By Dr Abrar Ahmad Chughtai

Journal articles

Getaneh T; Homaira N; Kasaye H; Tapawan SJC; Chughtai AA; Lui K, 2025, 'Global inequities in the survival of extremely preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis', BMC Pediatrics, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-025-05933-w

Abiad F; Abubakar A; Hilal N; Ghalayini W; Ghosn N; Feghali R; Jouni A; Baakliny M; Assi M; Sinno S; Rady A; Chughtai AA, 2025, 'Descriptive Epidemiology of the 2022–2023 Cholera Outbreak in Lebanon and Lessons Learned in the Context of a Humanitarian Emergency Situation', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf428

Chughtai AA; Spotswood N; Strunk T; Parmar T; Schindler T; Popat H; Chow SSW; Lui K; Morris S; Schmidt P; Chauhan M; Korostenski L; Sharp M; Resnick S; Thomas R; Stack J; Birch P; Oliver T; Casalaz D; Holberton J; Stewart A; Hunt R; Tan K; Cooke L; Downe L; Davis J; Stewart M; Berry A; Hickey L; Kgosiemang M; Paoli TD; Bolisetty S; Staub E; Greenhalgh M; Koorts P; Jacobs S; Keir A; Collins C; Numa A; Carlisle H; Badawi N; Alcock G; Luig M; Kent A; Dixon B; Darlow B; Fowlie P; Kelly A; Bloomfield G; Buksh M; Battin M; Boom JVD; Miller H; Allermo-Fletcher A; Jacobs C; Rajadurai VS; Lam S; Chambers G; Barker D; Dhawan A; Merida N; Harrison D, 2025, 'Association between Congenital Anomalies and Late-Onset Bacterial Infections in Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Australia and New Zealand: A Population-Based Cohort Study', Neonatology, 122, pp. 95 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000540276

Honeyman D; Gurdasani D; Notaras A; Akhtar Z; Edgeworth J; Moa A; Chughtai AA; Quigley A; Lim S; MacIntyre CR, 2025, 'Global Epidemiology of Outbreaks of Unknown Cause Identified by Open-Source Intelligence, 2020–2022', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 31, pp. 298 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid3102.240533

Zhang P; Raina MacIntyre C; Chen X; Chughtai AA, 2025, 'Application of the Modified Grunow-Finke Risk Assessment Tool to the Sverdlovsk Anthrax Outbreak of 1979', Military Medicine, 190, pp. e59 - e66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae289

Macintyre CR; Chughtai AA; Kunasekaran M; Tawfiq E; Greenhalgh T, 2025, 'The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings', BMJ, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-078573

Gurdasani D; Trent M; Ziauddeen H; Mnatzaganian E; Turville S; Chen X; Kunasekaran MP; Chughtai AA; Moa A; Mceniery J; Greenhalgh T; Macintyre CR, 2024, 'Acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children: evidence for and against causal relationships with SARS-CoV-2, HAdv and AAV2', BMJ Paediatrics Open, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002410

Alatise MA; Narasimhan P; Gbadamosi MD; Chughtai AA, 2024, 'Accessibility and TB patient satisfaction in Nigeria', International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 28, pp. 585 - 591, http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.24.0314

Kalyar F; Chen X; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR, 2024, 'Origin of the H1N1 (Russian influenza) pandemic of 1977—A risk assessment using the modified Grunow–Finke tool (mGFT)', Risk Analysis, 44, pp. 2696 - 2706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/risa.14343

Qureshi MO; Harris P; Jegasothy E; Seale H; Chughtai A; Quinlan M, 2024, 'Transport industry workforce risk and exposure to COVID-19 and other related respiratory pandemic diseases: A scoping review', Economic and Labour Relations Review, 35, pp. 518 - 555, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/elr.2024.49

Chen X; Kalyar F; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR, 2024, 'Use of a risk assessment tool to determine the origin of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)', Risk Analysis, 44, pp. 1896 - 1906, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/risa.14291

Aleem MA; Chughtai AA; Rahman B; Akhtar Z; Chowdhury F; Qadri F; Macintyre CR, 2024, 'Prevalence of influenza and other acute respiratory illnesses in patients with acute myocardial infarction in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study', Health Science Reports, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.2234

Greenhalgh T; MacIntyre CR; Baker MG; Bhattacharjee S; Chughtai AA; Fisman D; Kunasekaran M; Kvalsvig A; Lupton D; Oliver M; Tawfiq E; Ungrin M; Vipond J, 2024, 'Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review', Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 37, pp. e00124 - e00123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/cmr.00124-23

Chen R; Kunasekaran M; Moa A; Lim S; Chughtai AA; Kpozehouen EB; Chen X; Quigley A; Macintyre CR, 2024, 'Respiratory illness of unknown cause as an early signal of the COVID-19 pandemic', Global Biosecurity, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.253

