Wasif Ali Khan, Sean R. Galagan, Chai Shwai Prue, Jacob Khyang et al.
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy is a known risk factor for malaria which is associated with increased maternal and infant mortality and morbidity in areas of moderate-high malaria transmission intensity where Plasmodium falciparum predominates. The nature and impact of malaria, however, is not well understood...
Chai Shwai Prue, Kerry Shannon, Jacob Khyang, Laura Edwards et al.
BACKGROUND: The recent introduction of mobile phones into the rural Bandarban district of Bangladesh provided a resource to improve case detection and treatment of patients with malaria. METHODS: During studies to define the epidemiology of malaria in villages in south-eastern Bangladesh, an area wi...
Sabeena Ahmed, Sean R. Galagan, Heather M. Scobie, Jacob Khyang et al.
BACKGROUND: Malaria is endemic in 13 of 64 districts of Bangladesh, representing a population at risk of about 27 million people. The highest rates of malaria in Bangladesh occur in the Chittagong Hill Districts, and Plasmodium falciparum (predominately chloroquine resistant) is the most prevalent s...
Wasif Ali Khan, David A. Sack, Sabeena Ahmed, Chai Shawi Prue et al.
BACKGROUND: Until recently the Chittagong Hill tracts have been hyperendemic for malaria. A past cross-sectional RDT based survey in 2007 recorded rates of approximately 15%. This study was designed to understand the present epidemiology of malaria in this region, to monitor and facilitate the uptak...
Kerry Shannon, Wasif Ali Khan, David A. Sack, Mohammad Shafiul Alam et al.
OBJECTIVES: An analysis of the risk factors and seasonal and spatial distribution of individuals with subclinical malaria in hypoendemic Bangladesh was performed. METHODS: From 2009 to 2012, active malaria surveillance without regard to symptoms was conducted on a random sample (n=3971) and pregnant...
Sean R. Galagan, Chai Shwai Prue, Jacob Khyang, Wasif Ali Khan et al.
Malaria is endemic in the Chittagong Hill Districts of southeastern Bangladesh. Previous epidemiological analyses identified the agricultural practice of jhum cultivation as a potential risk factor for malaria infection. We conducted qualitative interviews with jhum cultivators and surveillance work...
Kerry Shannon, Sabeena Ahmed, Hafizur Rahman, Chai Shwai Prue et al.
Hemoglobin E is largely confined to south and southeast Asia. The association between hemoglobin E (HbE) and malaria is less clear than that of hemoglobin S and C. As part of a malaria study in the Chittagong Hill Districts of Bangladesh, an initial random sample of 202 individuals showed that 39% a...
Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos, Ali Ashraf, Humayun Kabir, Zia Ul Islam et al.
Towards the attainment of maternal health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) Government of Bangladesh under the Health Nutrition and Population Sector Programme (HNPSP) embarked on pilotin...
Kerry Shannon, Timothy Shields, Sabeena Ahmed, Hafizur Rahman et al.
Mapping asymptomatic malaria infections, which contribute to the transmission reservoir, is important for elimination programs. This analysis compared the spatiotemporal patterns of symptomatic and asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections in a cohort study of ∼25,000 people living in a ...