Ting Shi, David McAllister, Katherine L. O’Brien, Eric A. F. Simões et al.
BACKGROUND: We have previously estimated that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was associated with 22% of all episodes of (severe) acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) resulting in 55 000 to 199 000 deaths in children younger than 5 years in 2005. In the past 5 years, major research activity on...
Mandeep Chadha, James A. Comer, Luis Lowe, Paul A. Rota et al.
During January and February 2001, an outbreak of febrile illness associated with altered sensorium was observed in Siliguri, West Bengal, India. Laboratory investigations at the time of the outbreak did not identify an infectious agent. Because Siliguri is in close proximity to Bangladesh, where out...
Kathryn E. Lafond, Harish Nair, Mohammad Hafiz Rasooly, Fátima Valente et al.
BACKGROUND: The global burden of pediatric severe respiratory illness is substantial, and influenza viruses contribute to this burden. Systematic surveillance and testing for influenza among hospitalized children has expanded globally over the past decade. However, only a fraction of the data has be...
Kathryn E. Lafond, Rachael M. Porter, Melissa Whaley, Suizan Zhou et al.
BACKGROUND: Influenza illness burden is substantial, particularly among young children, older adults, and those with underlying conditions. Initiatives are underway to develop better global estimates for influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths. Knowledge gaps remain regarding the role of in...
Xin Wang, You Li, Maria Deloria Knoll, Shabir A. Madhi et al.
BACKGROUND: Human metapneumovirus is a common virus associated with acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) in children. No global burden estimates are available for ALRIs associated with human metapneumovirus in children, and no licensed vaccines or drugs exist for human metapneumovirus infectio...
B. P. Mallikarjuna Swamy, Mohammad Akhlasur Rahman, Mary Ann Inabangan‐Asilo, Amery Amparado et al.
Zinc (Zn) is one of the most essential micronutrients required for the growth and development of human beings. More than one billion people, particularly children and pregnant women suffer from Zn deficiency related health problems in Asia. Rice is the major staple food for Asians, but the presently...
Siddhartha Saha, Mandeep Chadha, Abdullah Al Mamun, Mahmudur Rahman et al.
OBJECTIVE: To characterize influenza seasonality and identify the best time of the year for vaccination against influenza in tropical and subtropical countries of southern and south-eastern Asia that lie north of the equator. METHODS: Weekly influenza surveillance data for 2006 to 2011 were obtained...
Tapan Behl, Gabriele Rocchetti, Swati Chadha, Gökhan Zengin et al.
To date, the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide include viral infections, such as Ebola, influenza virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and recently COVID-19 disease, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Currently, we can count on a n...
Shamanna S. Iyengar, Raman Puri, S N Narasingan, S K Wangnoo et al.
Shih‐Tzer Tsai, Faruque Pathan, Linong Ji, Vincent Tok Fai Yeung et al.
BACKGROUND: The First Basal Insulin Evaluation (FINE) Asia study is a multinational, prospective, observational study of insulin-naïve Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in Asia, uncontrolled (A1c ≥ 8%) on oral hypoglycemic agents, designed to evaluate the impact of basal insulin initiation. M...
Series Introduction Introduction - Navnita Chadha Behera Muktir Gaan, the Raped Woman and Migrant Identities of the Bangladesh War - Nayanika Mookherjee Speaking Violence - Furrukh A Khan Pakistani Women's Narratives of Partition Violence and Home - Saba Gul Khattak Afghan Women's Experience of Disp...
Swati Chadha, Tapan Behl, Simona Bungău, Arun Kumar et al.
Cell death is ascribed as an essential biological process that is fundamental for the development of an organism along with its survival. The procedure comprises of apoptosis and pyroptosis. Pyroptosis is a programmed procedure for cell death which is inflammatory in nature and this pathway gets act...
Joel Shyam Klinton, Petra Heitkamp, Aamna Rashid, Bolanle Olusola Faleye et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted health systems and health programs across the world. For tuberculosis (TB), it is predicted to set back progress by at least twelve years. Public private mix (PPM)has made a vital contribution to reach End TB targets with a ten-fold rise in TB notifications from pr...
Sultan Hafeez Rahman, Khatri, Sridhar K., Asian Development Bank
Contents: Foreword Preface PART I: CIVIL SOCIETY IN REGIONAL COOPERATION IN SOUTH ASIA 1. Political Economy of Regional Cooperation in South Asia V.V. Desai 2. SAARC & Beyond - Civil Society and Regional Integration in South Asia Navnita Chadha Behera PART II: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION - INDUSTRIES 3. Ve...
Ignacio Monedero-Recuero, Medea Gegia, D. F. Wares, Sarabjit Chadha et al.
OBJECTIVES: Globally, drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is the leading cause of death globally related to antimicrobial resistance, affecting 500,000 emergent cases annually. In 2018, the first United Nations High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) on tuberculosis declared DR-TB a global public health priority...
Harry Yeh, R. K. Chadha, Mathew Francis, Toshitaka KATADA et al.
The 26 December Indian Ocean tsunami was an extraordinary event in the history of natural hazards. It severely affected many countries surrounding the Indian Ocean: Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and African countries. Unlike the previous tsunami ...
Premlata K. Varthakavi, Ameya S. Joshi, Nikhil Bhagwat, Manoj Chadha
A 65-year-old female at a district place with aches, pains and weakness of a couple of hour's duration visits an outpatient clinic. A few investigations of calcium and vitamin D are advised in addition to blood glucose levels and thyroid function test, and she is advised to do a dual energy X-ray ab...
Shubhada Hooli, Carina King, Eric D. McCollum, Tim Colbourn et al.
OBJECTIVES: We determined the pulse oximetry benefit in pediatric pneumonia mortality risk stratification and chest-indrawing pneumonia in-hospital mortality risk factors. METHODS: We report the characteristics and in-hospital pneumonia-related mortality of children aged 2-59 months who were include...
Megha Chakraborty, S. M Towhidul Islam Tonmoy, S M Mehedi Zaman, Shreya Gautam et al.
Megha Chakraborty, S.M Towhidul Islam Tonmoy, S M Mehedi Zaman, Shreya Gautam, Tanay Kumar, Krish Sharma, Niyar Barman, Chandan Gupta, Vinija Jain, Aman Chadha, Amit Sheth, Amitava Das. Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing. 2023.
S. K. Snehi, S.S. Parihar, Bhavesh Kumar Jain
Solanum melongena (aubergine or brinjal; family Solanaceae) is a popular vegetable grown extensively in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, Japan, Philippines, Egypt, France, Italy, and the United States (Chadha et al., 1993). Brinjal's cultivation is hampered by the Brinjal little leaf (BLL) phytop...