Mohammad Abdul Momin Siddique, Mahfuzur Rahman, Shahriar Md. Arifur Rahman, Md. Rubel Hassan et al.
Sediment samples were collected from ten selected sites of the lower Meghna River estuary, and six heavy metals were analyzed with Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS) to assess the contamination level and the metals’ association with sediment grain size. The current results revealed that the m...
Sumon Ghosh, Sukanta Chowdhury, Najmul Haider, Rajub Bhowmik et al.
Abstract Community awareness regarding rabies and treatment seeking behaviours are critical both for the prevention and control of the disease in human and animals. We conducted a study to explore people's awareness about rabies, their attitudes towards dogs and practices associated with treating do...
Abdullah Al Mamun Sohag, Md. Tahjib‐Ul‐Arif, Mohammed Arif Sadik Polash, Md. Belal Chowdhury et al.
Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Riaz Uddin, Subasish Das, Syed Imran Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has made substantial progress in improving socioeconomic and health indicators over the past 50 years, but data on national disease burden are scarce. We used data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 to estimate the burden of disease...
Mahedi Hasan, Arafat Islam Ashik, Md. Belal Chowdhury, Atiya Tahira Tasnim et al.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic caused by an RNA virus termed as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 possesses an almost 30kbp long genome. The genome contains open-reading frame 1ab (ORF1ab) gene, the largest one of SARS-CoV-2, enc...
Fouzia Khanam, Md. Belal Hossain, Tridib Roy Chowdhury, Md Sajedur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Malaria is still a major public health concern in Bangladesh in spite of mass distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) as a key preventive strategy. There might be a considerable gap between coverage and actual use of nets by the population in endemic areas. This stu...
Sharif A. Mukul, Shekhar R. Biswas, A. Z. M. Manzoor Rashid, Md. Danesh Mıah et al.
In tropical developing countries, reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is becoming an important mechanism for conserving forests and protecting biodiversity. A key prerequisite for any successful REDD+ project, however, is obtaining baseline estimates of carbon in for...
Shamim Ahmed, Sabrina Amita Sony, Md. Belal Chowdhury, Md. Mahib Ullah et al.
Interference with antibiotic activity and its inactivation by bacterial modifying enzymes is a prevailing mode of bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Aminoglycoside antibiotics become inactivated by aminoglycoside-6'-N-acetyltransferase-Ib [AAC(6')-Ib] of gram-negative bacteria which transfers an a...
Javeria Bashir, Md. Belal Chowdhury, Rahanuma Raihanu Kathak, Shuvashis Dey et al.
Electrochemical fabrication integrating templating strategies have paved the way for creating mesoporous metal alloy films with distinctive pores and functionalities for electrocatalysis, fuel cells, and sensor (bio) development.
Mst. Sabina Begum, Dipto Das, Ennio Zangrando, Shofiur Rahman et al.
Arafat Islam Ashik, Mahedi Hasan, Atiya Tahira Tasnim, Md. Belal Chowdhury et al.
BACKGROUND: The pandemic situation of SARS-CoV-2 infection has sparked global concern due to the disease COVID-19 caused by it. Since the first cluster of confirmed cases in China in December 2019, the infection has been reported across the continents and inflicted upon a substantial number of popul...
Md Belal Hossain, Md. Mosharraf Hossain, M Ababneh, M Ahmmed et al.
Tourism is a developing industry around the world. Tourism industry is dynamic as it plays a momentous role in the economy of developing and developed countries. The aim of the study is to understand the influential factors of tourists’ satisfaction with selected tourism destinations at Cumilla regi...
Sukanta Chowdhury, Md. Saiful Islam, Najmul Haider, Muhammad Belal Hossain et al.
Objectives: To determine the risk factors associated with cutaneous anthrax infection in humans. Methods: During 2013-2016, we investigated total 26 anthrax outbreaks across the country. We additionally conducted a case-control study to identify risk factors by recruiting four controls for each enro...
Md. Asadujjaman, Md. Abdus Salam, Muhammad Tanvir Hossain Chowdhury, Sarker Mohammed Rafiqul Alam et al.
Aquaponics, a sustainable agricultural approach, integrates aquaculture and hydroponics to optimize water consumption and enhance resource efficiency. The coastal region of Bangladesh, prone to frequent natural disasters, necessitates the development of resilient food production systems. In the pres...
Jannatul Ferdose, Md Mahbub Alam, Anika Tasnim, Md. Belal Chowdhury et al.
Since Streptococcus mutans appears to be the most common cause of dental caries, appropriate laboratory media is necessary for the proper detection and management of this bacterium. The aim of this study was to evaluate the mitis salivarius agar (MSA) compared to conventional blood agar media (BAM) ...
Amy Paterson, Kondwani K Mughogho, Ashleigh Cheyne, Olive Kabajaasi et al.
Reducing stigma during infectious disease outbreaks is crucial for delivering an effective response. However, no validated stigma scales exist for use across outbreaks, and outbreak-specific scales are developed too slowly to guide timely interventions. To enable more real-time monitoring and mitiga...
G.M. Masud Rana, Subarna Sandhani Dey, Bijoy Chandra Ghos, Md. Jasim Uddin et al.
• O. basilicum leaves and C. sativum seeds were subjected to microwave extraction • GC-MS analysis identified linalool as major common compound in both essential oils • Basil leaves EO exhibited higher antioxidant activity than coriander seeds EO • Both essential oils demonstrated antimicrobial and ...
Hasan Ali, Hosna Ara Chowdhury Nisha, M. Belal Hossain, Md. Rafiqul Islam
Ten different treatments viz. T0 = Control, T1 = Micronutrients (ZnSO4 + Borax), T2 = Rovral 50 WP + Micronutrients, T3 = Dithane M-45 + Micronutrients, T4 = Ridomil Gold + Micronutrients, T5 = Cupravit + Micronutrients, T6 = Rovral 50 WP, T7 = Dithane M-45, T8 = Ridomil Gold and T9 = Cupravit were ...
Md. Simul Bhuyan, Sayeed Mahmood Belal Haider, Mrityunjoy Kunda, A. Husain et al.
The current study was carried out at Rezu Khal to determine the ideal area for seaweed farming. Additionally, this investigation uncovered species of commercially productive and lucrative seaweed. Temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), conductivity, and Formazin Nephelometric Units (FNU) ...
Shariful Islam, Ariful Islam, Shahnaj Parvin Moni, Md Saiful Bari et al.
Objective: A cross sectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of Infectious Bursal Disease (IBD) and Newcastle Disease (ND) in poultry of Narsingdi district, Bangladesh. Materials and methods: Post mortem of a total of 208 dead birds were done for the diagnosis purpose. Different poult...