A. S. Akanda, Antarpreet Jutla, Shafiqul Islam
Cholera has reemerged as a global killer with the world witnessing an unprecedented rise in cholera infection and transmission since the 1990s. Cholera outbreaks across most affected areas show infection patterns with a single annual peak. However, cholera incidences in the Bengal Delta region, the ...
A. S. Akanda, Antarpreet Jutla, Munirul Alam, Guillaume Constantin de Magny et al.
Cholera remains a major public health threat in many developing countries around the world. The striking seasonality and annual recurrence of this infectious disease in endemic areas remain of considerable interest to scientists and public health workers. Despite major advances in the ecological and...
Antarpreet Jutla, A. S. Akanda, Anwar Huq, Abu Syed Golam Faruque et al.
The ability to predict an occurrence of cholera, a water-related disease, offers a significant public health advantage. Satellite based estimates of chlorophyll, a surrogate for plankton abundance, have been linked to cholera incidence. However, cholera bacteria can survive under a variety of coasta...
A. S. Akanda, Antarpreet Jutla, David M. Gute, R. Bradley Sack et al.
The highly populated floodplains of the Bengal Delta have a long history of endemic and epidemic cholera outbreaks, both coastal and inland. Previous studies have not addressed the spatio-temporal dynamics of population vulnerability related to the influence of underlying large-scale processes. We a...
A. S. Akanda, Antarpreet Jutla, David M. Gute, Timothy J. Evans et al.
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Muhammad Ahmed Hasan, Colleen B. Mouw, Antarpreet Jutla, A. S. Akanda
Rotavirus is the most common cause of diarrheal disease among children under 5. Especially in South Asia, rotavirus remains the leading cause of mortality in children due to diarrhea. As climatic extremes and safe water availability significantly influence diarrheal disease impacts in human populati...
A. S. Akanda, Antarpreet Jutla, Rita R. Colwell
Diarrhoeal diseases are the second most common cause of deaths of children, killing more than 1·5 million children annually and infecting billions more.1Wardlaw T Salama P Brocklehurst C et al.Diarrhoea: why children are still dying and what can be done.Lancet. 2010; 375: 870-872Summary Full Text Fu...
Fariborz Nasr-Azadani, Rakibul Khan, Javad Rahimikollu, Avinash Unnikrishnan et al.
Antarpreet Jutla, A. S. Akanda, Avinash Unnikrishnan, Anwar Huq et al.
Outbreaks of diarrheal diseases, including cholera, are related to floods and droughts in regions where water and sanitation infrastructure are inadequate or insufficient. However, availability of data on water scarcity and abundance in transnational basins, are a prerequisite for developing cholera...
Rakibul Khan, Moiz Usmani, A. S. Akanda, Wahid Palash et al.
Diarrheal diseases, notably cholera, have been shown to be related to episodic seasonal variability in river discharge, predominantly low flows, in regions where water and sanitation infrastructure are inadequate. Forecasting river discharge in transboundary international basins a few months in adva...
Rakibul Khan, Haidar Aldaach, Claire McDonald, Munirul Alam et al.
Occurrence and growth of Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, is linked to modalities of elevated temperatures and heavy precipitation. Previous studies have employed temperature- and satellite-derived precipitation data to determine the risk of cholera, but predictions were limited beca...
Sonia Aziz, Emily L. Pakhtigian, A. S. Akanda, Antarpreet Jutla et al.
As the world's longest running pandemic, cholera poses a substantial public health burden in Bangladesh, where human vulnerability intersects with climatic variability. Barriers to safe water and sanitation place the health of millions of Bangladeshis in jeopardy - especially those who have highly c...
Mohd Abul Hasan, A. S. Akanda, Antarpreet Jutla, Rita R. Colwell
A. S. Akanda, Mohd Abul Hasan, Antarpreet Jutla, A. K. M. S. Islam et al.
A. S. Akanda, Antarpreet Jutla, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, Anwar Huq et al.