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Sahar Saeed

Queen's University
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Deliberation, dissent, and distrust: understanding distinct drivers of coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine hesitancy in the United States

KH Tram, S Saeed, C Bradley, B Fox… - Clinical infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Despite the availability of safe and efficacious coronavirus disease 2019
vaccines, a significant proportion of the American public remains unvaccinated and does not …

SARS‐CoV‐2 seroprevalence among blood donors after the first COVID‐19 wave in Canada

S Saeed, SJ Drews, C Pambrun, QL Yi, L Osmond… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Case detection underestimates the burden of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Following
the first COVID‐19 wave, we estimated the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory …

Cohort profile: The Canadian HIV–hepatitis C co-infection cohort study

MB Klein, S Saeed, H Yang, J Cohen… - International journal …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has emerged as one of the most vexing health problems facing HIV-infected
persons. Due largely to injection drug use (IDU),> 30% of HIV-infected patients are …

Restrictions for reimbursement of direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C virus infection in Canada: a descriptive study

AD Marshall, S Saeed, L Barrett, CL Cooper… - … Open Access Journal, 2016 - cmajopen.ca
Background: In Canada, interferon-free, direct-acting antiviral hepatitis C virus (HCV) regimens
are costly. This presents challenges for universal drug coverage of the estimated 220 …

HCV‐specific T cells in HCV/HIV co‐infection show elevated frequencies of dual Tim‐3/PD‐1 expression that correlate with liver disease progression

…, G Gyenes, D Wong, MB Klein, S Saeed… - European journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Co‐infection of HCV with HIV has been associated with more rapid progression of HCV‐related
disease. HCV‐specific T‐cell immune responses, which are essential for disease control…

How generalizable are the results from trials of direct antiviral agents to people coinfected with HIV/HCV in the real world?

S Saeed, EC Strumpf, SL Walmsley… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) against hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been
described as revolutionary. However, it remains uncertain how effective these drugs will be for …

Impact of hepatitis C viral replication on CD4+ T-lymphocyte progression in HIV–HCV coinfection before and after antiretroviral therapy

M Potter, A Odueyungbo, H Yang, S Saeed, MB Klein… - Aids, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objective: HIV is known to have a negative impact on the progression of hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection, whereas the reverse remains unclear. We examined the impact of …

Disparities in direct acting antivirals uptake in HIV‐hepatitis C co‐infected populations in Canada

S Saeed, EC Strumpf, EEM Moodie… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… Hull, Brian Conway Drafting of the manuscript: Sahar Saeed; Critical revision of the manuscript
for important intellectual content: Sahar Saeed, Marina Klein, Erin Strumpf, Erica Moodie, …

Staying hepatitis C negative: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of cure and reinfection in people who inject drugs

…, N Luhmann, A Mazhnaya, FL Altice, S Saeed… - Liver …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Direct‐acting antivirals (DAAs) are highly effective in treating hepatitis
C. However, there is concern that cure rates may be lower, and reinfection rates higher, …

Linkage and retention in HCV care for HIV‐infected populations: early data from the DAA era

…, M van der Valk, MB Klein, S Saeed… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction There is currently no published data on the effectiveness of DAA treatment for
elimination of HCV infection in HIV ‐infected populations at a population level. However, a …