A. Original papers
6231 publications available
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Cereal based oral rehydration solutions
A total of 257 boys (age range 4-55 months), who had acute diarrhoea with moderate to severe dehydration, were randomly assigned to treatment with either the World Health Organisation/United Nations Childrens Fund (WHO/Unicef)&... -
Critical assessment of the use of growth monitoring for identifying high risk children in primary health care programmes
To see whether change in weight was a more useful index than weight for age in assessing the risk of dying among malnourished children. Prospective cohort study. Rural community in Bangladesh be... -
Exclusion of clinically atypical or microbiologically mixed diarrhoeal episodes from outcome events in a field trial of oral cholera vaccines
We investigated whether alternative clinical and microbiological criteria for outcome events affected estimates of vaccine efficacy in a randomized, double-blind field trial of B subunit-killed whole cell (BS-WC) and killed whole cell-only&#x... -
Electropherotyping of plasmid DNA of different serotypes of Shigella flexneri isolated in Bangladesh
One hundred and twenty-five Shigella flexneri strains, isolated during January-December 1984, at the Dhaka treatment centre of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, were serotyped using absorbed rabbit antisera ... -
Tubewell water consumption and its determinants in a rural area of Bangladesh
As part of the evaluation of a water supply, sanitation and hygiene education project in rural Bangladesh, the consumption of water from the improved supplies was estimated from an observational study. Women volunteers observed ... -
Use of monoclonal antibodies to type Shigella flexneri in Bangladesh
A panel of 10 mouse and rat monoclonal antibodies specific for different type- and group-specific O-antigenic determinants of Shigella flexneri lipopolysaccharide was used to serotype 240 isolates of S. flexneri from Bangladesh. Three&#x... -
Oral rehydration formula containing alanine and glucose for treatment of diarrhoea: a controlled trial
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether adding L-alanine to the glucose based oral rehydration solution recommended by the World Health Organisation would improve its efficacy in treating acute diarrhoea. DESIGN: Randomised... -
Patterns and causes of neonatal and postneonatal mortality in rural Bangladesh
Community-level research data from a Maternal-Child Health and Family Planning (MCH/FP) program and comparison areas in rural Bangladesh indicate that 60 percent of infant deaths occurred in the neonatal period in both areas. S... -
Persistent diarrhoea: a preliminary report on clinical features and dietary therapy in Bangladeshi children
Twenty-six infants and children aged 2-24 months suffering from diarrhoea for more than 2 weeks were studied in the ICDDRB's Dhaka Treatment Centre. They presented with watery diarrhoea and the majority had moderate dehydration.... -
Chronic diarrhoea: a methodologic basis for its apparent heterogeneity
The etiologic and epidemiologic patterns of chronic diarrhoea vary extensively between studies. While undoubtedly some of this heterogeneity reflects the complexity of the disease entity, inconsistencies in methodology between studies may res... -
Double blind trial of loperamide for treating acute watery diarrhoea in expatriates in Bangladesh
To determine if loperamide is effective and safe in treating watery diarrhoea, we randomly assigned 50 adult expatriates in Bangladesh with more than three unformed stools in the previous 24 hours and illness of less than&... -
Effect of Campylobacter jejuni extracts and culture supernatants on cell culture
This study reports the effect of culture supernatants and extracts of Campylobacter jejuni isolated in Bangladesh from patients with gastroenteritis, asymptomatic carriers, poultry, and animals on tissue culture system. Isolates from patients... -
Oral cholera vaccines containing B-subunit-killed whole cells and killed whole cells only. II. Field evaluation of cross-protection against other members of the Vibrionaceae family
Because of demonstrable cross-reactivity of cellular antigens contained in B subunit-killed whole-cell (BS-WC) and killed whole-cell-only (WC) oral cholera vaccines with antigens of various non-cholera species of the family Vibrionaceae (NCV),... -
Epidemiology and cause of deaths among women in rural Bangladesh
A total of 542 women aged 15 to 44 years died during the 10-year period 1976 to 1985 in the control area of Matlab, an area with a population of 90,000, representative of many other rural areas of southern&#... -
Reproductive tract infections in a family planning population in rural Bangladesh
In contrast to social, religious, and economic determinants of acceptance and sustained use of family planning in developing countries, perceived side effects resulting from reproductive tract infections can usually be ameliorated easily ... -
Mothers' personal and domestic hygiene and diarrhoea incidence in young children in rural Bangladesh
This study examines the effect of maternal personal and domestic hygiene on the incidence of diarrhoea in children aged 6-23 months from rural areas around Teknaf, Bangladesh. The intervention area received augmented water supply&#x...
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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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- 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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