Research Interests
Most of my research work concerns with intestinal parasitic infections.
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Publications
Wakid MH, El Kholy WA, Alsulami MN, El-Wakil ES. Immuno-therapeutic and Prophylactic Potential of Trichinella spiralis Antigens for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Food Waterborne Parasitol. (2024). 37: e00248. Doi: 10.1016/j.fawpar.2024.e00248
El-kady A, Altwaim SA, Wakid MH, et al. Prior Trichinella spiralis Infection Protects Against Schistosoma mansoni Induced Hepatic Fibrosis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. (2024). 11: 1443267. Doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1443267
Shahiduzzaman Md, Biswas P, Kabir A, Wakid MH, et al. First Report of Neospora caninum from Aborted Fetuses of Cattle, Sheep, and Goats in Bangladesh. Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research. (2024). 11(3): 601-617.
Shahbaz Ul Haq, …, Majed H. Wakid,..et al. Genetic variation and population structure of Taenia multiceps (Coenurus cerebralis) based on mitochondrial cox1 gene: A comprehensive global analysis. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. (2024). 125:105676. Doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2024.105676
El-kady, A.M., Elshazly, H., Alsulami, M.N…..Wakid, M.H…. et al. Zingiber officinale Ameliorates Acute Toxoplasmosis-Induced Pathology in Mice. Acta Parasit. (2024). 69(2). Doi: 10.1007/s11686-024-00884-1.
Alshammari A, Subhani MI, Wakid MH., et al., Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Echinococcus multilocularis: An in-silico Global Analysis. Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research (2024). 11(2): 264- 275. Doi: 10.5455/javar.2024.k772.
Wakid MH, Sharafeldein YS, Almakki AA, Alidrisi DA, Bashinim AA. Scrotal Myiasis in a Child Due to Cordylobia anthropophaga. Cureus (2024). 16(4): e59417. Doi: 10.7759/cureus.59417.
Malik MA, Subhani MI, Alvi MA, Wakid MH, Alkhaldi AAM,;, Saqib, Li L, Khan MAli, Liu Y-Y, Bao-Quan Fu, Yan H-B, Jia W-Z. High Genetic Variability in Full-length cox2 and nad6 Genes of Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto and Echinococcus ortleppi Recovered from Cattle. Pakistan Veterinary Journal. (2024). 44(1): 148-154. Doi: 10.29261/pakvetj/2024.141.
Gattan HS, Wakid MH, Qahwaji RM, Altwaim S, Mahjoub HA, Alfaifi MS, Elshazly H, Al-Megrin WAI, Alshehri EA, Elshabrawy HA, El-Kady AM. In Silico and In Vivo Evaluation of the Anti-Cryptosporidial Activity of Eugenol. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. (2024). 11:1374116. Doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.
Alshammari A, Ali U, Kabli AM, Wakid MH, Saqib M, Hussain S, Qamar W, Alvi MA. Global Scenario of Genetic Diversity in cox1 and nad1 Genes of Moniezia expansa. Parasite Epidemiol Control. (2024). 24:e00333. Doi: 10.1016/j.parepi.2023.
Al-Refai MF, Wakid MH. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Comparison of Detection Techniques for Soil-Transmitted Helminths Among Newly Arrived Expatriate Labors in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. PeerJ. (2024). 12:e16820. Doi: 10.7717/peerj.16820.
Wakid MH, Alsulami MN, Farid M, El Kholy WA. Potential Anti-Toxoplasmosis Efficiency of Phoenix dactylifera Extracts Loaded on Selenium Nanoparticles. Infection and Drug Resistance. (2023). 16:7743-7758. Doi: 10.2147/IDR.S443047.
Alsulami MN, Mohamed K, Wakid MH, Abdel-Gaber R, Timsah AG, Al-Megrin WAI, Khan A, Elkholy WA, Abdelaal KAA, Elshabrawy HA, El-Kady AM. Molecular Characterization of Fasciola hepatica in Sheep Based on DNA Sequences of Ribosomal ITS-1. Infection and Drug Resistance. (2023). 16:6661-6671. Doi: 10.2147/IDR.S421206.
