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Rami A. Mahfouz

American University of BeirutORCID 0000-0002-0622-8191Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 3 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:dimensionality reduction· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Ghassan M. MatariD· 2 shared Alissar RadyiD· 1 shared Andrew J. PageiD· 1 shared Antoine G. Abou FayadiD· 1 shared Farouk F. Abou HassaniD· 1 shared George Farah ArajiD· 1 shared Ghassan S. DbaiboiD· 1 shared Habib AlkalamouniiD· 1 shared

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First worldwide detection of blaIMP-15 in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolated from a patient in Lebanon.

Ziad C. Jabbour, Jose-Rita Gerges, Hadi M. Hussein, Sara Barada, Lama Hamadeh, Rami A. Mahfouz, Zeina A. Kanafani, Ghassan M. Matar, Antoine G. Abou Fayad

The paper reports the first detection of the blaIMP-15 gene in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from a Lebanese patient, showing extensive drug resistance and potential transmissibility.

bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

Exploring ancestry inference of the Middle East

Noah Herrick, Mirna Ghemrawi, Sylvia Singh, Rami A. Mahfouz, Susan Walsh

The paper identifies and evaluates ancestry informative markers (AIMs) for the Middle East using whole-genome sequencing data and a deep learning tool for ancestry visualization.

bioRxiv · Aug 15, 2024 · PreprintGenetics

Genomic Surveillance of SARS CoV2 in COVID-19 vaccinated healthcare workers in Lebanon.

Habib Alkalamouni, Farouk F. Abou Hassan, Mirna Bou Hamdan, Andrew J. Page, Martin C. Lott, Nada Ghosn, Alissar Rady, Rami A. Mahfouz, George Farah Araj, Ghassan S. Dbaibo, Hassan Zaraket, Nada M. Melhem, Ghassan M. Matar

This study conducts genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in vaccinated healthcare workers in Lebanon, identifying Omicron as the dominant variant during the study period.

bioRxiv · Jun 6, 2022 · PreprintGenomics