M. Mofijur, I.M. Rizwanul Fattah, Md. Asraful Alam, A. B. M. Saiful Islam et al.
COVID-19 has heightened human suffering, undermined the economy, turned the lives of billions of people around the globe upside down, and significantly affected the health, economic, environmental and social domains. This study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 o...
Amitava Mukherjee, Mrinal Kumar Sengupta, Mohammed Hossain, Sad Ahamed et al.
The incidence of high concentrations of arsenic in drinking-water has emerged as a major public-health problem. With newer-affected sites discovered during the last decade, a significant change has been observed in the global scenario of arsenic contamination, especially in Asian countries. This com...
Md. Abdul Alim Al‐Bari
Antimalarial drugs (e.g. chloroquine and its close structural analogues) were developed primarily to treat malaria; however, they are beneficial for many dermatological, immunological, rheumatological and severe infectious diseases, for which they are used mostly today. Chloroquine and hydroxychloro...
Monika Fleckenstein, Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, Usha Chakravarthy
Importance: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects approximately 20 million people in the US and 196 million people worldwide. AMD is a leading cause of severe vision impairment in older people and is expected to affect approximately 288 million people worldwide by 2040. Observations: Older ...
P. Streefland, Rajiv Chowdhury, Pilar Ramos-Jimenez
Immunization is one of the major public health interventions to prevent childhood morbidity and death. The Expanded Programme on Immunization has gathered momentum worldwide since 1974. The range of vaccines in the programme is being expanded in the years to come. All across the globe, a high level ...
Md Shafiqul Bari, Shihabur Rahman Chowdhury, Reaz Ahmed, Raouf Boutaba et al.
The concept of information-centric networking (ICN) defines a new communication model that focuses on what is being exchanged rather than which network entities are exchanging information. From the ICN perspective, contents are first class network citizens instead of hosts. ICN's primary objective i...
Kim C. Donaghue, M. Loredana Marcovecchio, R. Paul Wadwa, Emily Y. Chew et al.
Clinically evident diabetes-related vascular complications are rare in childhood and adolescence. However, early functional and structural abnormalities may be present a few years after the onset of the disease. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Alicia J. Jenkins, Mugdha V. Joglekar, Anandwardhan A. Hardikar, Anthony Keech et al.
There is a global diabetes epidemic correlating with an increase in obesity. This coincidence may lead to a rise in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes. There is also an as yet unexplained increase in the incidence of type 1 diabetes, which is not related to adiposity. Whilst improved diabetes care ha...
Fatima Tuj Johra, Asim Kumar Bepari, Anika Tabassum Bristy, Hasan Mahmud Reza
Carotenoids are natural lipid-soluble antioxidants abundantly found as colorful pigments in fruits and vegetables. At least 600 carotenoids occur naturally, although about 20 of them, including β-carotene, α-carotene, lycopene, lutein, zeaxanthin, meso-zeaxanthin, and cryptoxanthin, are detectable i...
Alan W. Stitt
The pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy is multifactorial, and a range of hyperglycemia-linked pathways have been implicated in the initiation and progression of this condition. All cells in the retina are affected by the diabetic milieu, and in view of such disease and tissue complexity, it is unl...
Mark A. Terry
The history of lamellar keratoplasty (LK) surgery spans over 100 years, and the advantages of lamellar surgery have long been known. The surgery is usually used for tectonic purposes; however, new techniques and technology over the past 25 years have expanded the applications of LK in optical rehabi...
Hussein Hollands, Jonathan Wong, R. Bruen, Chaim M. Bell et al.
Background This study examines the changes in short-term intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients receiving intravitreally administered bevacizumab. A prospective series of consecutive patients undergoing injection of intravitreal bevacizumab was investigated. Methods All patients received bevacizumab...
AAS Dunlop, ED Wright, S. A Howlader, I Nazrul et al.
Suppurative keratitis is an important preventable cause of blindness, particularly in the developing world. This study analyses 142 cases of suppurative keratitis referred to Chittagong Eye Infirmary Bangladesh. Some 53.5% of cases were bacterial and 35.9% were fungal. The five most common pathogens...
Nilo Vincent FlorCruz, Jennifer Evans
BACKGROUND: Fungal keratitis is a fungal infection of the cornea. It is common in lower income countries, particularly in agricultural areas but relatively uncommon in higher income countries. Although there are medications available, their effectiveness is unclear. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects...
Brendan Dineen
AIM: To determine the age, sex, and cause specific prevalences of blindness and visual impairment in adults 30 years of age and older in Bangladesh. METHODS: A nationally representative sample of 12 782 adults 30 years of age and older was selected based on multistage, cluster random sampling with p...