Alsaady IM, Altwaim S, Gattan HS, Alghanmi M, Zawawi A, Ahmedah H, Wakid MH, Azhar EI. Prevalence of Permethrin-Resistant kdr Mutation in Head Lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) from Elementary School Students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. PeerJ. (2023). 11:e16273. Doi: 10.7717/peerj.16273.
El-Kady AM, S Hassan A, Mohamed K, Alfaifi MS, Elshazly H, Alamri ZZ, Wakid MH, Gattan HS, Altwaim SA, Al-Megrin WAI, Younis S. Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Produced by Zingiber officinale Ameliorates Acute Toxoplasmosis-Induced Pathological and Biochemical Alterations and Reduced Parasite Burden in Mice Model. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (2023). 17(7):e0011447. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011447.
Eman S. El-Wakil, Hagar F. Abdelmaksoud, Majed H. Wakid, Muslimah N. Alsulami, Olfat Hammam, Haleema H. Albohiri, and Marwa M. I. Ghallab. Annona muricata Leaf as an Anti-Cryptosporidial Agent: An in Silico Molecular Docking Analysis and In Vivo Studies" Pharmaceuticals. (2023). 16(6):878. Doi 10.3390/ph16060878.
Shoulah SA, Gaballa MM, Elshafae SM, Moussa MA, Selim A, Wakid MH: Evaluation of the Immunopathological Response to BCG Vaccine in a Xenogeneic Immunocompetent Animal. Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi. (2023). 29 (3):281-288. Doi: 10.9775/kvfd.2023.29187.
Selim, A., Marzok, M., Alshammari, A. · Alshammari, A. AL?Jabr, O. A.·Salem M. Wakid M. H. Toxoplasma gondii infection in Egyptian domestic sheep and goats: seroprevalence and risk factors. Tropical Animal Health and Production. (2023). 55, 182.
Ashoor, S.J., Wakid, M.H. Prevalence and hepatic histopathological findings of fascioliasis in sheep slaughtered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Scientific Reports. (2023). 13, 6609
Marzok, M.; AL-Jabr, O.A.; Salem, M.; Alkashif, K.; Sayed-Ahmed, M.; Wakid, M.H.; Kandeel, M.; Selim, A. Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Horses. Veterinary Sciences. (2023). 10, 237.
Abdalal, S.A. Yukich, J., Andrinopoulos K., Alghanmi M., Wakid M.H., Zawawi A., Harakeh S., Altwaim S.A., Gattan H., Baakdah F., Gaddoury M.A., Niyazi H.A., Mokhtar J.A., Alruhaili M.H., Alsaady I., Alhabbab R., Alfaleh M., Hashem A.M., Alahmadey Z.Z., Keating J. Livelihood activities, human mobility, and risk of malaria infection in elimination settings: a case–control study. Malaria Journal. (2023). 22, 53.
Shoulah, Salma A., Mohamed M. S. Gaballa, Marawan A. Marawan, Sayed A. Saqr, Abdelhamed Abdelhady, Hayat Ali Alzahrani, Majed H. Wakid, Omar A. Al-Jabr, and Abdelfattah Selim. Pathological Findings and Oxidative Stress Status Associated with Hydatidosis in Dromedary Camels. Veterinary Sciences. (2023). 10:74.
Abdulrahman S. Alqarni; Majed
H. Wakid; Hattan S. Gattan. Hygiene practices and factors influencing
intestinal parasites among food handlers in the province of Belgarn, Saudi
Arabia.
PeerJ. (2023).
Abdelfattah Selim; Marawan
A. Marawan; Abdelhamed Abdelhady; Majed H. Wakid. Seroprevalence and
Potential Risk Factors of Toxoplasma gondii in Dromedary Camels. Agriculture.
(2023). 13: 129.
Asmaa M. El-kady; Amal M.
Alzahrani; Hayam Elshazly; Eman Abdullah Alshehri; Majed H. Wakid;
Hattan S. Gattan; Wafa Abdullah I. Al-Megrin; Mashael S. Alfaifi; Khalil
Mohamed; Waheeb Alharbi, Hatem A. Elshabrawy, Salwa S. Younis. Pancreatic
Pathological Changes in Murine Toxoplasmosis and Possible Association with
Diabetes Mellitus. Biomedicines. (2022). 11: 18.
