Shahera Banu, Wenbiao Hu, Cameron Hurst, Yuming Guo et al.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the space-time clustering of dengue fever (DF) transmission in Bangladesh using geographical information system and spatial scan statistics (SaTScan). METHODS: We obtained data on monthly suspected DF cases and deaths by district in Bangladesh for the period of 2000-2009 from D...
Anindya Chakraborty, Hossain M. S. Sazzad, M. Jahangir Hossain, Md Saiful Islam et al.
Drinking raw date palm sap is the primary route of Nipah virus (NiV) transmission from bats to people in Bangladesh; subsequent person-to-person transmission is common. During December 2010 to March 2011, we investigated NiV epidemiology by interviewing cases using structured questionnaires, in-dept...
Shahera Banu, Yuming Guo, Wenbiao Hu, Pat Dale et al.
Dengue dynamics are driven by complex interactions between hosts, vectors and viruses that are influenced by environmental and climatic factors. Several studies examined the role of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in dengue incidence. However, the role of Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), a coupled oce...
Malay Choudhury, Shahera Banu, Md. Amirul Islam
This article attempts to model the monthly number of dengue fever (DF) cases in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and forecast the dengue incidence using time series analysis. Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving. Average (SARIMA) models have been developed on the monthly data collected from January 2000 to O...
Jena Hamadani, Fahmida Tofail, A Hilaly, Fardina Mehrin et al.
Little is known from developing countries about the effects of maternal morbidities diagnosed in the postpartum period on children's development. The study aimed to document the relationships of such morbidities with care-giving practices by mothers, children's developmental milestones and their lan...
Abu Mohd Naser, M. Jahangir Hossain, Hossain M. S. Sazzad, Nusrat Homaira et al.
This paper explores the utility of cluster- and case-based surveillance established in government hospitals in Bangladesh to detect Nipah virus, a stage III zoonotic pathogen. Physicians listed meningo-encephalitis cases in the 10 surveillance hospitals and identified a cluster when ⩾2 cases who liv...
Farhana Haque, Shahera Banu, K. Ara, I. Chowdhury et al.
We investigated an outbreak of jaundice in urban Bangladesh in 2010 to examine the cause and risk factors and assess the diagnostic utility of commercial assays. We classified municipal residents reporting jaundice during the preceding 4 weeks as probable hepatitis E cases and their neighbours witho...
Shahera Banu, Wenbiao Hu, Yuming Guo, Cameron Hurst et al.
Weather variables, mainly temperature and humidity influence vectors, viruses, human biology, ecology and consequently the intensity and distribution of the vector-borne diseases. There is evidence that warmer temperature due to climate change will influence the dengue transmission. However, long te...
Shahera Banu
Dengue fever (DF) is a serious public health concern in many parts of the world. An increase in DF incidence has been observed globally over the past decades. Multiple factors including urbanisation, increased international travels and global climate change are thought to be responsible for increase...
Shahera Banu, Yuming Guo, Wenbiao Hu, Pat Dale et al.
Introduction: Dengue dynamics are driven by complex interactions between hosts, vectors and viruses that are influenced by environmental and climatic factors. El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a multiyear climate driver of local temperature and rainfall worldwide while the Indian Ocean Dipole (...
Shahera Banu, Wenbiao Hu, Yuming Guo, Cameron Hurst et al.
Background There is increasing interest in assessing the potential impacts of global climate change on vector-borne diseases as the abundance and transmission potential of vectors and people’s behaviour are affected by weather conditions. Empirical evidence linking weather variations and dengue rema...
Shahera Banu, Shilu Tong, Wenbiao Hu, Cameron Hurst et al.
Background and Aims: There has been little research into the spatial distribution and clustering of dengue in Bangladesh, where dengue is endemic and occurring every year since 2000. This study examined the spatial distribution of dengue at district level and identified the district with a high rela...