Publications

GBD 2021 Nervous System Disorders Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Neurol. 2024;23(4):344-381. DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(24)00038-3

GBD 2021 Stroke Risk Factor Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Neurol. 2024;23(10):973-1003. DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(24)00369-7

GBD 2021 Tobacco Forecasting Collaborators. Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Public Health. 2024;9(10):e729-e744. DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(24)00166-x

GBD 2021 Tuberculosis Collaborators. Global, regional, and national age-specific progress towards the 2020 milestones of the WHO End TB Strategy: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024;24(7):698-725. DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(24)00007-0

Mohamed N.S, Ali Y, Siddig E.E, Ahmed A. Assessment of the COVID-19 surveillance system in Sudan: performance, limitations, and recommendations. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024;111(5):1093-1096. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0624

Rashidi M.M, Saeedi Moghaddam S, Azadnajafabad S, Mohammadi E, Khalaji A, Malekpour M.R, Keykhaei M, Rezaei N, Esfahani Z, Rezaei N, Mokdad A.H, Murray C.J.L, Naghavi M, Larijani B, Farzadfar F, GBD 2019 NAME Kidney Dysfunction Risk Factor Collaborators. Mortality and disability-adjusted life years in North Africa and Middle East attributed to kidney dysfunction: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Clin Kidney J. 2024;17(1):1-13. DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfad279

Rubuga F.K, Ahmed A, Siddig E, Sera F, Moirano G, Aimable M, Albert T, Gallican N.R, Nebié E.I, Kitema G.F, Vounatsou P, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Potential impact of climatic factors on malaria in Rwanda between 2012 and 2021: a time-series analysis. Malar J. 2024;23:274. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-024-05097-5

Rubuga F.K, Moraga P, Ahmed A, Siddig E, Remera E, Moirano G, Cissé G, Utzinger J. Spatio-temporal dynamics of malaria in Rwanda between 2012 and 2022: a demography-specific analysis. Infect Dis Poverty. 2024;13:67. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-024-01237-w

Siddig E.E, Ahmed A. A diagnostic challenge of tongue botryomycosis miming mycetoma: a case report. Skin Health Dis. 2024;4(5):e433. DOI: 10.1002/ski2.433

Siddig E.E, Aradaib I.E, Ahmed A. A study of case management challenge for black grain eumycetoma during the ongoing war in Sudan. Clin Case Rep. 2024;12(9):e9438. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.9438

Siddig E.E, Mohamed N.S, Ahmed A. Severe coinfection of dengue and malaria: a case report. Clin Case Rep. 2024;12(6):e9079. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.9079

Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study, GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators. Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by glaucoma: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020. Eye (Lond). 2024;38(11):2036-2046. DOI: 10.1038/s41433-024-02995-5

Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study, GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators. Publisher correction: Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by cataract: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020. Eye (Lond). 2024;38(11):2229-2231. DOI: 10.1038/s41433-024-03161-7

Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study, GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators. Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by Uncorrected Refractive Error: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020. Eye (Lond). 2024;38(11):2083-2101. DOI: 10.1038/s41433-024-03106-0

Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study, GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators. Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by diabetic retinopathy: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020. Eye (Lond). 2024;38(11):2047-2057. DOI: 10.1038/s41433-024-03101-5

Abdallah A.T.H, Abdelkhalig R.E, Hamid E, Ahmed A, Siddig E.E. Unusual manifestation of cystic mycetoma lesions: a case report. Clin Case Rep. 2023;11(10):e8054. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.8054

Abdallah A.T.H, Abdelkhalig R.E, Hamid E, Ahmed A, Siddig E.E. Recurrent abdominal wall mass in a hepatitis B-positive male: an unusual case of lumbar mycetoma. Clin Case Rep. 2023;11(12):e8275. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.8275

Ahmed A, El-Amin R, Musa A.M, Elsayed M.A, Fahal L.A, Ahmed E.S, Ali Y, Nébié I.E, Mohamed N.S, Zinsstag J, Siddig E.E, El-Sadig S.M. Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with COVID-19 infection: a case series. Clin Case Rep. 2023;11(2):e6988. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.6988

