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BC COVID-19 Cohort
A Canadian multi-province study of COVID-19 vaccine coverage along area-level social determinants in 2021
Reed F. Beall, Jorge Luis Flores Anato, Adam G. D’Souza, Héctor Alexander Velásquez García, Huiting Mah, Fengjuan Yang, Stefan D. Baral, Jason Cabaj, Elizabeth Cooper, Aidan Hollis, Naveed Z. Janjua, Alan Katz, Jenine Leal, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Elissa Rennert May, Kamil Malikov, Sharmistha Mishra, Gary Moloney, Tyler Williamson
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Control Measures on Screening and Diagnoses of Type 2 Diabetes in British Columbia
Bushra Mahmood, Gordon Li, Julia Li,James Wilton, Tricia S. Tang, Héctor Alexander Velásquez García, Stanley Wong, Akshay B. Jain, Zaeema Naveed, Arun Garg, Amandeep Nandra, Naveed Z. Janjua and Geoffrey McKee
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Healthcare utilization among COVID-19 mRNA vaccine-associated myocarditis cases: a matched retrospective cohort study
Naveed Zaeema, James Wilton, Monika Naus, Héctor Alexander Velásquez García, Nathaniel M Hawkins, and Naveed Z. Janjua
AI Application in Public Health
Long COVID Discourse in Canada, the United States, and Europe: Topic Modeling and Sentiment Analysis of Twitter Data
Ahmed Ghassan Tawfiq AbuRaed, Emil Azuma Prikryl, Giuseppe Carenini, and Naveed Z. Janjua
BC COVID-19 Cohort
The Clinical Severity of COVID-19 Variants of Concern: Retrospective Population-Based Analysis
Sean P Harrigan, Héctor Alexander Velásquez García, Younathan Abdia, Natalie Prystajecky, John Tyson, Chris Fjell, Linda Hoang, Jeffrey C Kwong, Sharmistha Mishra, Linwei Wang, Beate Sander, Naveed Z. Janjua and Hind Sbihi
BC COVID-19 Cohort
The mediating role of SARS-CoV-2 variants between income and hospitalisation due to COVID-19: A period-based mediation analysis
Sean P Harrigan, Chad Fibke, Héctor Alexander Velásquez García, Sunny Mak, James Wilton, Natalie Prystajecky, John Tyson, Linwei Wang, Beate Sander, Stefan Baral, Sharmistha Mishra, Naveed Z. Janjua and Hind Sbihi
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events After SARS-CoV-2 Infection in British Columbia: A Population-Based Study
Héctor Alexander Velásquez García, Stanley Wong, Dahn Jeong, Mawuena Binka, Zaeema Naveed, James Wilton, Nathaniel Mark Hawkins, and Naveed Z. Janjua
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Health
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hepatitis C Treatment Initiation in British Columbia, Canada: An Interrupted Time Series Study
Richard Morrow, Mawuena Binka, Julia Li, Mike Irvine, Sofia R Bartlett, Stanley Wong, Dahn Jeong, Jean Damascene Makuza, Jason Wong, Amanda Yu, Mel Krajden and Naveed Z. Janjua
BC COVID-19 Cohort
COVID-19 vaccines and adverse events of special interest: A multinational Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN) cohort study of 99 million vaccinated individuals
K. Faksova , D. Walsh , Y. Jiang , J. Griffin , A. Phillips , A. Gentile , J.C. Kwong , K. Macartney , M. Naus , Z. Grange , S. Escolano , G. Sepulveda , A. Shetty , A. Pillsbury , C. Sullivan , Zaeema Naveed, Naveed Z. Janjua , N. Giglio , J. Perälä , S. Nasreen , H. Gidding , P. Hovi , T. Vo , F. Cui , L. Deng , L. Cullen , M. Artama , H. Lu , H.J. Clothier , K. Batty , J. Paynter , H. Petousis-Harris , J. Buttery , S. Black , A. Hviid
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Risk of Severe COVID-19-Related Outcomes among Patients with Cirrhosis: A Population-Based Cohort Study in Canada
Héctor Alexander Velásquez García, Prince A. Adu, Ada Okonkwo-Dappa, Jean Damascene Makuza, Georgine Cua, Mawuena Binka, James Wilton, Hind Sbihi and Naveed Z. Janjua
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Cohort profile: the British Columbia COVID-19 Cohort (BCC19C)-a dynamic, linked population-based cohort
James Wilton, Jalud Abdulmenan, Mei Chong, Ana Becerra, Mehazabeen Najmul Hussain, Sean P Harrigan, Héctor Alexander Velásquez García , Zaeema Naveed, Hind Sbihi, Kate Smolina, Marsha Taylor, Binay Adhikari, Moe Zandy, Solmaz Setayeshgar, Julia Li, Younathan Abdia, Mawuena Binka, Drona Rasali, Caren Rose, Michael Coss, Alexandra Flatt, Seyed Ali Mussavi Rizi, Naveed Zafar Janjua
