M. Tauhid Ur Rahman, Md. Rasheduzzaman, Md Arman Habib, Afzal Ahmed et al.
Valentina Lauria, Isha Das, Sugata Hazra, Ignacio Cazcarro et al.
Deltas are home to a large and growing proportion of the world's population, often living in conditions of extreme poverty. Deltaic ecosystems are ecologically significant as they support high biodiversity and a variety of fisheries, however these coastal environments are extremely vulnerable to cli...
Sabiha Shaik, Amit Ranjan, Sumeet K. Tiwari, Arif Hussain et al.
ABSTRACT Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131), a pandemic clone responsible for the high incidence of extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) infections, has been known widely for its contribution to the worldwide dissemination of multidrug resistance. Although other ExPEC-associated and ex...
Baitun Nahar, Muttaquina Hossain, Mustafa Mahfuz, M Munirul Islam et al.
Information on the association between stunting and child development is limited from low-income settings including Bangladesh where 36% of children under- 5 are stunted. This study aimed to explore differences in early childhood development (ECD) between stunted (length-for-age z-score [LAZ] < -2) ...
Md. Mominur Rahman, Md. Saidur Rahaman, Md. Rezaul Islam, Md. Emon Hossain et al.
Natural products have been known for their antimicrobial factors since time immemorial. Infectious diseases are a worldwide burden that have been deteriorating because of the improvement of species impervious to various anti-infection agents. Hence, the distinguishing proof of antimicrobial speciali...
Crystal L. Patil, Ali Turab, Ramya Ambikapathi, Cebisa Noxolo Nesamvuni et al.
We report the infant feeding experiences in the first month of life for 2,053 infants participating in "Malnutrition and Enteric Infections: Consequences for Child Health and Development" (MAL-ED). Eight sites (in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Brazil, Peru, South Africa, Tanzania), each follow...
Joanne E Arsenault, Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez, M. Belal Hossain, M. Munirul Islam et al.
Rural Bangladeshi populations have a high risk of zinc deficiency due to their consumption of a predominantly rice-based diet with few animal-source foods. Breeding rice for higher zinc content would offer a sustainable approach to increase the population's zinc intakes. The objectives of the study ...
Muttaquina Hossain, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Mohammod Iqbal Hossain, Mustafa Mahfuz et al.
AIM: Globally more than 19 million under-five children suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Data on efficacy of World Health Organization's (WHO's) guideline in reducing SAM mortality are limited. We aimed to assess the efficacy of WHO's facility-based guideline for the reduction of under-fi...
M Munirul Islam, Kazi Istiaque Sanin, Mustafa Mahfuz, Akhter Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh is one of the 20 countries with highest burden of stunting globally. A large portion (around 2.2 million) of the population dwells in the slum areas under severe vulnerable conditions. Children residing in the slums are disproportionately affected with higher burden of undernu...
Badrul Hasan, Rayhan Faruque, Mirva Drobni, Jonas Waldenström et al.
Antibiotic resistance in avian bacterial pathogens is a common problem in the Bangladesh poultry industry. The aim of the present study was to provide information on the present status of antibiotic resistance patterns in avian pathogenic Escherichia coli in Bangladesh. Of 279 dead or sick poultry o...
James A Platts-Mills, Mami Taniuchi, Md. Jashim Uddin, Shihab U. Sobuz et al.
Background: Early exposure to enteropathogens has been associated with malnutrition in children in low-resource settings. However, the contribution of individual enteropathogens remains poorly defined. Molecular diagnostics offer an increase in sensitivity for detecting enteropathogens but have not ...
Tahmeed Ahmed, Mustafa Mahfuz, Md Munirul Islam, Dinesh Mondal et al.
The Etiology, Risk Factors and Interactions of Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Consequences for Child Health and Development (MAL-ED) study site in Bangladesh is located in the capital city of Dhaka in an urban slum that has one of the highest population densities in the world. The site ...
Mohammad Sorowar Hossain, Mohd S. Iqbal, Mohiuddin Ahmed Khan, Mohammad Golam Rabbani et al.
BACKGROUND: The global burden from cancer is rising, especially as low-income countries like Bangladesh observe rapid aging. So far, there are no comprehensive descriptions reporting diagnosed cancer group that include hematological malignancies in Bangladesh. METHODS: This was a multi-center hospit...
Achinto Saha, Muniruddin Ahmed
The extract of the bark of Albizia lebbeck Benth. obtained by cold extraction of mixture of equal proportions of petroleum ether, ethyl acetate and methanol was chosen for pharmacological screening. In rat paw edema model induced by carrageenan, the extract at the 400 mg/kg dose level showed 36.68% ...
José A. Fernandes, Susan Kay, Mostafa Ali Reza Hossain, Munir Ahmed et al.
Abstract The fisheries sector is crucial to the Bangladeshi economy and wellbeing, accounting for 4.4% of national gross domestic product and 22.8% of agriculture sector production, and supplying ca. 60% of the national animal protein intake. Fish is vital to the 16 million Bangladeshis living near ...
Md. Mominur Rahman, Md. Rezaul Islam, Mohammad Touhidul Islam, Md. Harun-Or-Rashid et al.
Neurodegenerative diseases are a global health issue with inadequate therapeutic options and an inability to restore the damaged nervous system. With advances in technology, health scientists continue to identify new approaches to the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Lost or injured neurons ...
Luisa F. Angeles, Shamim Islam, Jared Aldstadt, Kazi Nazmus Saqeeb et al.
Densely populated countries in Asia, such as Bangladesh, are considered to be major contributors to the increased occurrence of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Several factors make low-and middle-income countries vulnerable to increased emergence and spread of AMR in the environment including...
Md. Mominur Rahman, Fahadul Islam, Anwar Parvez, AK Azad et al.
Citrus limon L. is an ingenious alternative medication and has a broad scope in managing several health conditions as part of natural remedies. Recently, medicinal plants have witnessed incredible consideration worldwide in the field of neuroscience for remedial intervention. The present work has in...
Satinder Ahuja
Contributors. Preface. 1. Problems and Solutions of Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater (Satinder Ahuja). 2. Fate of Arsenic in Irrigation Water and its Potential Impact on the Food Chain (S.M. Imamul Huq). 3. Microbial Controls on the Geochemical Behavior of Arsenic in Groundwater Systems (Farhana...
Faruk Ahmed, MR Khan, M Munirul Islam, I Kabir et al.
Objective To investigate the prevalence of anaemia and iron deficiency among adolescent schoolgirls in peri-urban Bangladesh, and to identify various factors associated with anaemia in this population. Design A cross-sectional design. Setting Girls' high schools in five sub-districts of Dhaka. Subje...