Muhammad Aziz Rahman, Jahangir Hossain, Sharmin Sultana, Nusrat Homaira et al.
INTRODUCTION: We investigated a cluster of patients with encephalitis in the Manikgonj and Rajbari Districts of Bangladesh in February 2008 to determine the etiology and risk factors for disease. METHODS: We classified persons as confirmed Nipah cases by the presence of immunoglobulin M antibodies a...
A.S. Shafiuddin Ahmed, Sharmin Sultana, Ahasan Habib, Hadayet Ullah et al.
The Karnaphuli River estuary, located in southeast coast of Bangladesh, is largely exposed to heavy metal contamination as it receives a huge amount of untreated industrial effluents from the Chottagram City. This study aimed to assess the concentrations of five heavy metals (As, Pb, Cd, Cr and Cu) ...
Birgit Nikolay, Henrik Salje, M. Jahangir Hossain, A. K. M. Dawlat Khan et al.
BACKGROUND: Nipah virus is a highly virulent zoonotic pathogen that can be transmitted between humans. Understanding the dynamics of person-to-person transmission is key to designing effective interventions. METHODS: We used data from all Nipah virus cases identified during outbreak investigations i...
A.S. Shafiuddin Ahmed, Md. Moshiur Rahman, Sharmin Sultana, S.M. Omar Faruque Babu et al.
Despite the beneficial aspect of aquatic food's consumption, bioaccumulation of toxic metals in fish can enhance the health risk for the consumers. Heavy metals were measured from editable tissues of some commercial fish species like Latis calcarifer, Silonia silondia, Clupisoma garua, Planiliza sub...
Md Saiful Islam, Hossain M. S. Sazzad, Syed Moinuddin Satter, Sharmin Sultana et al.
Nipah virus (NiV) is a paramyxovirus, and Pteropus spp. bats are the natural reservoir. From December 2010 through March 2014, hospital-based encephalitis surveillance in Bangladesh identified 18 clusters of NiV infection. The source of infection for case-patients in 3 clusters in 2 districts was un...
Farhana Sultana, Manirujjaman Manirujjaman, Md. Imran-Ul- Haque, Mohammad Arafat et al.
Temperature and pH-responsive nanogels as intelligent drug delivery systems: A comprehensive reviewAdrija Jha, Annamalai Rama, Bhautik Ladani, Natasha Verma, Sivakumar Kannan, Anup Naha
Azrina Azlan, Sharmin Sultana, Chan Suk Huei, Muhammad Rizal Razman
Fruits and vegetables are important components of a healthy diet. They are rich sources of vitamins and minerals, dietary fibre and a host of beneficial non-nutrient substances including plant sterols, flavonoids and other antioxidants. It has been reported that reduced intake of fruits and vegetabl...
Mohitosh Biswas, Manobendro Nath Roy, Md. Imran Nur Manik, Md Shahid Hossain et al.
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic self medication is highly prevalent in the developing countries due to easy availability and poor regulatory controls for selling these drugs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics for the treatment of various diseases by ...
Chanchal Kumar Roy, Syed Shaheen Shah, Akter Hossain Reaz, Sharmin Sultana et al.
Abstract We demonstrate a facile efficient way to fabricate activated carbon nanosheets (ACNSs) consisting of hierarchical porous carbon materials. Simply heating banana leaves with K 2 CO 3 produce ACNSs having a unique combination of macro‐, meso‐ and micropores with a high specific surface area o...
Shafi Mahmud, Mohammad Abu Raihan Uddin, Gobindo Kumar Paul, Mst. Sharmin Sultana Shimu et al.
The new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) halts the world economy and caused unbearable medical emergency due to high transmission rate and also no effective vaccine and drugs has been developed which brought the world pandemic situations. The main protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2 may act as an effective target...
Shafi Mahmud, Md. Oliullah Rafi, Gobindo Kumar Paul, Maria Meha Promi et al.
Currently, no approved vaccine is available against the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), which causes severe respiratory disease. The spike glycoprotein is typically considered a suitable target for MERS-CoV vaccine candidates. A computational strategy can be used to design a...
M. Safiur Rahman, A.S. Shafiuddin Ahmed, Md. Moshiur Rahman, S.M. Omar Faruque Babu et al.
Abstract The Meghna River, the largest and the widest river in Bangladesh, is important for navigation, irrigation, fish spawning and shelter, industrial usages, and drinking water sources for millions of people living in nearby areas. The present study illustrated the seasonal variation of some phy...
Mohammad Saifuddin Sumon, Fatema Ahmmed, Sharmin Sultana Khushi, Mirja Kaizer Ahmmed et al.
To determine antagonistic effect of Clostridium butyricum against Vibrio harveyi and its probiotic effect on growth performance, digestibility and immune response of fresh water prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii juveniles were examined following feeding with C. butyricum incorporated feed for 60 days...
Shafi Mahmud, Suvro Biswas, Gobindo Kumar Paul, Mohasana Akter Mita et al.
The recent coronavirus outbreak has changed the world's economy and health sectors due to the high mortality and transmission rates. Because the development of new effective vaccines or treatments against the virus can take time, an urgent need exists for the rapid development and design of new drug...
Sharmin Sultana, Muhiuddin Faruque, Md. Rafiqul Islam
The determination of rice grain quality (RGQ) parameters is important because it is the benchmark of rice breeding success to meet up the consumers’ demand. RGQ includes milling, storage, cooking, eating, nutrition, and market quality of rice grain. Furthermore, demand for high-quality rice has incr...