Elizabeth A. Ashley, Mehul Dhorda, Rick M. Fairhurst, Chanaki Amaratunga et al.
BACKGROUND: Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum has emerged in Southeast Asia and now poses a threat to the control and elimination of malaria. Mapping the geographic extent of resistance is essential for planning containment and elimination strategies. METHODS: Between May 2011 and Apri...
Gregory A. Roth, Catherine O. Johnson, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Foad Abd-Allah et al.
Importance: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States, but regional variation within the United States is large. Comparable and consistent state-level measures of total CVD burden and risk factors have not been produced previously. Objective: To quantify and des...
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Kamrun Nahar, Taufika Islam Anee, Maryam Khan et al.
Drought stress is considered as a major constraint for the production of crops around the world; therefore we need some mechanistic strategies to cope drought stress adverse effects. Silicon (Si) plays a vital role in major physiological, metabolic, and/or functional roles in plants facing abiotic s...
Maziar Moradi‐Lakeh, Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, Stein Emil Vollset, Charbel El Bcheraoui et al.
Objectives We used findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 to report the burden of musculoskeletal disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). Methods The burden of musculoskeletal disorders was calculated for the EMR's 22 countries between 1990 and 2013. A systematic analysis...
GBD 2019 Snakebite Envenomation Collaborators, Nicholas L S Roberts, Emily K. Johnson, Scott Zeng et al.
Snakebite envenoming is an important cause of preventable death. The World Health Organization (WHO) set a goal to halve snakebite mortality by 2030. We used verbal autopsy and vital registration data to model the proportion of venomous animal deaths due to snakes by location, age, year, and sex, an...
Amol C. Shetty, Christopher G. Jacob, Fang Huang, Yao Li et al.
Estimates of Plasmodium falciparum migration may inform strategies for malaria elimination. Here we elucidate fine-scale parasite population structure and infer recent migration across Southeast Asia using identity-by-descent (IBD) approaches based on genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms call...
Faruk Ahmed, Md Mizanur Rahman Khan, C. Banu, Maryam Qazi et al.
Objective To investigate the prevalence of selected micronutrient deficiencies amongst anaemic adolescent schoolgirls in rural Bangladesh and to examine their relationship with haemoglobin (Hb) levels. Design A cross-sectional study. Setting Girls' high schools in rural areas of Dhaka District in Ba...
Mehr Muhammad Adeel Riaz, Unaiza Ahmad, Anmol Mohan, Ana Carla dos Santos Costa et al.
Vaccines are the best chance to control the pandemic-unless leaders succumb to vaccine nationalism. Vaccine nationalism is a frequent recurrence, especially during a brand-new market distribution. The development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in such a short space of time is a testament to...
Philippe Jeandet, Eduardo Sobarzo‐Sánchez, Md. Sahab Uddin, Roque Bru‐Martínez et al.
Most drugs or the natural substances reputed to display some biological activity are hydrophobic molecules that demonstrate low bioavailability regardless of their mode of absorption. Resveratrol and its derivatives belong to the chemical group of stilbenes; while stilbenes are known to possess very...
Sahil Khan Warsi, Helen Elsey, Melanie Boeckmann, Maryam Noor et al.
BACKGROUND: Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately impacted by interacting epidemics of tuberculosis (TB) and tobacco consumption. Research indicates behavioural support delivered by health workers effectively promotes tobacco cessation. There is, however, a paucity of train...
Kazi Jamil, Rashidul Haque, Ridwanur Rahman, Maryam Faiz et al.
BACKGROUND: This study was conducted in Bangladeshi patients in an outpatient setting to support registration of Paromomycin Intramuscular Injection (PMIM) as a low-cost treatment option in Bangladesh. METHODOLOGY: This Phase IIIb, open-label, multi-center, single-arm trial assessed the efficacy and...
Mohammad Arman, Kazi Ashfak Ahmed Chowdhury, Md. Sazzadul Bari, Mohammad Forhad Khan et al.
Abstract Medicinal herbs are nature’s gift to humanity, contributing crucially to the preservation, maintenance and improvement of our health. In order to explore the hepatoprotective potential of prevalent medicinal plants, nine species were selected from different genera based on their ethnomedici...
Ishani Chakrabartty, Maryam Khan, Saurov Mahanta, Hitesh Chopra et al.
From many decades, emerging infections have threatened humanity. The pandemics caused by different CoVs have already claimed and will continue to claim millions of lives. The SARS, Ebola, MERS epidemics and the most recent emergence of COVID-19 pandemic have threatened populations across borders. Si...
Md Sahabuddin, Md. Shariful Alam, Maryam Khokhar, Mohammad Amzad Hossain et al.
This paper aims to advance research on the circular economy, sustainable innovation through adopting a circular business model (CBM), and circular supply chain management (CSCM). The circular economy is gradually acknowledged as promising to attain ecological growth by minimising resource input, was...
Mohammad Yasir Essar, Hiba Khan, Maryam Salma Babar, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan et al.
Afghanistan, a country with fragile healthcare infrastructure, was hit hard by the outrageous spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. When the virus reached the borders, it was apparent that the country would suffer to a great extent, especially with regards to the healthcare sector. In the aftermath of th...