Omid Bakhtar
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
- Animal Virus Infections Studies
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Cancer and Skin Lesions
- Biosensors and Analytical Detection
- Migraine and Headache Studies
- Vasculitis and related conditions
- Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- AI in cancer detection
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
- Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
- Breast Lesions and Carcinomas
- Vascular anomalies and interventions
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
- Acute Kidney Injury Research
Sharp HealthCare Foundation
2020-2024
Museum of Heilongjiang Province
2021
Pacific Rim Engineering (United States)
2020
Scripps Clinic
2020
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson
2015
University of Arizona
2014
Michigan State University
2007-2008
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2008
VA Western New York Healthcare System
2008
VA San Diego Healthcare System
2007
Abstract As SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread and evolve, detecting emerging variants early is critical for public health interventions. Inferring lineage prevalence by clinical testing infeasible at scale, especially in areas with limited resources, participation, or and/or sequencing capacity, which can also introduce biases 1–3 . RNA concentration wastewater successfully tracks regional infection dynamics provides less biased abundance estimates than 4,5 Tracking virus genomic sequences...
Summary As of January 2021, the highly transmissible B.1.1.7 variant SARS-CoV-2, which was first identified in United Kingdom (U.K.), has gained a strong foothold across world. Because sudden and rapid rise B.1.1.7, we investigated prevalence growth dynamics this States (U.S.), tracking it back to its early emergence onward local transmission. We found that RT-qPCR testing anomaly S gene target failure (SGTF), observed U.K., reliable proxy for detection. sequenced 212 SARS-CoV-2 genomes...
Context.— The adoption of digital capture pathology slides as whole slide images (WSI) for educational and research applications has proven utility. Objective.— To compare pathologists' primary diagnoses derived from WSI versus the standard microscope. Because WSIs differ in format method observation compared with current glass microscopy, this study is critical to potential clinical pathology. Design.— enrolled a total 2045 cases enriched more difficult diagnostic categories represented...
Summary As SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread and evolve, detecting emerging variants early is critical for public health interventions. Inferring lineage prevalence by clinical testing infeasible at scale, especially in areas with limited resources, participation, or testing/sequencing capacity, which can also introduce biases. RNA concentration wastewater successfully tracks regional infection dynamics provides less biased abundance estimates than testing. Tracking virus genomic sequences...
To examine whether a significant difference exists between the reported ranges of granular and muddy brown casts in urine specimens using manual microscopy compared with an automated analyzer cohort patients acute kidney injury (AKI).Freshly voided from 25 consecutive who were under evaluation by Department Nephrology for AKI simultaneously examined iQ200 system performed trained observer. We coded results according to number pathological identified 3 × 2 Freeman-Halton extension Fisher...
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) . 2012; 14:618–622. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Resistant hypertension (RH) affects 8% to 30% of hypertensive patients. Blood pressure (BP) reflects the interaction between vascular compliance, resistance flow, intravascular volume, and cardiac contractility. The relationship RH with total arterial compliance index (TACI) has not been adequately explored. period prevalence (RH at baseline or follow‐up) was determined in a cohort (N=156) compared across...
To compare metabolism in the brains of migraineurs during headache-free periods with those obtained from healthy volunteers.Eleven (defined by International Headache Society's criteria) presented spontaneous intervals to undergo (18)FDG PET brain imaging glucose metabolism. The control group consisted 14 volunteers. Comparison images was done using Statistical Parametric Mapping detect significant (P < .05) differences between 2 groups.Two regions increase uptake were identified relative...
Abstract: Background: Gender dimorphism and marital status on colorectal cancer mortality have 9 been previously documented, but the relationship between these factors DNA mismatch repair 10 protein (MMRP) expression is unknown. Methods: Colectomy specimens were reviewed ret- 11 rospectively for patients 2018 to 2023 with demographics including race/ethnicity, gender, 12 status, faith, body mass index, pathologic staging, MMRP status. Statistical 13 analyses performed by using baseline...
Postmortem dissection of the 18-week male conceptus, product intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), demonstrated hallmark findings sirenomelia. The lower legs were fused and left knee was rotated medially. Internal organs showed hypoplastic lungs, a multicystic kidney, unilateral ureteral hypoplasia. vitelline artery absorbed, in classic fashion, into umbilical communicated with aorta at point proximal to iliac arteries. tributaries distal this hypoplastic. This finding is consistent...
Among 1,770 healthcare workers serving in high-risk care areas for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), 39 (2.2%) were seropositive. Exposure to severe acute respiratory virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) the community was associated with being Job or unit type and percentage of time working COVID-19 patients not positive antibody tests.
The objective of this study was to examine the cerebral circulation during spontaneous migraine attacks and compare changes an experimental headache model induced by nitroglycerin (NTG) infusion. This prospective carried out in a tertiary care hospital on migraineurs with or without aura. Healthy volunteers served as controls. There were no interventions. Flow velocity (FV) pulsatility index (PI) measured between attacks. In controls, FV PI middle arteries performed at baseline after each IV...
Summary The maturation of genomic surveillance in the past decade has enabled tracking emergence and spread epidemics at an unprecedented level. During COVID-19 pandemic, for example, data revealed that local varied considerably frequency SARS-CoV-2 lineage importation persistence, likely due to a combination restrictions changing connectivity. Here, we show are driven by regional transmission, including across international boundaries, but can become increasingly connected distant locations...
Background: The effect of gender dimorphism and marital status on colorectal cancer mortality have been previously documented, but the relationship between these factors DNA mismatch repair protein (MMRP) expression is unknown. Methods: Colectomy specimens were reviewed retrospectively for patients 2018 2023, with demographics including race/ethnicity, gender, status, faith, body mass index, pathologic staging, MMRP status. Statistical analyses performed by using baseline characteristics...
Scientific evidence is highly supportive that SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 virus) transferred to humans from animals sold at a Wuhan China market in the November–December 2019 time.1 The World Health Organization (WHO) declared public health emergency January 2020 and on March 13, 2020, President of United States outbreak national retroactive 1 2020.2, 3 At time with no vaccination or therapeutic capabilities against virus, multiple nonpharmaceutical interventions were implemented. Over 10-day...