Mahbubul H. Siddiqee, Badhan Bhattacharjee, Umme Ruman Siddiqi, Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman
Abstract Background Vitamin-D deficiency is linked to a wide range of chronic and infectious diseases. Body of literature suggested that the prevalence of this deficiency can have geographical variation. Although vitamin D deficiency is frequently reported in the South Asian population, the scarcity...
Nandini Sreenivasan, A. Li, Miriam L. Shiferaw, Cuc H. Tran et al.
BACKGROUND: Rabies is a neglected zoonotic disease with a global burden of approximately 59,000 human deaths a year. Once clinical symptoms appear, rabies is almost invariably fatal; however, with timely and appropriate post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) consisting of wound washing, vaccine, and in som...
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...
Mohammad Sorowar Hossain, Mahbubul H. Siddiqee, Umme Ruman Siddiqi, Enayetur Raheem et al.
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease commonly reported in the tropical regions of the world. The presence of two mosquito vectors (Aedes aegypti is highly urban, while A. albopictus is less urban) throughout the year makes dengue fever an endemic disease in a number of countries. Among the predi...
Anyie J. Li, Nandini Sreenivasan, Umme Ruman Siddiqi, Sanya Tahmina et al.
BACKGROUND: There are approximately 35,000 human deaths from rabies in Asia annually. Rabies can be prevented through timely post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) consisting of wound washing, rabies vaccine, and in some cases, rabies immunoglobulin (RIG). However, access to rabies PEP often remains limite...
Mahbubul H. Siddiqee, Badhan Bhattacharjee, Umme Ruman Siddiqi, Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D is vital for the growth and development of children. While deficiency and/or insufficiency of vitamin D among South Asian children are frequently reported in the literature, the lack of a meta-analysis has left its true extent poorly characterized. In this study, we aimed to co...
Md Sohel Rana, Umme Ruman Siddiqi, Sumon Ghosh, Afsana Akter Jahan et al.
Identification of risk factors is crucial to find ways to reduce rabies deaths. We investigated the hospital records of rabies deceased through contact tracing of the relatives of the victims using enhanced verbal autopsies (VA) to identify why the people had to die from rabies in recent years in Ba...
Md Sohel Rana, Afsana Akter Jahan, S. M. Golam Kaisar, Umme Ruman Siddiqi et al.
It is crucial to explore knowledge, attitudes and perceptions (KAP) about rabies among the people in the community, the personnel dealing with animal bite management and suspected rabies patients, including humans and animals, to facilitate intervention in improving rabies elimination strategies. In...
Mahbubul H. Siddiqee, Badhan Bhattacharjee, Umme Ruman Siddiqi, Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman
Abstract Insufficiency of vitamin D, during pregnancy, is a common cause of various pregnancy-related complications. Despite such insufficiency being frequently reported among South Asian pregnant women, the absence of systematic review and meta-analysis renders the true extent of this problem being...
Jesse Bonwitt, Sarah Bonaparte, Jesse D. Blanton, Andrew D. Gibson et al.
Oral rabies vaccination (ORV) can increase rabies vaccination coverage among dogs that are inaccessible to parenteral vaccination (i.e., inaccessible dogs). Because bait uptake can differ according to the bait attractant used and dog characteristics, we evaluated proportion of bait uptake and time t...
Mahbubul H. Siddiqee, Badhan Bhattacharjee, Umme Ruman Siddiqi, Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman
<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Background: </bold>Vitamin D deficiency is linked to a wide range of chronic and infectious diseases. Body of literature suggested that the prevalence of this deficiency can have geographical variation. Although, vitamin D deficiency is frequently reported in the South ...
Margubur Rahaman, Umme Ruman Siddiqi, Abdullah Al Momen Sabuj, Be‐Nazir Ahmed et al.
OBJECTIVES: Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of rabies in the community are essential for developing post-exposure behavioral treatment and for understanding current prevention and control policy on rabies. This was a cross-sectional study in Gaibandha Sadar, a northern district of Bangladesh...
Mahbubul H. Siddiqee, Badhan Bhattacharjee, Md. Mahbub Hasan, Mohammad Shojon et al.
BACKGROUND: High levels of vitamin D deficiency are commonly reported even in regions with abundant sunshine. This necessitates a comprehensive understanding of the determinants that influence sun exposure practices. As the primary source of health-related knowledge for the general public, the attit...
M. Tauhid Ur Rahman, Umme Ruman Siddiqi, Suichi Kure, Akira Mano et al.
Nai Ming Lai, Yin Sear Lim, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Shaun Wen Huey Lee et al.
Background Excessive screen time is associated with adverse physical and mental well‐being for children. Interventions to reduce screen time in different settings have been studied extensively, with mixed findings. We systematically reviewed evidence that evaluated the effects of screen time reducti...