Ross T. Nickson, J.M. McArthur, William Burgess, Kazi Matin Ahmed et al.
Md Saiful Islam, Kazi Mizanur Rahman, Yanni Sun, Mohammed Owais Qureshi et al.
OBJECTIVE: In the current absence of a vaccine for COVID-19, public health responses aim to break the chain of infection by focusing on the mode of transmission. We reviewed the current evidence on the transmission dynamics and on pathogenic and clinical features of COVID-19 to critically identify a...
Holly Seale, C. Dyer, Ikram Abdi, Kazi Mizanur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: During an evolving outbreak or pandemic, non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) including physical distancing, isolation, and mask use may flatten the peak in communities. However, these strategies rely on community understanding and motivation to engage to ensure appropriate compliance...
Mamoona Rauf, Muhammad Awais, Aziz Ud-Din, Kazim Ali et al.
Waterlogging stress (WS) induces ethylene (ET) and polyamine (spermine, putrescine, and spermidine) production in plants, but their reprogramming is a decisive element for determining the fate of the plant upon waterlogging-induced stress. WS can be challenged by exploring symbiotic microbes that im...
Kazi Mizanur Rahman, Shamim Islam, Muhammad Waliur Rahman, Eben Kenah et al.
Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) occurs after kala-azar treatment and acts as a durable infection reservoir. On the basis of active case finding among 22,699 respondents, 813 (3.6%) had had kala-azar since 2002, of whom 79 (9.7%) developed PKDL. Eight additional patients with PKDL had no h...
Shams El Arifeen, Samir K. Saha, Sayedur Rahman, Kazi Mizanur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae infection is recognized as a global priority public health problem, and conjugate vaccines have been shown to prevent vaccine-type invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children. However, better estimates of the disease burden and reliable population-based data ...
Tabish Hazir, Khadija Begum, Shams El Arifeen, Amira M. Khan et al.
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic treatment for pneumonia as measured by Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) is a key indicator for tracking progress in achieving Millennium Development Goal 4. Concerns about the validity of this indicator led us to perform an eva...
Kazi Mizanur Rahman, Shams El Arifeen, Khalequz Zaman, Mahbubur Rahman et al.
In double-blind trials in Bangladesh, 88 adults, and 79 children (8-10 years) were randomized to receive either a single oral dose of 1 × 10(4), 1 × 10(5) or 1 × 10(6)CFU of SC602 (a live, attenuated Shigella flexneri 2a strain vaccine) or placebo. In the adult outpatient 1 × 10(6) CFU group, severe...
Shamim Islam, Eben Kenah, Mohammed Ashraful Alam Bhuiyan, Kazi Mizanur Rahman et al.
We conducted active surveillance for kala-azar and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) in a population of 24,814 individuals. Between 2002 and 2010, 1,002 kala-azar and 185 PKDL cases occurred. Median PKDL patient age was 12 years; 9% had no antecedent kala-azar. Cases per 10,000 person-years...
Stephanie Chang, Shams El Arifeen, Md Shafiqul Bari, M A Wahed et al.
Background/objectives Many children have diets deficient in both iron and zinc, but there has been some evidence of negative interactions when they are supplemented together. The optimal delivery approach would maximize clinical benefits of both nutrients. We studied the effectiveness of different i...
Kazi Mizanur Rahman, Yushuf Sharker, Reza Ali Rumi, Mahboob-Ul Islam Khan et al.
Background: Dengue, a febrile illness, is caused by a Flavivirus transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Climate influences the ecology of the vectors. We aimed to identify the influence of climatic variability on the occurrence of clinical dengue requiring hospitalization in Z...
Sajib Rudra, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Mizanur Rahman, Shaikh Bokhtear Uddin
Community managed Village Common Forest (VCF) in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) in Bangladesh is an example of sustainable forest management under non-governmental customary rules and regulations. This study explored the diversity of medicinal plants and their therapeutic uses by ethnic communities a...
Sharnali Das, Tauhidur Rahman Nurunnabi, Rehana S. Parveen, Amatun Nur Mou et al.
Indole acetic acid (IAA) is one of the most important phytohormones enhances the root structure and plant growth. The present study provides the isolation and characterization of IAA producing bacteria from rhizosphere soil and their effect on seed germination. Out of 30 isolates, eight (viz. Aux 4,...
Md. Emdadul Islam, Kazi Mohammed Didarul Islam, Md Morsaline Billah, Rana Biswas et al.
Tahmina Khatoon, Md Abid Hossain Mollah, Ahmed Murtaza Choudhury, M Munirul Islam et al.
Integration of infant and child-feeding index (ICFI) addressing the multidimensional child-feeding practices into one age-specific summary index is gaining importance. This cross-sectional study was aimed at understanding the association between the ICFI and the nutritional status of 259 children, a...