Dr. Asma Sadiq
Assistant Professor
Introduction
My name is Asma Sadiq. I belong to Wah cantt. I have completed my PHD in biological sciences from COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan in 2020. My PHD research topic was Molecular characterization of human rotavirus strains circulating in Pakistani Population. I have published 11 research articles with cumulative impact factor of 53.224. My article with highest impact factor is published in the journal of Frontiers in immunology. I intend to generate major line of research in molecular virology. I completed all of my research objectives and detected first time in Pakistan the double gene segment and single gene segment reassorted strains of human rotavirus via whole genome sequencing. In future I would like to look into animal rotaviruses and vaccine derived rotavirus strains circulating in Pakistan. I am also interested to work on vector borne viral diseases and virus metagenomic in environment.
| Qualifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree Title | Specialization | Institute Name | Year/Session |
| PhD | Biological Sciences; Molecular Virology | COMSATS University, Islamabad | 2012-2020 |
| MS | Microbiology | Quaid-Azam University, Islamabad | 2006-2008 |
| BS | Botany, Zoology, Chemistry | F.G. Post Graduate College For Women Wah Cantt | 2003-2005 |
| FSc | Pre Medical | F.G. Post Graduate College For Women Wah Cantt | 2000-2003 |
Research and Publications
- Asma Sadiq, Nazish Bostan, Kwe Claude Yinda, Saadia Naseem & Sadia Sattar. Rotavirus: Genetics, pathogenesis and vaccine advances. Reviews in medical virology. 2018, 28(6), e2003. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/rmv.2003.
- Asma sadiq, Nazish Bostan, Habib Bokhari, Jelle Matthijnssens, Kwe Claude Yinda, Saqlain Raza & Tayyab Nawaz. Molecular characterization of human group A rotavirus genotypes circulating in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Pakistan during 2015-2016. PloS one. 2019, 14(7), e0220387. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220387.
- Asma sadiq, Habib Bokhari, Zobia Noreen, Rai Muhammad Asghar & Nazish Bostan. Magnitude of Rotavirus A and Campylobacter jejuni infections in children with diarrhea in Twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. BMC infectious diseases, 2019, 19(1), 978. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4575-1
- Asma Sadiq, Nazish Bostan, Habib Bokhari, Kwe Claude Yinda & Jelle Matthijnssens. Whole genome analysis of selected human group A rotavirus strains revealed evolution of DS-1-like single-and double-gene reassortant rotavirus strains in Pakistan during 2015-2016. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019, 10, 2641. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02641
- Syeda Sumera Naqvi, Sundus Javed, Saadia Naseem, Asma Sadiq, Natasha Kahn, Sadia Sattar, Naseer Ali Shah and Nazish Bostan. G3 and G9 Rotavirus genotypes in waste water circulation from two major metropolitan cities of Pakistan. Scientific Reports, 2020. 10(1), 1-9. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65583-z.
- Asma Sadiq, Maroof Samad, Saddam, Nosheen Basharat, Shahid Ali, Roohullah, Zubaida Saad, Allah Nawaz Khan, Yasin Ahmad, Alam Khan and Jadoon Khan. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Slaughter Houses and Meat Shops in Capital Territory of Pakistan During 2018–2019. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020, 11. Doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.577707.
- Asma Sadiq & Nazish Bostan. Comparative Analysis of G1P [8] Rotaviruses Identified Prior to Vaccine Implementation in Pakistan with Rotarix™ and RotaTeq™ Vaccine Strains. Frontiers in Immunology, 2020, 11, 2635. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.562282.
- Asma Sadiq & Nazish Bostan. Molecular characterization of the complete genome sequence of human Parechovirus 1 in Pakistan. Virus Research, 2020, 290, 198178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198178.
- Basharat, N., Sadiq, A., Dawood, M. et al. Rotavirus gastroenteritis in Pakistan, 2018: updated disease burden. BMC Infect Dis 21, 426 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06123-6.
- Sadiq, A., Yinda, K.C., Deboutte, W., Matthijnssens, J., & Bostan, N. (2021). Whole genome analysis of Aichivirus A, Isolated from a Child, suffering from gastroenteritis, in Pakistan. Virus research, 198437.
- Sadiq A, Bostan N, Khan J, Aziz A. Effect of rotavirus genetic diversity on vaccine impact. Rev Med Virol. 2021;e2259. https://doi.org/10.1002/rmv.2259.
Field of Interest
- Molecular Virology