Nazish Bostan
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
33 Papers
16 Citations
Nazish Bostan is an academic researcher from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Biology. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 22 publications. Previous affiliations of Nazish Bostan include Quaid-i-Azam University & International Islamic University, Islamabad.
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Papers
An overview about hepatitis C: A devastating virus
Nazish Bostan,Tariq Mahmood +1 more
TL;DR: Hepatitis C has a very high mutational rate that enables it to escape the immune system and a slight drift in viral population has been observed in some parts of the globe.
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Avian feathers as a non-destructive bio-monitoring tool of trace metals signatures: A case study from severely contaminated areas
Muhammad Abdullah,Mauro Fasola,Ashiq Muhammad,Salman Ahmad Malik,Nazish Bostan,Habib Bokhari,Muhammad Kamran,Mustafa Nawaz Shafqat,Ambreen Alamdar,Mudassar Nawaz Khan,Nadeem Ali,Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani +11 more
TL;DR: The bioaccumulation ratios in eggs and feathers of the cattle egret, their prey, and the sediments from their foraging habitats, confirmed that avian feathers are a convenient and non-destructive sampling tool for the metal contamination.
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Rotavirus: Genetics, pathogenesis and vaccine advances
TL;DR: There is a need for a global RV surveillance program to monitor the prevalence and antigenic variability of new genotypes to formulate future vaccine development planning and the status of RV research and vaccine policy in Pakistan is covered.
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The dawn of phage therapy.
TL;DR: This review highlights the most recent advances and progress in phage therapy and bacterial hosts against which phage research is currently being conducted with respect to food, human, and marine pathogens.
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Human lead (Pb) exposure via dust from different land use settings of Pakistan: A case study from two urban mountainous cities
Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani,Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani,Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani,Ramsha Khalid,Ramsha Khalid,Nazish Bostan,Nazish Bostan,Zafeer Saqib,Zafeer Saqib,Jawad Mohmand,Jawad Mohmand,Mohammad Rehan,Nadeem Ali,Ioannis A. Katsoyiannis,Heqing Shen +14 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors determined the dust-borne lead (Pb) levels into outdoor dust, which were collected from the areas nearby the cities/districts of Islamabad and Swat in Pakistan.
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