A. Original papers
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Diarrhea associated with typhoid fever
To study the pathogenesis of diarrhea occurring with typhoid fever, we selected 42 patients with diarrhea and blood cultures positive for Salmonella typhi or Salmonella paratyphi A, but without diarrheal copathogens, for measurement ... -
The urban volunteer programme in Dhaka: a community based primary health care and research initiative
In response to a recognition that existing health facilities could not adequately reach the poorer sections of Dhaka city, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) established the Urban Volunteer Pro... -
Risk factors for death in complicated diarrhoea of children
A total of 1330 children with complicated diarrhoea who were admitted to the general ward of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh Health Complex, during 1979 were examined. The risk of death by&... -
The influence of maternal education on infant and child mortality in Bangladesh
An anthropological approach, using survey, case study and historical data examines the effect of maternal education on infant survival and child mortality in Bangladesh. The study focuses on the recent shift in the meaning of&#... -
An evalution of the ICDDR,B training programme: diarrhoeal disease epidimic control
In 1983, a country-wide programme, entitled "Epidemic Control Preparedness," was sponsored to develop health manpower at the Upa-zila level in Bangladesh. As part of the programme, health staff were trained to identify diarrhoe... -
Single-dose tinidazole for the treatment of giardiasis
Sixty-three expatriate residents and travellers in Bangladesh, infected with Giardia lamblia, participated in two studies to compare the therapeutic efficacy of tinidazole and metronidazole. In the first trial 33 randomly selected patients&#x... -
An animal model of haemolytic--uraemic syndrome in shigellosis: lipopolysaccharides of Shigella dysenteriae I and S. flexneri produce leucocyte-mediated renal cortical necrosis in rabbits
To develop an animal model of the haemolytic-uraemic syndrome during shigellosis, rabbits were injected with lipopolysaccharides (LPS) extracted by the hot phenol-water method from Shigella dysenteriae I and from S. flexneri. Two intrave... -
Increased jejunal prostaglandin E2 concentrations in patients with acute cholera
Supraphysiologic doses of prostaglandins (PGs) mimic the effect of cholera toxin and cAMP in the small intestine, but not all observations are explicable in terms of the theory that links PGs to cAMP. Because no data ... -
Campylobacter jejuni-specific serum antibodies are elevated in healthy Bangladeshi children
In Bangladesh and other developing countries, isolation of Campylobacter jejuni is common in healthy children, and the illness/infection ratio falls with age. To determine whether specific serum antibodies correlate with this phenomenon,... -
Effects of season and illness on the dietary intake of weanlings during longitudinal studies in rural Bangladesh
Longitudinal, quantitative studies of the dietary intake of 70 weanlings between five and 30 months of age from two Bangladeshi villages have been analyzed to determine the effects of season and illness on dietary intake. ... -
Seroepidemiological studies of El Tor cholera in Bangladesh: association of serum antibody levels with protection
In rural Bangladesh, family contacts of patients with cholera were studied prospectively to examine whether protection against colonization and disease due to Vibrio cholerae O1 was associated with circulating antibodies to V. cholerae.&... -
Socioeconomic status and fertility in rural Bangladesh
Using a unique set of birth registration data from the Demographic Surveillance System of the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh, for the period 1974-77, and socioeconomic information collected in the 1974&#x... -
Noncompliance among oral contraceptive acceptors in rural Bangladesh
The levels of noncompliance among 175 oral contraceptive acceptors in a rural area of Bangladesh were monitored for three to four months. Unexpectedly high levels of noncompliance were observed, including both overconsumption and un...
Publications in this collection
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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