A. S. G. Faruque

A survey of sterilization acceptors in a family planning program in rural Bangladesh (2008)

Bhatia, Shushum, Osteria, Trinidad, Chakraborty, J., Faruque, A.S.G.

The results of a survey of 275 Bangladeshi women who were sterilized at a rural family planning clinic are presented. The survey comprised two interviews of each woman: one conducted immediately...

Introduction of Routine Zinc Therapy for Children with Diarrhoea: Evaluation of Safety (2007)

Khan, A.M., Larson, C.P., Faruque, A.S.G., Saha, U.R., Alam, N.U., ...

On 8 May 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) recommended routine administration of zinc in the management of children, aged less than five years,...

Introduction of routine zinc therapy for children with diarrhoea: evaluation of safety (2007)

Khan, A.M., Larson, C.P., Faruque, A.S.G., Saha, U.R., Alam, N.U., ...

On 8 May 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) recommended routine administration of zinc in the management of children, aged less than five...

Characterisitcs of Children Hospitalized with Severe Dehydration and Persistent Diarrhoea in Bangladesh (2007)

Alam, Md. Nur Haque, Faruque, A.S.G., Dewan, N., Sarker, Md. Shafiqul Alam, Fuchs, G.J.

The study analyzed data from a systematic sample of children, aged less than five years, who presented with persistent diarrhoea (diarrhoea of more than 14 days duration). It aims to differentiate...

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from patients with diarrhoea in Bangladesh (2007)

Islam, M.A., Heuvelink, A.E., Sturm, P.D., Beumer, R.R., Zwietering, M.H., ...

The prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and its characteristics were determined among hospitalized patients with diarrhoea and children with diarrhoea in an urban slum...

Young childhood diarrhoea management by mothers and village practitioners in rural Bangladesh (1985)

Faruque, A.S.G., Zaman, K.

The role and success of mothers and village practitioners in treating diarrhoeal episodes have been evaluated in Bangladesh in 1979-1980 in 11 villages with 1801 children under age 5. Diarrhoeal...

Beliefs and treatment related to diarrhoeal episodes reported in association with measles (1983)

Shahid, Nigar S., Aziz, K.M.A., Faruque, A.S.G., Bari, M.A.

Eighty mothers whose children had measles in the past month were interviewed for beliefs and practices related to the management of measles and measles associated diarrhoea. Beliefs and practices...

Use of tetanus toxoid for the prevention of neonatal tetanus : 2. immunization acceptance among pregnant women in rural Bangladesh (1982)

Rahman, Makhlisur, Chen, Lincoln C., Chakraborty, J., Yunus, Md., Faruque, A.S.G., Chowdhury, A.I.

In a rural area of Bangladesh, 2 injections of aluminum phosphate absorbed tetanus toxoid were offered to pregnant women within the context of a maternal-child health and family planning program....

Changing profile of IUD users in family planning clinics in rural Bangladesh (1981)

Bhatia, Shushum, Faruque, A.S.G., Chakraborty, J.

In a rural area of Bangladesh, IUD acceptors in the 2 years prior to the introduction of a family planning health services program differed from the women who accepted IUDs following initiation of...

Assessing menstrual regulation performed by paramedics in rural Bangladesh (1980)

Bhatia, Shushum, Faruque, A.S.G., Chakraborty, J.

Describes and evaluates the performance of menstrual regulation by Bagladeshi lady family planning visitors in a clinic in Matlab and in 4 subcenter clinics. The feasibility of using menstrual...

The Matlab family planning-health services project (1980)

Bhatia, Shushum, Mosley, W.H., Faruque, A.S.G., Chakraborty, J.

Major modifications in the field structure and program activities of a simple contraceptive distribution program in rural Bangladesh demanded a more elaborate infrastructure to provide an increased...

Climate and infectious disease: Use of remote sensing for detection of Vibrio cholerae by indirect measurement

Lobitz, Brad, Beck, Louisa, Huq, Anwar, Wood, Byron, Fuchs, George, Faruque, A. S. G., ...

It has long been known that cholera outbreaks can be initiated when Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera, is present in drinking water in sufficient numbers to constitute an infective...

