Mohammed Rahmatullah, M. A. Rahman, M. Z. Haque, M. A. H. Mollik et al.
Richard Rheingans, Matt Kukla, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, Dipika Sur et al.
In addition to being a major cause of mortality in South Asia, childhood diarrhea creates economic burden for affected households. We used survey data from sites in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan to estimate the costs borne by households due to childhood diarrhea, including direct medical costs, di...
Dilruba Ahmed, Md Ausrafuggaman Nahid, Abdullah Bashar Sami, Farhana Halim et al.
Bloodstream infections due to bacterial pathogens are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Bangladesh and other developing countries. In these countries, most patients are treated empirically based on their clinical symptoms. Therefore, up to date etiological data for major pathogens causing ...
Sumon K. Das, Dilruba Nasrin, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Yukun Wu et al.
We evaluated patterns of health care use for diarrhea among children 0-59 months of age residing in Mirzapur, Bangladesh, using a baseline survey conducted during May-June 2007 to inform the design of a planned diarrheal etiology case/control study. Caretakers of 7.4% of 1,128 children reported a di...
Mira Akber, Syeda Seraj, Farhana Islam, Dilara Ferdausi et al.
Bangladesh has several existing traditional medicinal systems, which are practiced along with modern allopathic medicine. The four major traditional medicinal systems include homeopathy, Ayurveda, Unani, and folk medicine. Ayurveda has an Indian origin and is well established in Bangladesh, the coun...
Mohammed Rahmatullah, Imrul Sadeak, Sitesh Chandra Bachar, Tozammal Hossain et al.
Twenty three Bangladeshi medicinal plants used in traditional medicines were evaluated for brine shrimp lethality toxicity. Different solvent extracts of Abroma augusta, Acanthus ilicifolius, Alstonia scholaris, Calotropis procera, Catharanthus roseus, Citrus grandis, Coccinia grandis, Croton tigliu...
Farah Naz Qamar, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Farheen Quadri, Sadia Shakoor et al.
We report the clinical findings, epidemiology, and risk factors for moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) associated with Aeromonas species in children 0-59 months of age, from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, conducted at three sites in south Asia and four sites in sub-Saharan Africa. Children wit...
Rebecca L Brander, Patricia B. Pavlinac, Judd L. Walson, Grace John‐Stewart et al.
BACKGROUND: Moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) in the first 2 years of life can impair linear growth. We sought to determine risk factors for linear growth faltering and to build a clinical prediction tool to identify children most likely to experience growth faltering following an episode of MSD. ME...
Dilruba Nasrin, Charles P. Larson, Samina Sultana, Toslim Uddin Khan
Zinc treatment is now recommended by the World Health Organization as part of the routine management of acute childhood diarrhoea. A dispersible zinc tablet formulation was developed taking into account the taste, cost, and feasibility to distribute and store. Only limited information is available o...
Farzana Ferdous, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Sumon Kumar Das, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti et al.
The present study aimed to examine the risk factors for death due to pneumonia in young children and healthcare behaviors of the guardians for children in rural Bangladesh. A prospective autopsy study was conducted among guardians of children aged 4 weeks to 59 months in Mirzapur, Bangladesh, from 2...
Brianna Lindsay, Joe Oundo, M. Anowar Hossain, Martín Antonio et al.
Pathogens in the gastrointestinal tract exist within a vast population of microbes. We examined associations between pathogens and composition of gut microbiota as they relate to Shigella spp./enteroinvasive Escherichia coli infection. We analyzed 3,035 stool specimens (1,735 nondiarrheal and 1,300 ...
Brianna Lindsay, Debasish Saha, Doh Sanogo, Sumon Kumar Das et al.
Molecular identification of the invasion plasmid antigen-H (ipaH) gene has been established as a useful detection mechanism for Shigella spp. The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) identified the etiology and burden of moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia using...
Hannah E Atlas, Bakary Conteh, Md Taufiqul Islam, Khuzwayo C. Jere et al.
Abstract Background Shigella is a leading cause of acute watery diarrhea, dysentery, and diarrhea-attributed linear growth faltering, a precursor to stunting and lifelong morbidity. Several promising Shigella vaccines are in development and field efficacy trials will require a consortium of potentia...
Kelly K. Baker, Fahmida Dil Farzana, Farzana Ferdous, Shahnawaz Ahmed et al.
Handwashing practices among caretakers of case and control children < 5 years of age enrolled in the Global Enteric Multicenter Study in Mirzapur, Bangladesh were characterized and analyzed for association with moderate-to-severe diarrhea. Soap or detergent ownership was common, yet 48% of case and ...
Stephanie C. Garbern, Tzu-Chun Chu, Phillip Yang, Monique Gainey et al.
OBJECTIVES: Few studies have evaluated determinants of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Vibrio cholerae O1 in older children and adults. This study aimed to characterize the prevalence of MDR V. cholerae O1 and associated risk factors among patients over five years of age in Bangladesh. METHODS: Stool cult...