Rine Christopher Reuben, Pravas Chandra Roy, Shovon Lal Sarkar, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam et al.
Raw milk contains wide microbial diversity, composed mainly of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), which are used as probiotics in both human and animal husbandry. We isolated, characterized, and evaluated LAB from indigenous Bangladeshi raw milk to assess probiotic potential, including antagonistic activit...
Rine Christopher Reuben, Shovon Lal Sarkar, Pravas Chandra Roy, Azraf Anwar et al.
Globally, poultry production has been an integral part of human activities, providing a major source of livelihood and food to humans. The continuous increase in the world population with an attendant rise in the demand for safe poultry products requires a global strategy for sustainable poultry pro...
Rine Christopher Reuben, Shovon Lal Sarkar, Habiba Ibnat, Pravas Chandra Roy et al.
BACKGROUND: The reduction of antimicrobial usage in food-producing animals necessitates the intense search for novel alternatives, including new probiotic strains with more effective properties in improving growth performance and curtailing diseases in animals. OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the ef...
Muhammad Imamuzzaman, Faisal Muhammad, Md. Imdadul Haque, Kawsar Ahmed et al.
Background: Smoking is considered the symbol of adulthood and a “friend” during stress and loneliness to many adolescent people. It is well established that most adults start tobacco use in late childhood or adolescence. This study aimed to determine the smoking prevalence and its influencing factor...
Rine Christopher Reuben, Souvik Sarkar, Habiba Ibnat, Md. Ali Ahasan Setu et al.
Purpose: Pasteurella multocida is the highly contagious and zoonotic pathogen of a broad range of animal diseases causing devastating ecological and economic challenges globally. While about 80.5% of P. multocida infections have shown high degree of resistance to broad range of commonly used antibio...
Md. Rabiul Islam, Nusrat Hosain Sheba, Md Torikul Islam, Md. Mostafizur Rahman et al.
This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence and determinants of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among university students in Bangladesh. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 614 students from five universities in central Bangladesh. Data were collected on demographic information, im...
Rine Christopher Reuben, Hafsat Abdulkarim, Jamil Hassan Abdulkarim, Faisal Muhammad et al.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused significant public health emergency globally. Although the clinical manifestation of COVID-19 is heterogeneous with flu-like symptoms to acute pneumonia and multiple organ failure, its risk, severity and mortality have been associated with ...
Ibrahim Abubakar Muhammad, Taysir Hafiz, Faisal Muhammad, Rine Christopher Reuben et al.
Abstract Background In most developing countries, including Nigeria, herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is associated with an increased risk of HIV acquisition and transmission, which often results in more frequent, lasting, and severe clinical outcomes. Despite the association between HSV-2 and HI...