Evidence of High-Frequency Genomic Reassortment of Group A Rotavirus Strains in Bangladesh: Emergence of Type G9 in 1995

Unicomb, Leanne E., Podder, Goutam, Gentsch, Jon R., Woods, Patricia A., Hasan, K. Zahid, Faruque, A. S. G., ...

We characterized 1,534 rotavirus (RV) strains collected in Bangladesh from 1992 to 1997 to assess temporal changes in G type and to study the most common G and P types using reverse...

Case-Control Study of Enteropathogens Associated with Childhood Diarrhea in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Albert, M. John, Faruque, A. S. G., Faruque, S. M., Sack, R. B., Mahalanabis, D.

The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, is a major center for research into diarrheal diseases. The center treats more than 100,000 patients a year. To obtain useful...

Prevalence of Toxin Types and Colonization Factors in Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Isolated during a 2-Year Period from Diarrheal Patients in Bangladesh

Qadri, Firdausi, Das, Swadesh Kumar, Faruque, A. S. G., Fuchs, George J., Albert, M. John, Sack, R. Bradley, ...

The prevalence of toxin types and colonization factors (CFs) of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) was prospectively studied with fresh samples (n = 4,662) obtained from a 2% routine...

Prevalence of Enterotoxin Genes in Aeromonas spp. Isolated From Children with Diarrhea, Healthy Controls, and the Environment

Albert, M. John, Ansaruzzaman, M., Talukder, Kaisar A., Chopra, Ashok K., Kuhn, Inger, Rahman, Motiur, ...

Aeromonads are causative agents of a number of human infections. Even though aeromonads have been isolated from patients suffering from diarrhea, their etiological role in gastroenteritis is unclear....

Association of Providencia alcalifaciens with Diarrhea in Children

Albert, M. John, Faruque, A. S. G., Mahalanabis, D.

It has been demonstrated in previous studies that Providencia alcalifaciens can produce diarrhea by an invasive mechanism. In the present study, P. alcalifaciens was isolated from the stool specimens...

ENSO and cholera: A nonstationary link related to climate change?

Rodó, Xavier, Pascual, Mercedes, Fuchs, George, Faruque, A. S. G.

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...

Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Provisional Serotype Shigella flexneri 1c and Clonal Relationships with 1a and 1b Strains Isolated in Bangladesh

Talukder, Kaisar A., Islam, Zhahirul, Aminul Islam, M., Dutta, Dilip K., Safa, Ashrafus, Ansaruzzaman, M., ...

The serotypes of 144 strains of Shigella flexneri serotype 1 (serotypes 1a, 1b, and 1c) isolated from patients attending the Dhaka treatment center of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease...

Use of Dipsticks for Rapid Diagnosis of Cholera Caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 from Rectal Swabs

Bhuiyan, N. A., Qadri, Firdausi, Faruque, A. S. G., Malek, M. A, Salam, M. A., Nato, Farida, ...

We evaluated the recently developed dipsticks for the rapid detection of Vibrio cholerae serotypes O1 and O139 from rectal swabs of hospitalized diarrheal patients after enrichment for 4 h in...

The Major Subunit of the Toxin-Coregulated Pilus TcpA Induces Mucosal and Systemic Immunoglobulin A Immune Responses in Patients with Cholera Caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139

Asaduzzaman, Muhammad, Ryan, Edward T., John, Manohar, Hang, Long, Khan, Ashraful I., Faruque, A. S. G., ...

Diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholerae is known to give long-lasting protection against subsequent life-threatening illness. The serum vibriocidal antibody response has been well studied and has been...

Seasonal epidemics of cholera inversely correlate with the prevalence of environmental cholera phages

Faruque, Shah M., Naser, Iftekhar Bin, Islam, M. Johirul, Faruque, A. S. G., Ghosh, A. N., Nair, G. Balakrish, ...

The relationship among (i) the local incidence of cholera, (ii) the prevalence in the aquatic environment of Vibrio cholerae, and (iii) bacterial viruses that attack potentially virulent O1 and O139...

Self-limiting nature of seasonal cholera epidemics: Role of host-mediated amplification of phage

Faruque, Shah M., Islam, M. Johirul, Ahmad, Qazi Shafi, Faruque, A. S. G., Sack, David A., Nair, G. Balakrish, ...