Isra Alsaady, Maimonah
Alghanmi, Ayat Zawawi, Hattan Gattan, Majed Wakid, Haytham Zakai, Hanadi
Ahmedah. The effectiveness of emergency remote learning during COVID-19 crisis,
did we achieve the learning outcomes?. Bioscience Research. (2023). 19:1923-1931.
Ebtihal O. Bahwaireth, Majed
H. Wakid. Molecular, Microscopic, and Immunochromatographic Detection of
Enteroparasitic Infections in Hemodialysis Patients and Related Risk Factors. Foodborne
Pathogens and Disease. (2022). 19: 830-838.
Muslimah N Alsulami, Majed
H Wakid, Mohammed Al-matary, Rewaida Abdel-Gaber, Wafa Abdullah I Al-Megrin,
Areej O Bakhraibah, Abdullah D Alanazi, Hatem A Elshabrawy, Asmaa M El-Kady. Identification
and Genetic Characterization of Fasciola hepatica Isolated from Cattle
in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Based on Sequence Analysis of Mitochondrial (COI) Gene.
Infection and Drug Resistance. (2022).15:4877–4886
El-kady AM, Abdel-Rahman
IAM, Sayed E, Wakid MH, Alobaid HM, Mohamed K, Alshehri EA, Elshazly H, Al-Megrin
WAI, Iqbal F, Elshabrawy HA and Timsah AG. A Potential Herbal Therapeutic for
Trichinellosis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. (2022). 9:970327.
Abdulrahman S. Alqarni, Majed
H. Wakid and Hattan S. Gattan. Prevalence, type of infections and
comparative analysis of detection techniques of intestinal parasites in the
province of Belgarn, Saudi Arabia. PeerJ. (2022). 10:e13889.
El-kady AM, Al-Megrin WAI, Abdel-Rahman IAM, Sayed E, Alshehri EA, Wakid MH, Baakdah FM, Mohamed K, Elshazly H, Alobaid HM, Qahl SH, Elshabrawy HA, Younis SS. Ginger Is a Potential Therapeutic for Chronic Toxoplasmosis. Pathogens (2022). 11(7):798.
Asmaa El-Kady, Heba Osman, Mohamed Alemam, Dina Marghani, Mohammed Shanawaz, Majed H Wakid, Wafa Al-Megrin, Hatem Elshabrawy, Osama Abdella, Khaled Allemailem, Ahmad Almatroudi, Mostafa El-Amir. Circulation of Dengue Virus Serotype 2 in Humans and Mosquitoes During an Outbreak in El Quseir City, Egypt. Infection and Drug Resistance. (2022). 15:2713-2721.
Wakid MH, Aldahhasi WT, Alsulami MN, El-Kady AM, and Elshabrawy HA. Identification and Genetic Characterization of Blastocystis hominis in Patients from Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Infection and Drug Resistance. (2022). 15:491-501.
Wakid MH, Almakki AA, Alsahaf N, Almatrafi MA. Furuncular myiasis caused by Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in a healthy child. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. (2022).15(2):87-89.
Wakid MH and Alsulami MN. Taenia hydatigena Genotypes among Sheep and Goats in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. (2021). 29(2): 1270-1275
Wakid MH. Human Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Lung Infections: A Guide Review for Respiratory Therapists. Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal. (2020). 2(4): 144-150.
Wakid MH, Toulah, FH, Mahjoub HA, Alsulami MN and Hikal WM. Giardia duodenalis Pathogenicity on Immunosuppressed Animal Model. Tropical Biomedicine Journal. (2020). 37(4):1008-1017.
Wakid MH. Speciation of Intestinal Hookworm among Bangladeshi and Indian Male Workers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. JKAU Medical Sciences (2020). 27 (2): in press.
Wakid MH, Alahmadey ZZ. Evaluation of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. (2020). 51 (5): 655-662.
Alharbi A, Toulah FH, Wakid MH, Azhar E., Farraj S, Mirza AA. Detection of Giardia lamblia by microscopic examination, rapid chromatographic immunoassay test, and molecular technique. Cureus (2020). 12(9): e10287. doi:10.7759/cureus.10287.
Wakid MH. Prevalence of Enteroparasites among non-Saudis in Bahrah, Saudi Arabia. Cureus. (2020). 12(7): e9253. DOI:10.7759/cureus.9253.