BC COVID-19 Cohort
A multiprovincial retrospective analysis of the incidence of myocarditis or pericarditis after mRNA vaccination compared to the incidence after SARS-CoV-2 infection
Zaeema Naveed, Cherry Chu, Mina Tadrous, Areti-Angeliki Veroniki, Julia Li, Isabelle Rouleau, Yossi Febriani, Andrew Calzavara, Sarah A Buchan, Sharifa Nasreen, Kevin L Schwartz, James Wilton, Chi Yon Seo, Nisha Thampi, Sarah E Wilson, Monika Naus, Gaston De Serres, Naveed Z. Janjua, and Jeffrey C Kwong
BC Mix
Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccine Mistrust and Receipt in British Columbia, Canada: Population Survey
Bushra Mahmood, Prince A. Adu, Geoff McKee, Aamir Bharmal, James Wilton, and Naveed Z. Janjua
BC COVID-19 Cohort
COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness by HIV status and history of injection drug use: a test-negative analysis
Joseph H. Puyat, James Wilton, Adeleke Fowokan, Naveed Z. Janjua, Jason Wong, Troy Grennan, Catharine Chambers, Abigail Kroch, Cecilia T. Costiniuk, Curtis L. Cooper, Darren Lauscher, Monte Strong, Ann N. Burchell, Aslam Anis, Hasina Samji, COVAXHIV Study Team
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Risk of COVID-19 hospitalization in people living with HIV and HIV-negative individuals and the role of COVID-19 vaccination: A retrospective cohort study
Joseph H. Puyat, Adeleke Fowokan, James Wilton, Naveed Z. Janjua, Jason Wong, Troy Grennan, Catharine Chambers, Abigail Kroch, Cecilia T. Costiniuk, Curtis L. Cooper, Darren Lauscher, Monte Strong, Ann N. Burchell, Aslam H. Anis, Hasina Samji, COVAXHIV Study Team
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Association of COVID-19 Infection With Incident Diabetes
Zaaema Naveed, Héctor A Velásquez García, Stanley Wong, James Wilton, Geoffrey McKee, Bushra Mahmood, Mawuena Binka, Drona Rasali, Naveed Z. Janjua
BC COVID-19 Cohort
A population-based assessment of myocarditis after messenger RNA COVID-19 booster vaccination among adult recipients
Zaeema Naveed, Julia Li, Monika Naus, Héctor A Velásquez García, James Wilton, Naveed Z. Janjua
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Clinical severity of Omicron subvariants BA.1, BA.2, and BA.5 in a population-based cohort study in British Columbia, Canada
Shannon L. Russell, Braeden R. A. Klaver, Sean P. Harrigan, Kimia Kamelan, John Tyson, Linda Hoang, Marsha Taylor, Beate Sander, Sharmistha Mishra, Natalie Prystajecky, Naveed Zafar Janjua, James E. A. Zlosnik, Hind Sbihi
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Risk factors for COVID-19 hospitalization following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Population-Based Cohort Study in Canada
Héctor A Velásquez García, Prince Adu, Sean Harrigan, James Wilton, Drona Rasali, Mawuena Binka, Hind Sbihi, Kate Smolina, Naveed Zafar Janjua
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines in People Living with HIV in British Columbia and comparisons with a matched HIV-Negative Cohort: A Test Negative Design
Adeleke Fowokan, Hasina Samji, Joseph Puyat, Naveed Zafar Janjua, James Wilton, Jason Wong, Troy Grennan, Catherine Chambers, Abigail Kroch, Cecilia Costiniuk, Curtis Cooper, Ann Burchell, Aslam Anis
BC Mix
The Impact of Mask Mandates on Face Mask Usage During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Survey Study
Mawuena Binka, Prince Adu, Dahn Jeong, Nirma Khatri Vadlamudi, Héctor A Velásquez García, Bushra Mahmood, Terri Buller-Taylor, Michael Otterstatter, Naveed Zafar Janjua
BC COVID-19 Cohort
An Elastic Net Regression Model for Identifying Long COVID Patients Using Health Administrative Data: A Population-Based Study
Mawuena Binka, Braeden Klaver, Georgine Cua, Alyson Wong, Chad Fibke, Héctor A Velásquez García, Prince Adu, Adeera Levin, Sharmistha Mishra, Beate Sander, Hind Sbihi, Naveed Zafar Janjua
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Observed versus expected rates of myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: a population-based cohort study
Zaeema Naveed, Julia Li, Michelle Spencer, James Wilton, Monika Naus, Héctor A Velásquez García, Michael Otterstatter, Naveed Zafar Janjua
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Comparative Risk of Myocarditis/Pericarditis Following Second Doses of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Coronavirus Vaccines
