerful similarities as well as stark differences. Each bequeaths a legacy which can inform the other and, as we make our observations, we join with you and the legions of other investigators who continue to remain fascinated and enthralled by mass gatherings which are among the most beloved and beholden events of modern humanity.
    MeSH term(s) Crowding ; Humans ; Public Health ; Religion ; Sports
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-06-04
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2170891-5
    ISSN 1873-0442 ; 1477-8939
    ISSN (online) 1873-0442
    ISSN 1477-8939
    DOI 10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.06.001
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  6. Article ; Online: From Hajj services to Mass Gathering Medicine: Saudi Arabia formalizes a novel discipline.

    Ahmed, Qanta A / Ebrahim, Shahul / Memish, Ziad A

    Travel medicine and infectious disease

    2018  Volume 28, Page(s) 105–106

    MeSH term(s) Crowding ; Humans ; Islam ; Public Health/trends ; Saudi Arabia ; Travel ; Travel Medicine/education ; Travel Medicine/trends
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-07-18
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 2170891-5
    ISSN 1873-0442 ; 1477-8939
    ISSN (online) 1873-0442
    ISSN 1477-8939
    DOI 10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.07.007
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  7. Article ; Online: Transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation to treat central sleep apnoea in patients with heart failure may improve sleep, quality of life, and symptoms.

    Hill, Loreena / Meyer, Timothy / McKane, Scott / Lainscak, Mitja / Ahmed, Qanta A

    European journal of cardiovascular nursing

    2022  Volume 22, Issue 5, Page(s) 489–497

    Abstract: Aims: Sleep disorder breathing is an important non-cardiovascular comorbidity in patients with heart failure (HF). However, central sleep apnoea (CSA) remains poorly diagnosed and treated. This post hoc analysis examined symptoms and quality of life in ... ...

    Abstract Aims: Sleep disorder breathing is an important non-cardiovascular comorbidity in patients with heart failure (HF). However, central sleep apnoea (CSA) remains poorly diagnosed and treated. This post hoc analysis examined symptoms and quality of life in patients with CSA and HF following 12 months of transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation (TPNS) therapy.
    Methods and results: Patients enrolled in the remedē System Pivotal trial were invited to complete self-reported questionnaires. Symptoms and responses to three validated questionnaires were examined. Percentage of patients noting an impairment was calculated at baseline. At 12 months, % of patients experiencing improvement, no change, or worsening was calculated. Shifts from symptom presence at baseline to absence at 12 months were assessed for those symptoms experienced by ≥50% of patients at baseline. Seventy-five patients were included. Most frequently reported symptoms were fatigue and daytime sleepiness. Following 12 months of TPNS, a variety of subjective improvements were observed; 45% of patients indicating cessation of daytime sleepiness, 44% cessation of fatigue/weakness, and 52% no longer having difficulty falling/staying asleep. Specific questions related to tiredness/fatigue, motivation, and chance of dozing provided an insight into potential areas of improvement. Furthermore, at least 60% of patients reported resolution of insomnia/fragmented sleep and snoring on therapy.
    Conclusion: Adult patients with CSA and HF experience distressing symptoms and limitations. Transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation was found to improve many of these. Awareness of key symptoms or limitations patients experience can be used to inform the development of a CSA-specific patient questionnaire to identify CSA sooner and aid treatment decisions.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Treatment Outcome ; Sleep Apnea, Central/complications ; Sleep Apnea, Central/therapy ; Sleep Apnea, Central/diagnosis ; Phrenic Nerve/physiology ; Quality of Life ; Sleep ; Disorders of Excessive Somnolence ; Heart Failure/complications ; Heart Failure/therapy ; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders ; Fatigue
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-31
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2151245-0
    ISSN 1873-1953 ; 1474-5151
    ISSN (online) 1873-1953
    ISSN 1474-5151
    DOI 10.1093/eurjcn/zvac086
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  8. Article ; Online: The public health planners' perfect storm: Hurricane Matthew and Zika virus.

    Ahmed, Qanta A / Memish, Ziad A

    Travel medicine and infectious disease

    2017  Volume 15, Page(s) 63–66

    Abstract: Hurricane Matthew threatened to be one of the most powerful Hurricanes to hit the United States in a century. Fortunately, it avoided making landfall on Florida, the eye of the Hurricane remaining centered 40 miles off the Florida coast. Even so it has ... ...

    Abstract Hurricane Matthew threatened to be one of the most powerful Hurricanes to hit the United States in a century. Fortunately, it avoided making landfall on Florida, the eye of the Hurricane remaining centered 40 miles off the Florida coast. Even so it has resulted in over $7 Billion USD in damage according to initial estimates with much of the damage ongoing in severe flooding. Response to and recovery from Hurricane Matthew challenged Florida's public health services and resources just as emergency Zika-specific congressional funding to combat Zika outbreaks in Florida had become available. Hurricanes can disrupt the urban environment in a way that increases the likelihood of vector-borne illnesses and their aftermath can severely strain the very infectious disease and infection control academe needed to combat vector-borne outbreaks. This commentary attempts to examine the challenges posed by Hurricane Matthew in Florida's efforts to contain Zika.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Communicable Disease Control ; Cyclonic Storms ; Disasters ; Disease Outbreaks ; Disease Vectors ; Florida/epidemiology ; Humans ; Public Health ; Relief Work ; United States/epidemiology ; Zika Virus Infection/epidemiology ; Zika Virus Infection/prevention & control ; Zika Virus Infection/transmission
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-01
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2170891-5
    ISSN 1873-0442 ; 1477-8939
    ISSN (online) 1873-0442
    ISSN 1477-8939
    DOI 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.12.004
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  9. Article ; Online: Hajj 2016: Required vaccinations, crowd control, novel wearable tech and the Zika threat.

    Ahmed, Qanta A / Memish, Ziad A

    Travel medicine and infectious disease

    2016  Volume 14, Issue 5, Page(s) 429–432

    MeSH term(s) Crowding ; Electronics/instrumentation ; Humans ; Islam ; Mass Behavior ; Medical Records ; Travel ; Vaccination ; Zika Virus ; Zika Virus Infection/prevention & control ; Zika Virus Infection/transmission ; Zika Virus Infection/virology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-09
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 2170891-5
    ISSN 1873-0442 ; 1477-8939
    ISSN (online) 1873-0442
    ISSN 1477-8939
    DOI 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.09.007
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  10. Article ; Online: Hajj 2016: Under the shadow of global Zika spread.

    Ahmed, Qanta A / Kattan, Rana F / Memish, Ziad A

    American journal of infection control

    2016  Volume 44, Issue 12, Page(s) 1449–1450

    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-12-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 392362-9
    ISSN 1527-3296 ; 0196-6553
    ISSN (online) 1527-3296
    ISSN 0196-6553
    DOI 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.09.002
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