Ahmed A, El-Sadig S.M, Eltigani H.F, Bongomin F, Siddig E.E. The first Helicobacter pylori-induced Guillain-Barré syndrome in Sudan. Clin Case Rep. 2023;11(11):e8204. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.8204

Ahmed A, El-Sadig S.M, Siddig E.E. Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with hepatitis E virus infection: a case report. Clin Case Rep. 2023;11(9):e7863. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.7863

Ahmed A, Hagelnur A.A, Eltigani H.F, Siddig E.E. Cutaneous tuberculosis of the foot clinically mimicking mycetoma: a case report. Clin Case Rep. 2023;11(5):e7295. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.7295

Ahmed A, Hemaida M.A, Hagelnur A.A, Eltigani H.F, Siddig E.E. Sudden emergence and spread of cutaneous larva migrans in Sudan: a case series calls for urgent actions. IDCases. 2023;32:e01789. DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01789

Alfadul E.S.A, Alrawa S.S, Eltigani H.F, Ahmed A, Siddig E.E. The unraveling of Sudan's health system: catastrophic consequences of ongoing conflict. Med Confl Surviv. 2023;39(4):364-368. DOI: 10.1080/13623699.2023.2253059

Ali Y, Siddig E.E, Mohamed N, Ahmed A. Rift Valley fever and malaria co-infection: a case report. Clin Case Rep. 2023;11(9):e7926. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.7926

El-Sadig S.M, El-Amin S.O, El-Amin R.O, Siddig E.E, Ahmed A. Humanitarian crisis in Sudan: the collapsed health system threats the public and global health. QJM. 2023;116(9):810. DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcad085

GBD 2019 Chronic Respiratory Diseases Collaborators. Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990-2019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. EClinicalMedicine. 2023;59:101936. DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101936

GBD 2019 Europe Hepatitis B & C Collaborators. Hepatitis B and C in Europe: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Public Health. 2023;8(9):e701-e716. DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(23)00149-4

GBD 2019 IMID Collaborators. Global, regional, and national incidence of six major immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. EClinicalMedicine. 2023;64:102193. DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102193

GBD 2019 Meningitis Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis and its aetiologies, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Neurol. 2023;22(8):685-711. DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(23)00195-3

GBD 2021 Anaemia Collaborators. Prevalence, years lived with disability, and trends in anaemia burden by severity and cause, 1990-2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Haematol. 2023;10(9):e713-e734. DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3026(23)00160-6

GBD 2021 Diabetes Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 2023;402(10397):203-234. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)01301-6

Hamad M.N, Mohamed F.I, Osman M.M, Jadid A.A, Abdalrhman I.K, Yousif A.M, Alabid T, Edris A.M.M, Mohamed N.S, Siddig E.E, Ahmed A. Molecular detection of Epstein-Barr virus among Sudanese patients diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. BMC Res Notes. 2023;16:283. DOI: 10.1186/s13104-023-06399-8

Hemming-Schroeder E, Ahmed A. Anopheles stephensi in Africa: vector control opportunities for cobreeding An. stephensi and Aedes arbovirus vectors. Trends Parasitol. 2023;39(2):86-90. DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.11.011

Mensah G.A, Fuster V, Murray C.J.L, Roth G.A, Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks Collaborators. Global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risks, 1990-2022. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023;82(25):2350-2473. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.11.007

Siddig E.E, Ahmed A, Eltigani H.F, Bakhiet S.M, van de Sande W.W.J, Fahal A.H. The first case of Fusarium falciforme eumycetoma in Sudan and an extensive literature review about treatment worldwide. J Fungi (Basel). 2023;9(7):730. DOI: 10.3390/jof9070730