Zaeema Naveed, Julia Li, James Wilton, Michelle Spencer, Monika Naus, Héctor A Velásquez García, Jeffrey C. Kwong, Caren Rose, Michael Otterstatter, Naveed Zafar Janjua, and on behalf of the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Provincial Collaborative Network (PCN) Investigators
BC Mix
Association between close interpersonal contact and vaccine hesitancy: Findings from a population-based survey in Canada
Prince Adu, Sarafa Iyaniwura, Bushra Mahmood, Dahn Jeong, Jean Damascene Makuza, Georgine Cua, Mawuena Binka, Héctor A Velásquez García, Notice Ringa, Stanley Wong, Amanda Yu, Mike A Irvine, Michael Otterstatter, Naveed Zafar Janjua
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Clinical Severity of Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant relative to Delta in British Columbia, Canada: A retrospective analysis of whole genome sequences cases
Sean Harrigan, James Wilton, Mei Chong, Younathan Abdia, Héctor Alexander Velásquez García, Caren Rose, Marsha Taylor, Sharmistha Mishra, Beate Sander, Linda Hoang, John Tyson, Mel Krajden, Natalie Prystajecky, Naveed Zafar Janjua, Hind Sbihi
BC Mix
Cohort profile: the British Columbia COVID-19 Population Mixing Patterns Survey (BC-Mix)
Prince Adu, Mawuena Binka, Bushra Mahmood, Dahn Jeong, Terri Buller-Taylor, Makuza Jean Damascene, Sarafa Iyaniwura, Notice Ringa, Héctor A Velásquez García, Stanley Wong, Amanda Yu, Sofia Bartlett, James Wilton, Mike A Irvine, Michael Otterstatter, Naveed Zafar Janjua
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against hospitalization and death in Canada: A multiprovincial test-negative design study
Sharifa Nasreen, Yossi Febriani, Héctor Alexander Velásquez García, Geng Zhang, Mina Tadrous, Sarah A Buchan, Christiaan H Righolt, Salaheddin M Mahmud, Naveed Zafar Janjua, Mel Krajden, Gaston De Serres, Jeffrey C Kwong Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Provincial Collaborative Network (PCN) Investigators
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Spike Mutation Profiles Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Breakthrough Infections in Delta Emerging and Predominant Time Periods in British Columbia, Canada
Chad Fibke, Yayuk Joffres, John Tyson, Caroline Colijin, Naveed Janjua, Chris Fjell, Natalie Prystajecky, Agatha Jassem, Hind Sbihi
BC Mix
Social contacts and transmission of COVID-19 in British Columbia, Canada
Notice Ringa, Michael C. Otterstatter, Sarafa A. Iyaniwura, Mike A. Irvine, Prince Adu, Naveed Z. Janjua, Samara David, Michelle Spencer
BC Mix
Mathematical Modeling of COVID-19 in British Columbia: An Age-Structured Model with Time-Dependent Contact Rates
Sarafa A. Iyaniwura, Rebeca C. Falcao, Notice Ringa, Prince A. Adu, Michelle Spencer, Marsha Taylor, Caroline Colijn, Daniel Coombs, Naveed Z. Janjua, Michael A Irvine and Michael Otterstatter.
AI Application in Public Health
Tracking Public Attitudes toward COVID-19 Vaccination on Tweets in Canada: Using Aspect-based Sentiment Analysis
Hyeju Jang, Emily Rempel, Ian Roe, Prince Adu, Giuseppe Carenini, Naveed Zafar Janjua
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Geographical concentration of COVID-19 cases by social determinants of health in 16 large metropolitan areas in Canada – a cross-sectional study
Xia Yiqing, Huiting Ma, Gary Moloney, Héctor A. Velásquez García, Monica Sirski, Naveed Z. Janjua, David Vickers, Tyler Williamson, Alan Katz, Kristy Yu, Rafal Kustra, David L Buckeridge, Marc Brisson, Stefan D Baral, Sharmistha Mishra, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux
BC COVID-19 Cohort
Mental Health and Substance Use Associated with Hospitalization among People with COVID-19: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Héctor Alexander Velásquez García, James Wilton, Kate Smolina, Mei Chong, Drona Rasali, Michael Otterstatter, Caren Rose, Natalie Prystajecky, Samara David, Eleni Galanis, Geoffrey McKee, Mel Krajden, Naveed Zafar Janjua
AI Application in Public Health
Tracking COVID-19 Discourse on Twitter in North America: Infodemiology Study Using Topic Modeling and Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis.
Hyeju Jang, Emily Rempel, David Roth, Giuseppe Carenini, Naveed Zafar Janjua