Silvia de Sanjosé, Wim Quint, Laia Alemany, D.T. Geraets et al.
Background Knowledge about the distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in invasive cervical cancer is crucial to guide the introduction of prophylactic vaccines. We aimed to provide novel and comprehensive data about the worldwide genotype distribution in patients with invasive cervical...
Abdulla ‐ Al Kafy, Md. Nazmul Huda Naim, G. Subramanyam, Abdullah-Al- Faisal et al.
Satellite images have been used extensively to identify the land use/land cover (LULC) changes in Bangladesh. However, no study has been conducted to classify LULC changes in the Dhaka Metropolitan Development Plan (DMDP) area using high-resolution commercial satellite images. The study aimed to sim...
MS Kabir, MU Salam, Afroza Chowdhury, NMF Rahman et al.
CORRECTION: Due to a number of formatting and layout issues, the PDF of this paper was replaced on 10th October 2016.Combined efforts of farmers, rice scientists, extension personnel and Government of Bangladesh have yielded clean rice growth rate of 0.34 million ton (MT) year-1 during 2009-10 to 20...
Sheikh Md. Abu Hena Mostafa Alim, Sadnan Kibria, Md Jahurul Lslam, Md Zahir Uddin et al.
Standard scale to assess the symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress among MBBS students are essential to take necessary steps to treat or prevent any psychiatric morbidity. But there was no such convenient tool in Bangla to measure the stated symptoms. With an objective to obtain a convenient sc...
Mohammad A. Halim, R. K. Majumder, Syeda Afsarun Nessa, Yoshinari Hiroshiro et al.
Geochemical composition and the level of Arsenic (As) contamination of groundwater in the Ganges Delta Plain, southwestern Bangladesh were elucidated. Hydrogeochemical data of tube well samples suggested that the groundwater is mostly Ca-Mg-HCO(3) type with bicarbonate (HCO(3)(-)) as the dominant an...
Fazilatun Nessa, Shah Md. Masum, Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Roy Sk et al.
Chitin was prepared from prawn shell waste by a chemical process involving demineralization, deproteinization and decolorization. Chitosan was prepared from chitin by deacetylation. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the influence of deacetylation process during chitosan production on the ...
Mohammad A. Halim, R. K. Majumder, Syeda Afsarun Nessa, Yoshinari Hiroshiro et al.
Forty-six deep groundwater samples from highly arsenic affected areas in Bangladesh were analyzed in order to evaluate the processes controlling geochemical constituents in the deep aquifer system. Spatial trends of solutes, geochemical modeling and principal component analysis indicate that carbona...
MS Kabir, MU Salam, AKMS Islam, Md Abdur Rouf Sarkar et al.
Built on deep-rooted political and cultural heritage, ‘rice security’ is the foundation of ‘food security’ in Bangladesh. The country has been in production-surplus of rice in the current decade feeding over 165 million people. This on-going ‘selfsufficiency momentum’ would require to maintain to me...
Francesca Holme, Sharon Kapambwe, Ashrafun Nessa, Partha Basu et al.
The problem of cervical cancer in low- and lower-middle-income countries (LLMICs) is both urgent and important, and calls for governments to move beyond pilot testing to population-based screening approaches as quickly as possible. Experiences from Zambia, Bangladesh, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicara...
Li Zhang, Isabel Mosquera, Eric Lucas, Mary Luz Rol et al.
The CanScreen5 project is a global cancer screening data repository that aims to report the status and performance of breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening programs using a harmonized set of criteria and indicators. Data collected mainly from the Ministry of Health in each country underwe...
Motiur Rahman, Md Ashraful Alam, Khairun Nessa, Anowar Hossain et al.
An etiological study of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) was conducted among female sex workers (FSWs) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Endocervical swab and blood samples from 269 street-based FSWs were examined for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Trichomonas vaginalis as well as for a...
MD.Golzar Hossain, A.H.M. Selim Reza, MST Lutfun-Nessa, Syed Samsuddin Ahmed
Abstract: The study area is located in the southwestern part of Bangladesh. Twenty-six groundwater samples were collected from both shallow and deep tube wells ranging in depth from 20 to 60 m. Multivariate statistical analyses including factor analysis, cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling...
Sok King Ong, Sarah Krull Abe, Shyamala Thilagaratnam, Rei Haruyama et al.
About 95% of cervical cancers worldwide are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). Cervical cancer is preventable and curable if it is detected and treated early. We reviewed the latest national cervical cancer indicators, and barriers to HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening in 21 Asian Nati...
Pranto Karmokar, Saikot Bairagi, Anuprova Mondal, Fernaz Narin Nur et al.
In South-East Asian cities such as Delhi, Dhaka road accidents are a very common occurrence which brings disaster to human lives as well as infrastructures. Sometimes people cannot reach hospitals prompt after an accident because of the traffic jam, deficit of ambulance, lack of a mechanism to timel...
Ahasanun Nessa, Moshaddique Al Ameen, Sana Ullah, Kyung Sup Kwak
Telemedicine refers to the use of information and communication technology to provide and support health care mainly for the purpose of providing consultation. It is also a way to provide medical procedures or examinations to remote locations. It has the potential to improve both the quality and the...
Mohammad A. Halim, R. K. Majumder, Syeda Afsarun Nessa, Kazuhiro ODA et al.
Khairun Nessa, Shama-A Waris, Zafar Sultan, Shirajum Monira et al.
The prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and reproductive tract infections (RTIs) among hotel-based sex workers (HBSWs) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, was studied. A total of 400 HBSWs were enrolled in the study during April to July 2002. Endocervical swabs, high vaginal swabs, and blood samp...
Khairun Nessa, Shama A. Waris, Anadil Alam, M. I. Huq et al.
In Brief Objective and Goal: The goal of this study was to study the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)/reproductive tract infections (RTIs) among brothel-based sex workers (SWs) in Bangladesh. Study: A cross-sectional study was conducted among SWs in 4 randomly selected brothels. ...
A Nessa, Salwa Abdel-Latif, N I Siddiqui, Mohammad Akhtar Hussain et al.
Among the social and medical ills of the twentieth century, substance abuse ranks as on one of the most devastating and costly. The drug problem today is a major global concern including Bangladesh. Almost all addictive drugs over stimulate the reward system of the brain, flooding it with the neurot...
Md Jahidul Hasan, Raihan Rabbani, Ahmad Mursel Anam, Shihan Mahmud Redwanul Huq et al.
Abstract Purpose Hyperinflammation in severe COVID-19 infection increases the risk of respiratory failure and one of the cogent reasons of mortality associated with COVID-19. Baricitinib, a janus kinases inhibitor, can potentially suppress inflammatory cascades in severe COVID-19 pneumonia. Methods ...