Stephen P. Luby, Mahmudur Rahman, M. Jahangir Hossain, Lauren S. Blum et al.
We investigated an outbreak of encephalitis in Tangail District, Bangladesh. We defined case-patients as persons from the outbreak area in whom fever developed with new onset of seizures or altered mental status from December 15, 2004, through January 31, 2005. Twelve persons met the definition; 11 ...
Stephen P. Luby, Jahangir Hossain, Emily S. Gurley, Be‐Nazir Ahmed et al.
Human Nipah outbreaks recur in a specific region and time of year in Bangladesh. Fruit bats are the reservoir host for Nipah virus. We identified 23 introductions of Nipah virus into human populations in central and northwestern Bangladesh from 2001 through 2007. Ten introductions affected multiple ...
Nusrat Homaira, Md. Abdur Rahman, Jahangir Hossain, Jonathan H. Epstein et al.
In February 2007 an outbreak of Nipah virus (NiV) encephalitis in Thakurgaon District of northwest Bangladesh affected seven people, three of whom died. All subsequent cases developed illness 7-14 days after close physical contact with the index case while he was ill. Cases were more likely than con...
Apurba Chakraborty, Salah Uddin Khan, Mohammed Abul Hasnat, Shahana Parveen et al.
During August 2009-October 2010, a multidisciplinary team investigated 14 outbreaks of animal and human anthrax in Bangladesh to identify the etiology, pathway of transmission, and social, behavioral, and cultural factors that led to these outbreaks. The team identified 140 animal cases of anthrax a...
Siddhivinayak Hirve, Axel Kroeger, Greg Matlashewski, Dinesh Mondal et al.
BACKGROUND: The decade following the Regional Strategic Framework for Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) elimination in 2005 has shown compelling progress in the reduction of VL burden in the Indian subcontinent. The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), hosted by the Worl...
Sumon Ghosh, Sukanta Chowdhury, Najmul Haider, Rajub Bhowmik et al.
Abstract Community awareness regarding rabies and treatment seeking behaviours are critical both for the prevention and control of the disease in human and animals. We conducted a study to explore people's awareness about rabies, their attitudes towards dogs and practices associated with treating do...
Sumon Ghosh, Md Sohel Rana, Md Kamrul Islam, Sukanta Chowdhury et al.
Vaccinating dogs against rabies is an effective means of reducing human rabies. We subjected 1327 clinically diagnosed human rabies death and mass dog vaccination (MDV) data during 2006-2018 to quantify the impacts of MDV on human rabies incidence in Bangladesh and a subset of rabies death data (422...
Mahmudur Rahman, Be‐Nazir Ahmed, Maryam Faiz, Muhtamim Chowdhury et al.
Miltefosine (target dose of 2.5 mg/kg/day for 28 days) is the recommended treatment for visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) in Bangladesh on the basis of data from India. We evaluated miltefosine in a phase IV trial of 977 patients in Bangladesh. At the six-month final follow up, 701 were cured. 24 s...
Shawn Wen, Kelly Harvard, Cara Smith Gueye, Sara E. Canavati et al.
BACKGROUND: Significant progress has been made in reducing the malaria burden in the Asia Pacific region, which is aggressively pursuing a 2030 regional elimination goal. Moving from malaria control to elimination requires National Malaria Control Programmes (NMCPs) to target interventions at popula...
Brian D. S Smith, Be‐Nazir Ahmed, Rubaiyat Mansur Mowgli, Samantha Strindberg
A vessel-based line-transect survey conducted during February 2004 along 1,018km of systematic trackline in the nearshore waters of Bangladesh resulted in 111 ‘on-effort’ cetacean sightings including: Irrawaddy dolphins, Orcaella brevirostris (n=75, mean group size=2.2); finless porpoises, Neophocae...
Piero Olliaro, Tushar A. K. M. Shamsuzzaman, Baburam Marasini, A C Dhariwal et al.
Nazir, A; Mondal, D; Banjara, MR; Das, P; Sundar, S; Rijal, S; Arana, B; Alvar, J; Argaw, D; Peeling, RW; Kroeger, A; Matlashewski, G (2017) Investments in Research and Surveillance Are Needed to Go Beyond Elimination and Stop Transmission of Leishmania in the Indian Subcontinent. PLoS neglected tro...
Margriet den Boer, Asish Kumar Das, Fatima Akhter, Sakib Burza et al.
Background: A safe and effective short-course treatment regimen for post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is considered essential for achieving and sustaining elimination of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Indian subcontinent [1, 2]. Here, single-dose liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) has ...
Be‐Nazir Ahmed, Yasmin Sultana, DSM Fatema, Khorshed Ara et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjmm.v4i1.8470BJMM 2011; 4(1): 46-50
Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Mohammad M Kabir, Mohammad Hossain, Shamsun Naher et al.
BACKGROUND: Malaria is endemic in 13 districts of Bangladesh. A baseline malaria prevalence survey across the endemic districts of Bangladesh was conducted in 2007, when the prevalence was reported around 39.7 per 1000 population. After two rounds of Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malar...
Greg Matlashewski, Byron Arana, Axel Kroeger, Ahmed Be-Nazir et al.
Now is a good time to reconsider research priorities as 2015 approaches, the target date originally set for elimination of visceral leishmaniasis. Visceral leishmaniasis is one of the most deadly parasitic diseases and disproportionately affects the poorest and most vulnerable populations. An estima...
Abu Mohd Naser, M. Jahangir Hossain, Hossain M. S. Sazzad, Nusrat Homaira et al.
This paper explores the utility of cluster- and case-based surveillance established in government hospitals in Bangladesh to detect Nipah virus, a stage III zoonotic pathogen. Physicians listed meningo-encephalitis cases in the 10 surveillance hospitals and identified a cluster when ⩾2 cases who liv...
Be‐Nazir Ahmed, Shah Golam Nabi, Mizanur Rahman, Shahjada Selim et al.
Yasmin Sultana, Gwendolyn L. Gilbert, Be‐Nazir Ahmed, Rogan Lee
Residents of a slum community of Dhaka city, Bangladesh were tested by serological and faecal examination for evidence of Strongyloides stercoralis infection. In stool specimens from a total of 147 participants Strongyloides larvae were found in 34 (23.1%) by Harada-Mori culture, 15 (10.2%) by agar ...
Emily S. Gurley, Mahmudur Rahman, M. Jahangir Hossain, Nazmun Nahar et al.
BACKGROUND: An outbreak characterized by vomiting and rapid progression to unconsciousness and death was reported in Sylhet Distrct in northeastern Bangladesh following destructive monsoon floods in November 2007. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We identified cases presenting to local hospitals and described ...
Dinesh Mondal, Amresh Kumar, Abhijit Sharma, Moshtaq Mural Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: We investigated the relationship of treatment regimens for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) with post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) and visceral leishmaniasis relapse (VLR) development. METHODS: Study subjects included cohorts of patients cured of VL since treatment with monotherapy b...