Michael Koenig, Saifuddin Ahmed, Mian Bazle Hossain, A. B. M. Khorshed Alam Mozumder
We explore the determinants of domestic violence in two rural areas of Bangladesh. We found increased education, higher socioeconomic status, non-Muslim religion, and extended family residence to be associated with lower risks of violence. The effects of women's status on violence was found to be hi...
G. M. Monirul Alam, Khorshed Alam, Shahbaz Mushtaq
Adaptation is a key strategy that can alleviate the severity of climate change impacts on agriculture and food production. Adaptation strategies are unlikely to be effective without an understanding of the farmers’ perceptions of climate change. This paper explores the local knowledge of adaptation ...
Khorshed Alam, Arpita Mazumder, Suranjana Sikdar, Yiming Zhao et al.
Natural products derived from microorganisms serve as a vital resource of valuable pharmaceuticals and therapeutic agents. Streptomyces is the most ubiquitous bacterial genus in the environments with prolific capability to produce diverse and valuable natural products with significant biological act...
Md. Abdur Rashid Sarker, Khorshed Alam, Jeff Gow
Rashidul Haque, Nasir Uddin Mollah, Ibne Karim M. Ali, Khorshed Alam et al.
A noninvasive diagnostic test for amebic liver abscess is needed, because amebic and bacterial abscesses appear identical on ultrasound or computer tomography and because it is rarely possible to identify Entamoeba histolytica in stool specimens from patients with amebic liver abscess. Here we repor...
Khorshed Alam
W. Abdullah Brooks, Anowar Hossain, Doli Goswami, Amina Tahia Sharmeen et al.
We confirmed a bacteremic typhoid fever incidence of 3.9 episodes/1,000 person-years during fever surveillance in a Dhaka urban slum. The relative risk for preschool children compared with older persons was 8.9. Our regression model showed that these children were clinically ill, which suggests a ro...
Golam Rabbani, Thomas Butler, Joseph A. Knight, S. C. Sanyal et al.
To evaluate the antisecretory activity of berberine sulfate (BS), we studied 165 adult patients with acute diarrhea due to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and Vibrio cholerae in randomized controlled trials. In patients with ETEC diarrhea who received 400 mg of BS in a single oral dose, the ...
G. M. Monirul Alam, Khorshed Alam, Shahbaz Mushtaq, Michèle L. Clarke
M. John Albert, Shah M. Faruque, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, P K Neogi et al.
Diarrheal diseases are highly prevalent in Bangladesh. However, the relative contribution of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli organisms--those that are enterotoxigenic (ETEC), enteropathogenic (EPEC), enteroinvasive, enterohemorrhagic, enteroaggregative, and diffuse adherent--to diarrhea in Bangladesh...
M. Alamgir Zaman Chowdhury, A. N. M. Fakhruddin, Md. Nazrul Islam, Mohammed Moniruzzaman et al.
M. John Albert, Khorshed Alam, Moydul Islam, Jacqueline Montanaro et al.
Hafnia alvei, a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae, was the only species of bacteria cultured from the stool of a 9-month-old child who was admitted with a 3-day history of watery diarrhea. The isolated strain of H. alvei failed to produce heat-labile or heat-stable enterotoxins or Shiga-like t...
G. M. Monirul Alam, Khorshed Alam, Shahbaz Mushtaq
Mirza A. T. M. Tanvir Rahman, Moutushi Paul, Nikhil C. Bhoumik, Mahmud Hassan et al.
Abstract Heavy metal pollution in groundwater is a substantial environmental risk for Bangladesh. The Meghna Ghat industrial area in Bangladesh becomes a promising site for installing various industries for few decades. It was necessary to assess the heavy metal level in the groundwater of this area...
M. John Albert, Shah M. Faruque, M. Ansaruzzaman, Moydul Islam et al.
Seven strains of Hafnia alvei isolated from diarrhoeal stools of children resembled enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in that they produced attaching-effacing (AE) lesions in rabbit ileal loops and fluorescent actin staining in infected HEp-2 cells. In addition, a DNA probe from a chromosomal...