Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Md Gulam Musawwir Khan, Nurunnabi Chaudhury, Sharmina Deloer et al.
BACKGROUND: Information related to malaria vectors is very limited in Bangladesh. In the changing environment and various Anopheles species may be incriminated and play role in the transmission cycle. This study was designed with an intention to identify anopheline species and possible malaria vecto...
Md Gulam Musawwir Khan, Khondaker Rifat Hasan Bhaskar, Md. Abdus Salam, Tania Akther et al.
BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) remains as one of the most neglected tropical diseases with over 60% of the world's total VL cases occurring in the Indian subcontinent. Due to the invasive risky procedure and technical expertise required in the classical parasitological diagnosis, the goal o...
Prakash Ghosh, Khondaker Rifat Hasan Bhaskar, Faria Hossain, Md Anik Ashfaq Khan et al.
BACKGROUND: Recombinant fusion proteins are now commonly used to detect circulating antibodies for the serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Asia, Africa and the Americas. Although simple, these tests still require blood collection and their use in remote settings can be limited due to the...
Dinesh Mondal, Md Gulam Musawwir Khan
Purpose of review Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a challenge for clinicians and researchers, because its burden is poorly investigated and pathogenesis is disputable. However, recent studies contributed to understanding of the pathogenesis of PKDL especially its association with host ...
Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Debashis Ghosh, Md Gulam Musawwir Khan, Mohammad Faizul Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), caused by an intracellular parasite Leishmania donovani in the Indian subcontinent, is considered to be anthroponotic. The role of domestic animals in its transmission is still unclear. Although cattle are the preferred blood host for Phlebotomus argentipes, ...
Md. Abdus Salam, Md Gulam Musawwir Khan, Dinesh Mondal
This prospective study evaluated the usefulness of the kala-azar latex agglutination test (KAtex) for the diagnosis and laboratory assessment of initial cure of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) (or kala-azar) patients following 30 days of sodium antimony gluconate treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Ho...
Md. Abdus Salam, Md Gulam Musawwir Khan, Khondaker Rifat Hasan Bhaskar, Mokibul Hassan Afrad et al.
Confirmative diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is still a challenge at the primary health care facilities in most of the rural areas of endemicity in the Indian subcontinent. Conventional methods for parasitological confirmation are risky and require skilled personnel, and hence they are unav...
Md Gulam Musawwir Khan, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Milka Patracia Podder, Makoto Itoh et al.
Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) by demonstration of parasites in tissue smears obtained from bone marrow, spleen or lymph nodes is risky, painful, and difficult. The rK-39 strip test is widely used for the diagnosis of VL using blood/serum samples in endemic countries. The aim of the study ...
Md Gulam Musawwir Khan, Khondaker Rifat Hasan Bhaskar, Mihoko Kikuchi, Md. Abdus Salam et al.
The diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is performed using multiple methods encompassing parasitological, serological and nucleic acid-based diagnostic tools, each method with its own unique advantages and disadvantages. Conventional parasitological methods are risky for the patient and require...
Md. Abdus Salam, M. Mamun Huda, Md Gulam Musawwir Khan, Mohammad Sohel Shomik et al.
Evidence-based diagnostic algorithm is highly recommended for the visceral leishmaniasis (VL). This cross-sectional study was performed in Bangladesh to evaluate VL diagnostic tools including serology, buffy coat smear microscopy for LD body and various DNA-based techniques using buffy coat in 100 c...
Md. Masud Alam, Mohammad Ilias, Md. Abdullah Siddique, Mamun Kabir et al.
Two major genotypic assemblages (A and B) of Giardia lamblia infect humans. A single-vessel multiplex real-time PCR assay was used that genotypes Giardia infections into assemblages A and/or B directly from fecal samples. In this study, 157 diarrhoeal (symptomatic) and non-diarrhoeal (asymptomatic) ...
Md Gulam Musawwir Khan, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Abu Toha Bhuiyan, Maleka Arjumand Jamil et al.
In Bangladesh, serological tests have been widely used for the primary screening of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Several serologic tests are available for the diagnosis of VL. Selection of the best test is important to permit diagnostic differentiation between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients a...
Fahmida Jahan, Rubayet Elahi, Md. Khaja Mohiuddin, Md Gulam Musawwir Khan et al.
Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) address the need for accurate diagnosis of malaria, particularly in resource limited settings. In this study, two malaria RDTs were compared with gold standard microscopy: On Site Pf/Pv test detecting Plasmodium falciparum-specific histidine rich protein-2 (Pf HR P2) an...