Chughtai AA; He WQ; Liu B, 2023, 'Associations between severe and notifiable respiratory infections during the first trimester of pregnancy and congenital anomalies at birth: a register-based cohort study', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05514-8

Seale H; Trent M; Marks GB; Shah S; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR, 2023, 'Exploring the use of masks for protection against the effects of wildfire smoke among people with preexisting respiratory conditions', BMC Public Health, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17274-3

Nair SP; Quigley AL; Moa A; Chughtai AA; Macintyre CR, 2023, 'Monitoring the burden of COVID-19 and impact of hospital transfer policies on Australian aged-care residents in residential aged-care facilities in 2020', BMC Geriatrics, 23, pp. 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04154-z

Aleem MA; Macintyre CR; Rahman B; Islam AKMM; Akhtar Z; Chowdhury F; Qadri F; Chughtai AA, 2023, 'Association of recent respiratory illness and influenza with acute myocardial infarction among the Bangladeshi population: A case-control study', Epidemiology and Infection, 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268823001863

Chughtai AA; Kodama C; Joshi R; Tayyab M; Paiman MA; Abubakar A, 2023, 'Control of emerging and re-emerging zoonotic and vector-borne diseases in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region', Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2023.1240420

Qureshi M; Seale H; Chughtai A; Jegasothy E; Quinlan M; Harris P, 2023, 'Scoping review of transport workforce exposure to COVID-19 and other respiratory pandemic diseases', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 33

Qureshi MO; Chughtai AA; Seale H, 2022, 'Recommendations related to occupational infection prevention and control training to protect healthcare workers from infectious diseases: a scoping review of infection prevention and control guidelines', BMC Health Services Research, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07673-4

Kunasekaran M; Moa A; Hooshmand E; Trent M; Poulos CJ; Chughtai AA; Heslop DJ; Raina MacIntyre C, 2022, 'Effectiveness estimates for enhanced trivalent influenza vaccines in an aged care summer outbreak', Vaccine, 40, pp. 7170 - 7175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.018

Kunasekaran M; Poulos CJ; Chughtai AA; Heslop DJ; MacIntyre CR, 2022, 'Factors associated with repeated influenza vaccine uptake among aged care staff in an Australian sample from 2017 to 2019', Vaccine, 40, pp. 7238 - 7246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.08.015

Chughtai AA; Mohammed S; Al Ariqi L; McCarron M; Bresee J; Abubakar A; Khan W, 2022, 'Development of a road map to scale up the uptake and utilization of influenza vaccine in 22 countries of Eastern Mediterranean Region', Vaccine, 40, pp. 6558 - 6565, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.09.051

Kunasekaran MP; Mongha A; Chughtai AA; Poulos CJ; Heslop DJ; MacIntyre CR, 2022, 'Policy Analysis for Prevention and Control of Influenza in Aged Care', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23, pp. 1741 - 1741.e18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2022.06.002

Qureshi MO; Chughtai AA; Islam MS; Tuckerman J; Seale H, 2022, 'Examining the discourse regarding the delivery of occupational infection prevention and control training to healthcare workers: A scoping review of pandemic plans of 23 countries', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061850

Kunasekaran MP; Chughtai AA; Heslop DJ; Poulos CJ; MacIntyre CR, 2022, 'Influenza cases in nine aged care facilities in Sydney, Australia over a three-year surveillance period, 2018—2020', Vaccine, 40, pp. 4253 - 4261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.048

Al Ariqi L; Buliva E; Chughtai AA; Barakat A; Kodama C; Khan W; Tayyab M; El Nossery S; Aman A; El-Maghraby T; Elkholy A; Abubakar A, 2022, 'How far are we? National preparedness and response capacities for emerging infectious disease outbreaks in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region', BMJ Global Health, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009826

Ankomah AA; Moa A; Chughtai AA, 2022, 'The long road of pandemic vaccine development to rollout: A systematic review on the lessons learnt from the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic', American Journal of Infection Control, 50, pp. 735 - 742, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2022.01.026

Quigley AL; Trent M; Seale H; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR, 2022, 'Cross-sectional survey of changes in knowledge, attitudes and practice of mask use in Sydney and Melbourne during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic', BMJ Open, 12, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057860

Bahl P; Doolan C; De Silva C; Chughtai AA; Bourouiba L; Macintyre CR, 2022, 'Airborne or Droplet Precautions for Health Workers Treating Coronavirus Disease 2019?', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 225, pp. 1561 - 1568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa189

Quigley A; Stone H; Nguyen PY; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR, 2022, 'COVID-19 outbreaks in aged-care facilities in Australia', Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 16, pp. 429 - 437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12942

Qureshi M; Chughtai A; Seale H, 2022, 'Supporting the Delivery of Infection Prevention and Control Training to Healthcare Workers: Insights from the Sector', Healthcare Switzerland, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050936