Aldehasi WA, Toulah FH and Wakid MH. Evaluation of Common Microscopic Techniques for Detection of Blastocystis hominis. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. (2020). 50. 33-40.
Toulah FH, Ashoor SJ, Wakid MH and Alshathly MR. In Vitro Antihelminthic Activity of Ethanol Zingiber Officinale Extract on Fasciola gigantica in Comparison to Triclabendazole. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. (2019). 49. 599-610.
Wakid MH. Was this the First Case of Isospora belli in Saudi Arabia? (2019). JKAU Medical Sciences, 26 (1). DOI: 10.4197/Med. 26-1.8
Alhawiti AO, Toulah FH, Wakid MH. Anthelmintic Potential of Cucurbita pepo Seeds on Hymenolepis nana. (2019) Acta Parasitol. DOI: 10.2478/s11686-019-00033-z.
Nahla K. Ibrahim, Asma K. Alqarni, Rana M. Bajaba, Farrah M. Aljuhani, Amal M. Bally, Majed H. Wakid. Migraine among Students from the Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (2018). Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 27(11): 1-10.
Bakri M. Assas, Wesam H. Abdulaal, Majed H. Wakid, Haytham A. Zakai, J. Miyan, J.L. Pennock. The use of flow cytometry to examine calcium signalling by TRPV1 in mixed cell populations. (217). Analytical Biochemistry, 527: 13-19.
Fawzia H Toulah, A Abdelaziz El Shafi, Muslima N Alsolami, Majed H Wakid. (2017). Hydatidosis among Imported Animals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Liver and Clinical Research. 4(1): 1031.
Bakri M Assas, Majed H Wakid, Haytham A Zakai, Jaleel Miyan, Joanne L Pennock. (2015). TRPV1 expression and function in splenic dendritic cells: a potential role in immune homeostasis. Immunology. DOI: 10.1111/imm.12562.
Wakid, M. H., Abuzenadah, A. M., Dallol A. and Al-Maghrabi J. A. (2015). DNA Methylation in Human Genes for Schistosoma-Associated and Non-Schistosoma-Associated Bladder Cancer. International Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 3(1): 9-14.
Wakid, Majed H., Azhar, Esam I., Bakhsh, Hanaa A., Ayoub, Hanan M. and Al-Ghamdi, Ahmad A. (2014). Isolation and Genotyping of Cryptosporidium among HIV and Non-HIV Infected Patients in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. World Journal of Medical Sciences, 11 (1): 98-106.
Shalaby, Naglaa M., and Wakid, Majed H.. (2014). Giardiasis in Man: Review and Updates. Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Medical Sciences, 21: 87-100.
Fdaladdin, Y. A. Alsaggaf, A. I. and Wakid M. H. (2013). Comparative epidemiological studies on Echinococcosis of local and imported livestock in Al-Madina Al-Munawarah in Saudi Arabia, Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 50: 108-126.
Alghamdi, A. K.. Abdelmalek, S.M.A, Bamaga, M. S. Azhar, E. I., Wakid, M. H and Alsaied, Z. (2011) Bacterial contamination of Saudi "One" riyal paper notes, "Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 42 (3): 711-716.
Wakid M H. (2010) Fecal Occult Blood Test and Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infection. Journal of Parasitology Research. Article ID 434801: 1-4.
Wakid M H. (2009) Improvement of Ritchie technique by identifying the food that can be consumed pre-analysis. Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 5: 293-296.
Wakid, M. H. Azhar, E I and Zafar T. A. (2009). Intestinal Parasitic infection among Food Handlers in Holy City Makkah during Hajj Season 1428 Hegira (2007). Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Medical Sciences, 16: 39-52.
Wakid, M. H. (2008). A laboratory based study for first documented case of urinary myiasis caused by larvae of Megaselia scalaris (Diptera, Phoridae) in Saudi Arabia. Korean Journal of Parasitology, 46: 33-36.
Wakid, M. H. (2006). Distribution of intestinal parasites among food handlers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 30: 146-152.
Wakid, M. H. M. and Bates, P. A. (2004). Flagellar attachment of Leishmania promastigotes to plastic film in vitro Experimental Parasitology, 106: 173-178
Wakid, M. H. M. and Bates, P. A. (1998). Leishmania mexicana: investigation of flagellar attachment by promastigotes in vitro. Parasitology International, 47: 330.