Henrik Salje, Kishor Kumar Paul, Repon C. Paul, Isabel Rodríguez-Barraquer et al.
Serostudies are needed to answer generalizable questions on disease risk. However, recruitment is usually biased by age or location. We present a nationally-representative study for dengue from 70 communities in Bangladesh. We collected data on risk factors, trapped mosquitoes and tested serum for I...
Abhijeet Anand, Khalequ Zaman, Concepción F. Estívariz, Mohammad Yunus et al.
Introduction: Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) introduction and phased oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) cessation are essential for eradication of polio. Methods: Healthy 6-week old infants in Bangladesh were randomized to one of five study arms: receipt of trivalent OPV (tOPV) or bivalent OPV (bOP...
Tomoka Nakamura, Adam L. Cohen, Stephanie Schwartz, Jason M. Mwenda et al.
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) coordinates the Global Invasive Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (IB-VPD) Surveillance Network to support vaccine introduction decisions and use. The network was established to strengthen surveillance and laboratory confirmation of meningitis cau...
Syed M Satter, Paul A. Gastañaduy, Khaleda Islam, Mahmudur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: In anticipation of introduction of a rotavirus vaccine into the national immunization program of Bangladesh, active hospital-based surveillance was initiated to provide prevaccine baseline data on rotavirus disease. METHODS: Children 5 years of age and younger admitted with acute gastroe...
Najmul Haider, Katharine Sturm‐Ramirez, Salah Uddin Khan, M.Z. Rahman et al.
Mortality in ducks and geese caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) infection had not been previously identified in Bangladesh. In June-July 2011, we investigated mortality in ducks, geese and chickens with suspected H5N1 infection in a north-eastern district of the country to identify ...
Sayera Banu, Md. Toufiq Rahman, Mohammad Khaja Mafij Uddin, Razia Khatun et al.
BACKGROUND: Understanding tuberculosis (TB) transmission dynamics is essential for establishing effective TB control strategies in settings where the burden and risk of transmission are high. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of active screening on controlling TB transmission ...
Concepción F. Estívariz, Abhijeet Anand, Howard E. Gary, Mahmudur Rahman et al.
Background The provision of several doses of monovalent type 1 oral poliovirus vaccine (mOPV1) and bivalent OPV1 and 3 (bOPV) vaccines through campaigns is essential to stop the circulation of remaining wild polioviruses. Our study aimed to assess the shortening of intervals between campaigns with b...
Lubaba Shahrin, Daniel T. Leung, Nashaba Matin, Mohammed Moshtaq Pervez et al.
BACKGROUND: Predictors of death in hospitalized HIV-infected patients have not been previously reported in Bangladesh. OBJECTIVE: The primary aim of this study was to determine predictors of death among hospitalized HIV-infected patients at a large urban hospital in Bangladesh. METHODS: A study was ...
Jan Bonhoeffer, Egeruan B. Imoukhuede, Grace M. Aldrovandi, Novilia Sjafri Bachtiar et al.
This document is intended as a guide to the protocol development for trials of prophylactic vaccines. The template may serve phases I-IV clinical trials protocol development to include safety relevant information as required by the regulatory authorities and as deemed useful by the investigators. Th...
Syed M Satter, Negar Aliabadi, Paul A. Gastañaduy, Warda Haque et al.
Introduction: In preparation for the introduction of a rotavirus vaccine into the routine immunization program of Bangladesh in 2018, we report data and highlight evolving genotypes from five years of active hospital-based rotavirus surveillance which began in July 2012. Methods: We enrolled and col...
Md Saiful Islam, Ahmad Raihan Sharif, Hossain M. S. Sazzad, A. K. M. Dawlat Khan et al.
Recurrent outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) among children in lychee growing areas in Asia highlight the need to better understand the etiology and the context. We conducted a mixed-methods study to identify risk factors for disease, and behaviors and practices around lychee cultivation...
Sayera Banu, Md Tawsifur Rahman, Shahriar Ahmed, R Khatun et al.
BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a serious obstacle to successful TB control. The 2010-2011 Bangladesh Drug Resistance Survey (DRS) showed MDR-TB prevalence to be 7% overall, 1.4% in new and 28.5% in previously treated patients. We aimed to determine the rate of MDR-TB in sel...
Syed M Satter, Negar Aliabadi, Catherine Yen, Paul A. Gastañaduy et al.
INTRODUCTION: Rotavirus vaccines have significantly decreased the burden of diarrheal diseases in countries that have introduced them into their immunization programs. In some studies, there has been a small association between rotavirus vaccines and intussusception in post-marketing surveillance, h...
Sayem Ahmed, Farzana Dorin, Syed M Satter, Abdur Razzaque Sarker et al.
Background: Rotavirus is a common cause of severe acute gastroenteritis among young children. Estimation of the economic burden would provide informed decision about vaccine investment, which has been a potential policy discussion in Bangladesh for several years. Methods: We estimated the societal c...
Concepción F. Estívariz, Cynthia J. Snider, Abhijeet Anand, Lee M. Hampton et al.
Background: We assessed programmatic adaptations and infants' uptake of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) after its introduction into the routine immunization schedule in Bangladesh. Methods: Using convenience and probability sampling, we selected 23 health facilities, 36 vaccinators, and 336 car...
Ireen Sultana Shanta, Stephen P. Luby, Kamal Hossain, James D. Heffelfinger et al.
Bats, rodents and monkeys are reservoirs for emerging zoonotic infections. We sought to describe the frequency of human exposure to these animals and the seasonal and geographic variation of these exposures in Bangladesh. During 2013–2016, we conducted a cross-sectional survey in a nationally repres...
Eleanor Burnett, Nguyễn Vân Trang, Ajit Rayamajhi, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai et al.
Intussusception is the invagination of one segment of the bowel into a distal segment, characterized by symptoms of bloody stool, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Previous studies have found regional differences in incidence but the etiology of most intussusception cases is unknown. Rotavirus vaccines ...
Md Saiful Islam, Emily S. Gurley, Sayera Banu, Kamal Hossain et al.
BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at increased risk of tuberculosis infection (TBI). We estimated the prevalence and incidence of TBI and risk factors among HCWs in Bangladeshi hospitals to target TB infection prevention and control (IPC) interventions. METHODS: During 2013-2016, we conducte...
Shamim Sarkar, Najmul Haider, Ariful Islam, Muhammad Belal Hossain et al.
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) has been an important public health concern in Bangladesh. The most common cause of human TB is Mycobacterium tuberculosis, while bovine TB is caused by Mycobacterium bovis. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of TB in individuals with ...
Joseph S. Cavanaugh, Ekaterina V. Kurbatova, Negar N. Alami, Joan M. Mangan et al.
OBJECTIVE: Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) threatens global TB control because it is difficult to diagnose and treat. Community-based programmatic management of drug-resistant TB (cPMDT) has made therapy easier for patients, but data on these models are scarce. Bangladesh initiated cPMDT in 2012, a...