H.K. Das, Amal K. Mitra, Probal Sengupta, Amir Hossain et al.
Arsenic contaminating groundwater in Bangladesh is one of the largest environmental health hazards in the world. Because of the potential risk to human health through consumption of agricultural produce grown in fields irrigated with arsenic contaminated water, we have determined the level of contam...
Mehedy Hasan Abir, Tanjilur Rahman, Ayan Das, Silvia Naznin Etu et al.
Marburg virus (MARV) has been a major concern since 1967, with two major outbreaks occurring in 1998 and 2004. Infection from MARV results in severe hemorrhagic fever, causing organ dysfunction and death. Exposure to fruit bats in caves and mines, and human-to-human transmission had major roles in t...
Amal K. Mitra, Golam Rabbani
The therapeutic efficacy of Bioflorin (Streptococcus faecium SF68; Gipharmex, Milan, Italy) in acute watery diarrhea was evaluated in 183 Bangladeshi adults. Vibrio cholerae organisms were isolated from stool cultures in 114 patients, and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli organisms were isolated in 4...
Amal K. Mitra, Akhlaque Haque, Manirul Islam, S. A. M. Khairul Bashar
To assess the risk of lead poisoning among preschool and school-aged children in Bangladesh, 345 children were screened for blood lead levels (BLLs) from one rural and two urban areas in Bangladesh from September 2007 through January 2008. An urban industrial area at Tongi was identified as a disast...
Md Mizanur Rahman, Roy Sk, Mohammad Ali, Amal K. Mitra et al.
To determine the relationship between the nutritional status of the mother and that of the child, 339 children aged 3-36 months and their mothers in two urban hospitals and a community out-patient clinic, were studied. The weight and height of both children and their mothers were measured, and body ...
Amal K. Mitra, Syed M. Akramuzzaman, George J. Fuchs, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman et al.
The effect of long-term oral iron supplementation on morbidity due to diarrhea, dysentery and respiratory infections in 349 children, aged 2-48 mo, living in a poor community of Bangladesh, was evaluated in this double-blind study. The treatment group received 125 mg of ferrous gluconate (15 mg elem...
Amal K. Mitra, M M Rahman, G Fuchs
To identify risk factors for death among children with diarrhoea, a cohort of 496 children, aged less than 5 years, admitted to the intensive care unit of a diarrhoeal disease hospital in Bangladesh, was studied during November 1992-June 1994. Clinical and laboratory records of children who died and...
Amal K. Mitra, José O Alvarez, Charles B. Stephensen
Amal K. Mitra, Barun K Bose, Humayun Kabir, Biplab Das et al.
To assess the health effects of arsenic poisoning and to determine the relationship among duration and severity of skin lesions, exposure dose of arsenic, and nutritional status of people, 150 patients attending the Dermatology Outpatients Department of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, Barisa...
Amal K. Mitra, Emmanuel Ahua, Pradip Kumar Saha
Lead poisoning is a major public-health problem in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the extent of and risk factors for elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) in children in Bangladesh during September 2007–July 2009. The study included 919 children aged less than 16 years. T...
Golam Rabbani, Shyamal K. Saha, Mastura Akhtar, Farzana Marni et al.
To assess the oxidative injuries caused by arsenic toxicity in rabbits and evaluate the detoxifying effects of exogenous antioxidants, we administered arsenic trioxide (3-5 mg/kg/day) in rabbits through a feeding tube for seven days. These rabbits were then treated with a recipe of vitamins, zinc, s...
MM Rahman, Syed M. Akramuzzaman, Amal K. Mitra, George J. Fuchs et al.
To evaluate the effect of long-term oral iron supplementation on growth, 250 children aged 6-71 mo were studied in a randomized double-blind controlled trial. The intervention group received 125 mg of ferrous gluconate (15 mg elemental iron) plus multivitamins (vitamins A, D and C); the comparison g...
Amal K. Mitra, Fauziah Rabbani
Despite world-wide promotion of breastfeeding, there is a declining trend in breastfeeding practice in many developed as well as developing countries. In these countries, health planners are faced with the difficult task of re-educating women on the value of breastfeeding. In this context, it is use...
Md. Khalequzzaman, Fazlay Faruque, Amal K. Mitra
Excessive amounts of arsenic (As) in the groundwater in Bangladesh and neighboring states in India are a major public health problem. About 30% of the private wells in Bangladesh exhibit high concentrations of arsenic. Over half the country, 269 out of 464 administrative units, is affected. Similar ...
Golam Rabbani, Sufia Islam, Asish K Chowdhury, Amal K. Mitra et al.
OBJECTIVES: Nitric oxide (NO) is an important regulator of cell function. In the intestine, NO regulates blood flow, peristalsis, secretion, and is associated with inflammation and tissue injury. The objectives of this study were to assess and compare the role of NO in cholera, a noninflammatory ent...