Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Ismat Ara Begum, Jeroen Buysse, Guido Van Huylenbroeck
Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Ismat Ara Begum, Jeroen Buysse, Sanzidur Rahman et al.
Farzana Saleh, Shirin Jahan Mumu, Ferdous Ara, Housne Begum et al.
BACKGROUND: Levels of knowledge about diabetes mellitus (DM) among newly diagnosed diabetics in Bangladesh are unknown. This study assessed the relationship between knowledge and practices among newly diagnosed type 2 DM patients. METHODS: Newly diagnosed adults with type 2 diabetes (N = 508) were s...
Firdausi Qadri, Mohammad Ali, Fahima Chowdhury, Ashraful Islam Khan et al.
Background Cholera is endemic in Bangladesh with epidemics occurring each year. The decision to use a cheap oral killed whole-cell cholera vaccine to control the disease depends on the feasibility and effectiveness of vaccination when delivered in a public health setting. We therefore assessed the f...
Ismat Jahan Anee, Shamimul Alam, Rowshan Ara Begum, Reza Md Shahjahan et al.
Abstract Background The constant global need for food has created a demand for colossal food production. Every day the world requires more food than it is capable of growing and harvesting. Antibiotics have been used in healthy food products to promote growth and prevent disease in food-producing an...
Rokshana Parvin, Jahan Ara Begum, Mohammed Nooruzzaman, Emdadul Haque Chowdhury et al.
Almost the full range of 16 haemagglutinin (HA) and nine neuraminidase subtypes of avian influenza viruses (AIVs) has been detected either in waterfowl, land-based poultry or in the environment in Bangladesh. AIV infections in Bangladesh affected a wide range of host species of terrestrial poultry. ...
Ismat Ara Begum, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Jeroen Buysse, Aymen Frija et al.
Abstract\n The objective of this paper is to determine the efficiency of the poultry farm in Bangladesh and to assess the influence of contract farming system, using a Data Envelopment Analysis. Seventy five commercial poultry farms (25 and 50 independent and contract farms, respectively) were rando...
Yasmin Ara Begum, Nabilah Ibnat Baby, Abu S. G. Faruque, Nusrat Jahan et al.
BACKGROUND: Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is one of the most common causes of bacterial diarrhea. Over the last decade, from 1996 to 2012, changes in the virulence antigen properties of ETEC such as heat labile (LT) and heat stable (ST) toxins, colonization factors (CFs), and 'O'-serogroup...
Rokshana Parvin, Emdadul Haque Chowdhury, Md. Taohidul Islam, Jahan Ara Begum et al.
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) emerged in Bangladesh in mid-2019, leading to great economic losses for cattle farmers. This study describes the recent occurrence of the LSDV in Bangladesh and examines the clinical manifestation of the disease in local cattle breeds, characteristic epidemiological features...
Ismat Ara Begum, Jeroen Buysse, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Guido Van Huylenbroeck
The growth rate of poultry meat production is not sufficient to satisfy the per capita meat requirement in Bangladesh. Therefore ways to improve the efficiency of the existing production technologies must be investigated if these demands are to be met. This review examines ways this could be achieve...
Rokshana Parvin, Mohammed Nooruzzaman, Congriev Kumar Kabiraj, Jahan Ara Begum et al.
Avian influenza virus (AIV) remains a huge challenge for poultry production with negative repercussions for micro- and macro-economy and public health in Bangladesh. High (HP) H5N1 and low pathogenicity (LP) H9N2 AIV are currently endemic in poultry, and both have been reported to infect humans spor...
Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Forhad Uddin, Nayera Zabin, Md Salman Shakil et al.
Thermal burns are a major cause of death and suffering around the globe. They can cause debilitating, life-altering injuries as well as lead to significant psychological and financial consequences. Several research works have been conducted in attempt to find a wound healing therapy that is successf...
Ismet Ara Jahan, Nilufar Nahar, M Mosihuzzaman, Begum Rokeya et al.
The effects of Ficus racemosa Linn. fruit extract and fraction on fasting serum glucose levels of normal, type 1 and type 2 diabetic model rats are presented. The aqueous 80% EtOH extract and its water soluble fraction of F. racemosa fruit did not show any serum glucose lowering effect on non-diabet...
Md Taufiqul Islam, Ashraful Islam Khan, Md. Abu Sayeed, Jakia Amin et al.
BACKGROUND: Cholera remains a substantial health burden in Asia and Africa particularly in resource poor settings. The standard procedures to identify the etiological organism V. cholerae are isolation from microbiological culture from stool as well as Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Both the proce...
Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Mumtaz Ahmed, Ismat Ara Begum