Trent M; Seale H; Chughtai AA; Salmon D; MacIntyre CR, 2022, 'Trust in government, intention to vaccinate and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A comparative survey of five large cities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia', Vaccine, 40, pp. 2498 - 2505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.06.048

Kunasekaran M; Quigley A; Rahman B; Chughtai AA; Heslop DJ; Poulos CJ; Macintyre CR, 2022, 'Factors Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Attack Rates in Aged Care-A Meta-Analysis', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9, pp. ofac033, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac033

Islam MS; Tarannum S; Banu S; Chowdhury KIA; Nazneen A; Chughtai AA; Seale H, 2022, 'Preparedness of tertiary care hospitals to implement the national TB infection prevention and control guidelines in Bangladesh: A qualitative exploration', Plos One, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263115

Islam MS; Banu S; Tarannum S; Chowdhury KIA; Nazneen A; Islam MT; Shafique SMZ; Islam SMH; Chughtai AA; Seale H, 2022, 'Examining pulmonary TB patient management and healthcare workers exposures in two public tertiary care hospitals, Bangladesh', Plos Global Public Health, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000064

Kalyar F; Chen X; Kunasekaran M; Moa A; Chughtai A; Maclntyre R; MacIntyre R, 2022, 'An unprecedented global resurgence of monkeypox', Global Biosecurity, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/GBIO.170

Quigley A; Nguyen PY; Stone H; Heslop DJ; Chughtai AA; MacIntyre CR, 2022, 'Estimated Mask Use and Temporal Relationship to COVID-19 Epidemiology of Black Lives Matter Protests in 12 Cities', Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01308-4

Raphael M; Adam DC; Chughtai AA; Kelly-Hanku A; Hutchinson D; Lai YA; Macintyre CR, 2022, 'Poliomyelitis Epidemic in Papua New Guinea, 2018', Global Biosecurity, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.164

Chughtai AA; Najmi H; Jamal SZ; Iqbal MP; Baig LA; Shahid F, 2022, 'SYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE IN A LARGE TERTIARY CARE CARDIOLOGY HOSPITAL', Pakistan Heart Journal, 55, pp. 253 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.47144/phj.v55i3.2325

Bhattacharjee S; Bahl P; Chughtai AA; Heslop D; MacIntyre CR, 2022, 'Face masks and respirators: Towards sustainable materials and technologies to overcome the shortcomings and challenges', NANO SELECT, 3, pp. 1355 - 1381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nano.202200101

Iqbal MP; Uebel K; Islam MS; Jabbour V; Hall J; Chughtai AA; Khan NUS, 2021, 'EXPLORING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES OF AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS REGARDING INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN HOSPITALS: A PILOT STUDY', Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 71, pp. 2236 - 2241, http://dx.doi.org/10.51253/PAFMJ.V71I6.6086

Bahl P; De Silva C; MacIntyre CR; Bhattacharjee S; Chughtai AA; Doolan C, 2021, 'Flow dynamics of droplets expelled during sneezing', Physics of Fluids, 33, pp. 111901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0067609

Quigley AL; Stone H; Yen Nguyen P; Chughtai AA; Raina MacIntyre C; MacIntyre R; Nguyen P, 2021, 'Erratum to “Estimating the burden of COVID-19 on the Australian healthcare workers and health system during the first six months of the pandemic” [International Journal of Nursing Studies, 114 (2021), 103811] (International Journal of Nursing Studies (2021) 114, (S0020748920302972), (10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103811))', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 121, pp. 104031, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.104031

Raina MacIntyre C; Nguyen PY; Trent M; Seale H; Chughtai AA; Shah S; Marks GB, 2021, 'Adverse health effects in people with and without preexisting respiratory conditions during bushfire smoke exposure in the 2019/2020 australian summer', American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 204, pp. 368 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202012-4471LE

Bahl P; De Silva C; MacIntyre CR; Chughtai AA; Doolan C, 2021, 'Towards capturing a database of respiratory exhalations from flow visualisations', 14th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.18409/ispiv.v1i1.74

Bhattacharjee S; Joshi R; Chughtai A; Heslop D; Wilcox M; MacIntyre R, 2021, 'Graphene and nanoparticles coated antimicrobial and biocompatible cotton/silk fabrics for protective clothing', ACS Applied Bio Materials

Bhattacharjee S; Bahl P; De Silva C; Doolan C; Chughtai AA; Heslop D; Macintyre CR, 2021, 'Experimental Evidence for the Optimal Design of a High-Performing Cloth Mask', ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 7, pp. 2791 - 2802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00368

MacIntyre CR; Chughtai AA; Das A; Rahman B; Moa AM; Gan CH; Tan TC, 2021, 'Effect of statin use on the risk of influenza and influenza vaccine effectiveness', International Journal of Cardiology, 332, pp. 205 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.03.055

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