Kiran Iqbal Masood

Biographic Data

ID7748763
NAMEKiran Iqbal Masood
GIVEN NAMESKiran Iqbal
FAMILY NAMEMasood
SIGNATUREMASOOD K I
AFFILIATIONSAga Khan University
ORCID0000-0002-5391-2834
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Disparities in age and gender-specific Sars-CoV-2 diagnostic testing trends

    Open AccessNajia Karim Ghanchi, Kiran Iqbal Masood et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    The analysis indicates a consistent male dominance in COVID-19 testing, with higher positivity rates in older age groups. Our study highlight the importance of examining demographic characteristics in disease associated data especially, representation of females amongst cohorts

  • Tracking Sars-CoV-2 variants through pandemic waves using RT-PCR testing in low-resource settings

    Open AccessAsghar Nasir, Uzma Bashir Aamir et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    COVID-19 resulted in extensive morbidity and mortality worldwide. SARS-CoV-2 evolved rapidly, with increasing transmission due to Variants of Concern (VOC). Identifying VOC became important but genome submissions from low-middle income countries (LMIC) remained low leading to gaps in genomic epidemiology. We demonstrate the use of a specific mutation RT-PCR based approach to identify VOC in SARS-CoV-2 positive samples through the pandemic in Paki…