W. Abdullah Brooks, Mohammad Yunus, Mathuram Santosham, MA Wahed et al.
Background Pneumonia is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in young children. Early reversal of severity signs--chest indrawing, hypoxia, and tachypnoea--improves outcome. We postulated that zinc, an acute phase reactant, would shorten duration of severe pneumonia and time in hospital. Metho...
Aniruddha Sarker, Md Abdullah Al Masud, Deen Mohammad Deepo, Kallol Das et al.
Contamination of the natural ecosystem by heavy metals, organic pollutants, and hazardous waste severely impacts on health and survival of humans, animals, plants, and microorganisms. Diverse chemical and physical treatments are employed in many countries, however, the acceptance of these treatments...
Md Mizanur Rahman, Marie Vahter, Mohammad Abdul Wahed, Nazmul Sohel et al.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess prevalence of arsenic exposure through drinking water and skin lesions, and their variation by geographical area, age, sex, and socioeconomic conditions. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Skin lesion cases were identified by screening the entire population above 4 years o...
M. M Rahman, Sten H. Vermund, Mohammad A Wahed, G Fuchs et al.
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the effect of simultaneous zinc and vitamin A supplementation on diarrhoea and acute lower respiratory infections in children. Study design: Randomised double blind placebo controlled trial. Setting: Urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Participants and methods: 800 chil...
M. John Albert, Firdausi Qadri, Mohammad A. Wahed, Tanvir Ahmed et al.
To investigate whether micronutrient supplementation could improve the vibriocidal antibody response of children to a killed oral cholera vaccine, 2-5-year-old children were randomly assigned to receive vitamin A and zinc (AZ group), vitamin A and a placebo (A group), zinc and a placebo (Z group), o...
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, Mohammad A. Wahed, George J. Fuchs, Abdullah H Baqui et al.
Background Zinc deficiency limits the bioavailability of vitamin A. Because zinc and vitamin A deficiency often coexist in malnourished children, simultaneous zinc and vitamin A supplementation may improve the vitamin A deficiency in these children. Objective A randomized, double-blind, placebo-cont...
Davinia Plá, Líbia Sanz, Sarai Quesada-Bernat, Mauren Villalta et al.
Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) is, together with Naja naja, Bungarus caeruleus and Echis carinatus, a member of the medically important 'Big Four' species responsible for causing a large number of morbidity and mortality cases across the Indian subcontinent. Despite the wide distribution of Russe...
Maryam Faiz, Aniruddha Ghose, Md. Farid Ahsan, Moinur Rahman et al.
Prospective studies of snake bite patients in Chittagong, Bangladesh, included five cases of bites by greater black kraits (Bungarus niger), proven by examination of the snakes that had been responsible. This species was previously known only from India, Nepal, Bhutan and Burma. The index case prese...
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, Fahmida Tofail, Mohammad A. Wahed, George J. Fuchs et al.
Background Several vitamin A supplementation trials have failed to improve the growth rate in children. Addition of zinc to vitamin A might result in enhanced growth. Objective This study evaluated the effect on growth in children of simultaneous supplementation with zinc and vitamin A. Design This ...
Milon Mondal, Md. Monir Hossain, Mohammad Asikur Rahman, Sushmita Saha et al.
In folk medicines, Justicia gendarussa (J. gendarussa) is used as a depurative herb for treating fever, pain, and cancer and as laxative for constipation. The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the hepatoprotective effect of the leaf methanol extract of J. gendarussa leaf (J gMe) again...
Wahedul Karim Ansari, Md. Shafiullah Parvej, Mohamed E. El Zowalaty, Sally Jackson et al.
Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) continue to pose a global threat. Waterfowl are the main reservoir and are responsible for the spillover of AIVs to other hosts. This study was conducted as part of routine surveillance activities in Bangladesh and it reports on the serological and molecular detection ...
Abdullah H Baqui, Robert E. Black, Christa L. Fischer Walker, Shams El Arifeen et al.
Objective Zinc deficiency is very common in developing countries and is more pronounced during an episode of diarrhea. Supplementation with zinc improves diarrhea and might correct zinc deficiency in both the short and longer term. Method We conducted a nested study within a cluster randomized treat...
Muhammad Noor, Mohammad Abdul Kader, Samir G. Al‐Solaimani, Mohamed H. Abd El-Wahed et al.
Soil water conservation is a crucial aspect of dryland crop cultivation for mitigating the excessive heat and water stress induced by climate change. The application of acrylamide-based hydrogels is an effective soil management practice for enhancing water retention, controlling soil erosion, and im...
Mohammad Abdul Wahed Chowdhury, Johannes Müller, Sara Varela
Asian cobras (genus Naja) are venomous snakes distributed from the Middle East to Southeast Asia. Because cobras often live near humans settlements, they are responsible for a large part of snakebite incidents and as such pose a challenge for public health systems. In the light of growing human popu...
W. Abdullah Brooks, Mathuram Santosham, Roy Sk, Abu SG Faruque et al.
Background Recent studies reported that zinc significantly reduced the duration and volume of acute watery diarrhea in children aged > or = 4 mo, but there were no data specifically on infants aged Objective This study investigated the effect of zinc on the duration of illness and the stool quantity...