A. Original papers
6231 publications available
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Preferential association of the heat-stable enterotoxin gene (stn) with environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae belonging to the O14 serogroup
Abstract Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 serogroups have the capacity of causing epidemic and pandemic cholera but are infrequently found in the environment. The other serogroups are abundant in aquatic environments&#x... -
Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Bangladesh (1997 to 1999): rapid shift to fluoroquinolone resistance
Abstract Periodic monitoring of antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae is essential for early detection of emergence of drug resistance. A total of 343 gonococcal strains isolated from high-risk and general populat... -
The bittersweet interface of parasite and host: lectin-carbohydrate interactions during human invasion by the parasite Entamoeba histolytica
Abstract Entamoeba histolytica, as its name suggests, is an enteric parasite with a remarkable ability to lyse host tissues. However, the interaction of the parasite with the host is more complex than solely destru... -
Respiratory effects and arsenic contaminated well water in Bangladesh
Abstract Arsenic in drinking water causes a widespread concern in Bangladesh, where a major proportion of tube wells is contaminated. Arsenic ingestion causes skin lesions, which is considered as definite exposure. A pr... -
Type IV longus pilus of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: occurrence and association with toxin types and colonization factors among strains isolated in Argentina
Abstract The longus type IV pilus structural gene (lngA) was sought among 217 clinical enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains isolated in Argentina. lngA was present in 20.7% of the isolates and was highly ... -
Genomic profiles of clinical and environmental isolates of Vibrio cholerae O1 in cholera-endemic areas of Bangladesh
Abstract Diversity, relatedness, and ecological interactions of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 populations in two distinctive habitats, the human intestine and the aquatic environment, were analyzed. Twenty environmental isolates and 42... -
Children's fluid intake during diarrhoea: a comparison of questionnaire responses with data from observations
Abstract Many of the individual questions used by the World Health Organization for household surveys on diarrhoea management have not been systematically assessed. This study assessed the use of simple questions to car... -
Occurrence of antibiotic resistance gene cassettes aac(6')-Ib, dfrA5, dfrA12, and ereA2 in class I integrons in non-O1, non-O139 Vibrio cholerae strains in India
Abstract Molecular mechanisms of multidrug resistance in Vibrio cholerae belonging to non-O1, non-O139 serogroups isolated during 1997 to 1998 in Calcutta, India, were investigated. Out of the 94 strains examined, 22 strains... -
Energy intake and expenditure of obese and non-obese urban Bangladeshi children
Abstract A case control study was conducted in Dhaka city to measure the energy intake and expenditure among 220 obese children of 4-10 years age group and 220 randomly selected age and sex matched controls.&#... -
Synergistic effect of zinc and vitamin A on the biochemical indexes of vitamin A nutrition in children
Abstract BACKGROUND: Zinc deficiency limits the bioavailability of vitamin A. Because zinc and vitamin A deficiency often coexist in malnourished children, simultaneous zinc and vitamin A supplementation may improve the vit... -
Escalating association of Vibrio cholerae O139 with cholera outbreaks in India
Abstract Between December 1999 and December 2000, teams from the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India, examined eight outbreaks of cholera, which occurred in different parts of the country ... -
TnphoA mutants of Providencia alcalifaciens with altered invasiveness of HEp-2 cells
Abstract Recent studies have shown that Providencia alcalifaciens is a diarrhoeal pathogen. It may cause diarrhoea by an invasive mechanism, as it invades cultured mammalian cells in vitro and intestinal epithelial cells... -
Decline in epidemic of multidrug resistant Salmonella typhi is not associated with increased incidence of antibiotic-susceptible strain in Bangladesh
Abstract Since 1987, multidrug resistant (MDR) strains of Salmonella Typhi, resistant simultaneously to ampicillin, chloramphenicol and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, have caused epidemics of severe typhoid fever in Asia and Africa. A ... -
First outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever, Bangladesh
Abstract During the first countrywide outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Bangladesh, we conducted surveillance for dengue at a hospital in Dhaka. Of 176 patients, primarily adults, found positive for dengue, 60.2% ... -
Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of serologically atypical strains of Shigella flexneri type 4 isolated in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Abstract Twenty-one atypical Shigella flexneri type 4 strains isolated from patients attending the Dhaka treatment center of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, were extensively characterized and comp... -
Molecular & evolutionary genetics & drug resistance of the gastric pathogen, Helicobacter pylori.
Abstract Helicobacter pylori colonizes the gastric mucosa of more than half of all people worldwide and is the major cause of peptic ulcer disease and an early risk factor for gastric cancer, even though most&... -
ENSO and cholera: a nonstationary link related to climate change
Abstract We present here quantitative evidence for an increased role of interannual climate variability on the temporal dynamics of an infectious disease. The evidence is based on time-series analyses of the relationship... -
Molecular ecology of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae
Abstract Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae is the etiological agent of cholera, an acute dehydrating diarrhea that occurs in epidemic form in many developing countries. Although V. cholerae is a human pathogen, aquatic ecosystems&#x... -
Update on protozoan parasites of the intestine
Abstract The last year has seen new approaches to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of protozoal infections of the gastrointestinal tract. Some of the news is not good: new foodborne and swimming pool outbre...
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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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- 1980 - 1989 544
- 1970 - 1979 143
- 1961 - 1969 60