A. Original papers
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Iron in tubewell water and linear growth in rural Bangladesh
The growth of 694 children from rural Bangladesh was studied. Children drinking water containing greater than 1 mg iron/l (n = 628) were significantly taller than those drinking less than 1 mg iron/l (n = 66):&#x... -
Ascaris lumbricoides: detecting its metabolites in the urine of infected people using gas-liquid chromatography
Substances dissolved in the urine of people infected with Ascaris lumbricoides were extracted and detected by gas-liquid chromatography. The ratios of the areas of the peaks produced by two substances extracted from urine to th... -
Marriage and mortality: a life table analysis
This paper examines the effects of age at marriage and differential mortality of males and females on the incidence of widowhood between the sexes. Abridged life tables constructed from marital status and death registration dat... -
Enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis associated with an outbreak in Dhaka: epidemiology and public health implications
Investigation of an outbreak of hepatitis in Dhaka implicated enterically transmitted non-A, non-B (ET-NANB) hepatitis as the etiologic agent. This observation was made by exclusion in 17 of 19 patients, and confirmed serologically ... -
Maternal-child health and family planning: user perspectives and service constraints in rural Bangladesh
This article presents a microanalysis of interactions between female fieldworkers and women in rural Bangladesh, and a discussion of the broader organizational constraints that hamper service delivery. It is argued that the fieldworker,&... -
Increased toxin production by Vibrio cholerae O1 during survival with a green alga, Rhizoclonium fontanum, in an artificial aquatic environment
In the aquatic environment, the physiological state of Vibrio cholerae can be affected by various environmental conditions (e.g., sunlight, pH, temperature, competition with other bacteria for nutrients, etc.). The effect of these factor... -
Impact of measles vaccination on childhood mortality in rural Bangladesh
This study examines the impact of measles vaccination on childhood mortality, based on longitudinal data from the Matlab maternal and child health/family planning programme in rural Bangladesh. It analyses the mortality experience o... -
Health sciences libraries and information services in Bangladesh
Basic problems relating to the status of health sciences libraries and information centers in Bangladesh are highlighted and discussed; strategies for improving the country's health sciences information services are suggested. A survey&#x... -
Effect on famine on child survival in Matlab, Bangladesh
This paper examines how the level of child mortality and rate of out-migration, and their covariates were affected during the 1974 famine and the periods immediately following the famine in Bangladesh." The authors examine ... -
Does malnutrition predispose to diarrhoea during childhood? Evidence from a longitudinal study in Matlab, Bangladesh
It is posited that diarrhoeal illness during one period has influence on diarrhoeal illness in a subsequent period. This relationship may potentially mask the association between malnutrition and subsequent diarrhoea. To test this, ... -
Role of plasmids in virulence -associated attributes and in O-antigen expression in shigella dysenteriae type 1 strains
The association of plasmids with virulence characters and O-antigen expression was studied in two virulent and seven avirulent mutant strains of Shigella dysenteriae type 1. Deletion of a 12-Mda segment from a 140-Mda plasmid i... -
Breast milk zinc and copper concentrations in Bangladesh
Breast-fed infants in Bangladeshi villages were weighed at 1, 2, 6, 9 and 12 months. The concentrations of zinc and copper in the breast milk were measured and the daily intake of these elements calculated. Breast mil... -
Attachment of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae 01 to various freshwater plants and survival with a filamentous green alga, Rhizoclonium fontanum
In Bangladesh, cholera epidemics occur twice a year. V. cholerae 01 are readily isolated from the environment only during epidemics. The interepidemic reservoirs or sites of survival and multiplication of V. cholerae are still ...
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Author
- Albert, M. John 120
- Mahalanabis, Dilip 84
- Sack, David A. 82
- Chakraborty, J. 71
- Faruque, A.S.G. 54
- Faruque, Shah M. 43
- Qadri, Firdausi 42
- Black, Robert E. 40
- Clemens, John D. 40
- Khan, M.R. 39
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Subject
- Bangladesh 1022
- Cholera 264
- Vibrio cholerae 186
- Diarrhea, Infantile 163
- Diarrhea 109
- Dysentery, Bacillary 108
- Humans 72
- Child, Preschool 71
- Shigella dysenteriae 64
- Diarrheal diseases 61
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