Md. Mostafa Shamsuzzaman, Mohammad Mahmudul Islam, Nusrat Jahan Tania, Md. Abdullah Al-Mamun et al.
Bangladesh is considered one of the most suitable regions for fisheries in the world, with the world's largest flooded wetland and the third largest aquatic biodiversity in Asia after China and India. This paper reviews the performance of fisheries in Bangladesh using data collected from the Banglad...
Md. Mostafa Shamsuzzaman, Mohammad Mojibul Hoque Mozumder, Sabrina Jannat Mitu, Abu Faisal Ahamad et al.
Bangladesh possesses a large wetland area comprising diversified fisheries resources. Fish and fisheries are an integral part of Bangladesh and have earned its importance due to immense export and revenue potential. The objective of this study was to investigate the trend of fish production, export ...
Md. Jasim Uddin, Md Shamsuzzaman, Lily Horng, Alain Labrique et al.
In Bangladesh, full vaccination rates among children living in rural hard-to-reach areas and urban streets are low. We conducted a quasi-experimental pre-post study of a 12-month mobile phone intervention to improve vaccination among 0–11 months old children in rural hard-to-reach and urban street d...
Pulak Mutsuddy, Sanya Tahmina Jhora, Abul Khair Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, S. M. Golam Kaisar et al.
The escalating dengue situation in Bangladesh has been emerging as a serious public health problem in terms of morbidity and mortality. Results of analysis of 40,476 cases of Bangladesh occurring during 2000–2017 indicated that 49.73% of the dengue cases occurred during the monsoon season (May–Augus...
Hsiao‐Han Chang, Amy Wesolowski, Ipsita Sinha, Christopher G. Jacob et al.
For countries aiming for malaria elimination, travel of infected individuals between endemic areas undermines local interventions. Quantifying parasite importation has therefore become a priority for national control programs. We analyzed epidemiological surveillance data, travel surveys, parasite g...
Gourab Adhikary, Md Shajedur Rahman Shawon, Md. Wazed Ali, Md. Shamsuzzaman et al.
There is a paucity in current literature about the level of patients' satisfaction and factors influencing it in Bangladesh health system. We aimed to measure the level of patients' satisfaction across different types and levels of healthcare facilities and to determine which factors influence this ...
Mohammad Mahmudul Islam, Md. Mostafa Shamsuzzaman, Mohammad Mojibul Hoque Mozumder, Xiangmin Xu et al.
Md. Mostafa Shamsuzzaman, Taposh Kumar Biswas
A study was carried out to understand, current status of the use of chemicals and antibiotics for penaid shrimp health management. Data was collected through questionnaire interview, personal contact, market survey and participatory rural appraisal like focus group discussion with target group in so...
Sadia Afroz, Nobumichi Kobayashi, Shigeo Nagashima, Md. Mahbub Alam et al.
To assess the spread and genetic characteristics of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) gene-carrying Staphylococcus aureus in Bangladesh, we investigated 59 strains (49 isolates from clinical specimens and 10 isolates colonized in the nasal cavities of medical staff), including 26 methicillin-resista...
Mohammad Mojibul Hoque Mozumder, Md. Mostafa Shamsuzzaman, Md. Rashed-Un-Nabi, Ehsanul Karim
The Sundarban Mangrove Forest (SMF) is an intricate ecosystem containing the most varied and profuse natural resources of Bangladesh. This study presents empirical research, based on primary and secondary data, regarding the social-ecological system (SES), social-ecological dynamics, different stake...
Md. Shamsuzzaman, Md. Abul Kashem, Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem, Adnan Maroof Khan et al.
This paper deals with the environmental impact of effluents released by denim garment washing factories in Bangladesh. Both untreated and treated effluent samples were collected from five denim washing factories identified as representative cases and were subjected to chemical testing as a part of t...
Sumon Ghosh, Md Sohel Rana, Md Kamrul Islam, Sukanta Chowdhury et al.
Vaccinating dogs against rabies is an effective means of reducing human rabies. We subjected 1327 clinically diagnosed human rabies death and mass dog vaccination (MDV) data during 2006-2018 to quantify the impacts of MDV on human rabies incidence in Bangladesh and a subset of rabies death data (422...
M. Nazmul Hoque, Md. Murshed Hasan Sarkar, M. Shaminur Rahman, Shahina Akter et al.
The microbiota of the nasopharyngeal tract (NT) play a role in host immunity against respiratory infectious diseases. However, scant information is available on interactions of SARS-CoV-2 with the nasopharyngeal microbiome. This study characterizes the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on human nasoph...
Sadia Afroz, Nobumichi Kobayashi, Shigeo Nagashima, Md. Mahbub Alam et al.
To assess the spread and genetic characteristics of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) gene-carrying Staphylococcus aureus in Bangladesh, we investigated 59 strains (49 isolates from clinical specimens and 10 isolates colonized in the nasal cavities of medical staff), including 26 methicillin-resista...
Clint Pecenka, Umesh D. Parashar, Jacqueline E. Tate, Jahangir Khan et al.
INTRODUCTION: Diarrheal disease is a leading cause of child mortality globally, and rotavirus is responsible for more than a third of those deaths. Despite substantial decreases, the number of rotavirus deaths in children under five was 215,000 per year in 2013. Of these deaths, approximately 41% oc...