Siddig E.E, Ahmed A, Hassan O.B, Bakhiet S.M, Verbon A, Fahal A.H, van de Sande W.W.J. Using a Madurella mycetomatis specific PCR on grains obtained via non-invasive fine needle aspirated material is more accurate than cytology. Mycoses. 2023;66(6):477-482. DOI: 10.1111/myc.13572

Siddig E.E, Ahmed A. When parasites stray from the path: a curious case of ectopic cutaneous Schistosoma haematobium. QJM. 2023;116(9):794-795. DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcad112

Siddig E.E, Eltigani H.F, Ahmed A. The rise of AI: how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing infectious disease control. Ann Biomed Eng. 2023;51(12):2636-2637. DOI: 10.1007/s10439-023-03280-4

Siddig E.E, Eltigani H.F, Ahmed A. Healing the unseen wounds: Sudan's humanitarian crisis traumatizing a nation. Asian J Psychiatr. 2023;89:103764. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103764

Siddig E.E, Eltigani H.F, Ali E.T, Bongomin F, Ahmed A. Sustaining hope amid struggle: the plight of cancer patients in Sudan's ongoing war. J Cancer Policy. 2023:100444. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpo.2023.100444

Siddig E.E, Misbah El-Sadig S, Eltigani H.F, Musa A.M, Mohamed N.S, Ahmed A. Delayed cerebellar ataxia induced by Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a rare complication. Clin Case Rep. 2023;11(10):e8053. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.8053

Abubakr M, Sami H, Mahdi I, Altahir O, Abdelbagi H, Mohamed N.S, Ahmed A. The phylodynamic and spread of the invasive Asian malaria vectors, Anopheles stephensi, in Sudan. Biology (Basel). 2022;11(3):409. DOI: 10.3390/biology11030409

Ahmed A, Abubakr M, Ali Y, Siddig E.E, Mohamed N.S. Vector control strategy for Anopheles stephensi in Africa. Lancet Microbe. 2022;3(6):e403. DOI: 10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00039-8

Ahmed A, Abubakr M, Sami H, Mahdi I, Mohamed N.S, Zinsstag J. The first molecular detection of Aedes albopictus in Sudan associates with increased outbreaks of chikungunya and dengue. Int J Mol Sci. 2022;23(19):11802. DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911802

Ahmed A, Ali Y, Salim B, Dietrich I, Zinsstag J. Epidemics of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Sudan between 2010 and 2020. Microorganisms. 2022;10(5):928. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10050928

Ahmed A, Ali Y, Siddig E.E, Hamed J, Mohamed N.S, Khairy A, Zinsstag J. Hepatitis E virus outbreak among Tigray war refugees from Ethiopia, Sudan. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022;28(8):1722-1724. DOI: 10.3201/eid2808.220397

Ahmed A, Irish S.R, Zohdy S, Yoshimizu M, Tadesse F.G. Strategies for conducting Anopheles stephensi surveys in non-endemic areas. Acta Trop. 2022;236:106671. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106671

Elagali A, Ahmed A, Makki N, Ismail H, Ajak M, Alene K.A, Weiss D.J, Mohammed A.A, Abubakr M, Cameron E, Gething P, Elagali A. Spatiotemporal mapping of malaria incidence in Sudan using routine surveillance data. Sci Rep. 2022;12:14114. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16706-1

European Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators. The burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO European region in 2019: a cross-country systematic analysis. Lancet Public Health. 2022;7(11):e897-e913. DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00225-0

GBD Adolescent Transport, Unintentional Injuries Collaborators. Adolescent transport and unintentional injuries: a systematic analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Public Health. 2022;7(8):e657-e669. DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00134-7

Zinsstag J, Hediger K, Osman Y.M, Abukhattab S, Crump L, Kaiser-Grolimund A, Mauti S, Ahmed A, Hattendorf J, Bonfoh B, Heitz-Tokpa K, Berger-González M, Bucher A, Léchenne M, Tschopp R, Obrist B, Pelikan K. The promotion and development of One Health at Swiss TPH and its greater potential. Diseases. 2022;10(3):65. DOI: 10.3390/diseases10030065