Phage predation of Vibrio cholerae has recently been reported to be a factor that influences seasonal epidemics of cholera in Bangladesh. To understand more about this phenomenon, we studied the...

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in Developing Countries: Epidemiology, Microbiology, Clinical Features, Treatment, and Prevention

Qadri, Firdausi, Svennerholm, Ann-Mari, Faruque, A. S. G., Sack, R. Bradley

ETEC is an underrecognized but extremely important cause of diarrhea in the developing world where there is inadequate clean water and poor sanitation. It is the most frequent bacterial cause of...

Climate and infectious disease: Use of remote sensing for detection of Vibrio cholerae by indirect measurement

Lobitz, Brad, Beck, Louisa, Huq, Anwar, Wood, Byron, Fuchs, George, Faruque, A. S. G., ...

It has long been known that cholera outbreaks can be initiated when Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera, is present in drinking water in sufficient numbers to constitute an infective...

Evidence of High-Frequency Genomic Reassortment of Group A Rotavirus Strains in Bangladesh: Emergence of Type G9 in 1995

Unicomb, Leanne E., Podder, Goutam, Gentsch, Jon R., Woods, Patricia A., Hasan, K. Zahid, Faruque, A. S. G., ...

We characterized 1,534 rotavirus (RV) strains collected in Bangladesh from 1992 to 1997 to assess temporal changes in G type and to study the most common G and P types using reverse...

Case-Control Study of Enteropathogens Associated with Childhood Diarrhea in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Albert, M. John, Faruque, A. S. G., Faruque, S. M., Sack, R. B., Mahalanabis, D.

The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, is a major center for research into diarrheal diseases. The center treats more than 100,000 patients a year. To obtain useful...

Prevalence of Toxin Types and Colonization Factors in Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Isolated during a 2-Year Period from Diarrheal Patients in Bangladesh

Qadri, Firdausi, Das, Swadesh Kumar, Faruque, A. S. G., Fuchs, George J., Albert, M. John, Sack, R. Bradley, ...

The prevalence of toxin types and colonization factors (CFs) of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) was prospectively studied with fresh samples (n = 4,662) obtained from a 2% routine...

Prevalence of Enterotoxin Genes in Aeromonas spp. Isolated From Children with Diarrhea, Healthy Controls, and the Environment

Albert, M. John, Ansaruzzaman, M., Talukder, Kaisar A., Chopra, Ashok K., Kuhn, Inger, Rahman, Motiur, ...

Aeromonads are causative agents of a number of human infections. Even though aeromonads have been isolated from patients suffering from diarrhea, their etiological role in gastroenteritis is unclear....

Association of Providencia alcalifaciens with Diarrhea in Children

Albert, M. John, Faruque, A. S. G., Mahalanabis, D.

It has been demonstrated in previous studies that Providencia alcalifaciens can produce diarrhea by an invasive mechanism. In the present study, P. alcalifaciens was isolated from the stool specimens...

ENSO and cholera: A nonstationary link related to climate change?

Rodó, Xavier, Pascual, Mercedes, Fuchs, George, Faruque, A. S. G.

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...

Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Provisional Serotype Shigella flexneri 1c and Clonal Relationships with 1a and 1b Strains Isolated in Bangladesh

Talukder, Kaisar A., Islam, Zhahirul, Aminul Islam, M., Dutta, Dilip K., Safa, Ashrafus, Ansaruzzaman, M., ...

The serotypes of 144 strains of Shigella flexneri serotype 1 (serotypes 1a, 1b, and 1c) isolated from patients attending the Dhaka treatment center of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease...

Use of Dipsticks for Rapid Diagnosis of Cholera Caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 from Rectal Swabs

Bhuiyan, N. A., Qadri, Firdausi, Faruque, A. S. G., Malek, M. A, Salam, M. A., Nato, Farida, ...

We evaluated the recently developed dipsticks for the rapid detection of Vibrio cholerae serotypes O1 and O139 from rectal swabs of hospitalized diarrheal patients after enrichment for 4 h in...

The Major Subunit of the Toxin-Coregulated Pilus TcpA Induces Mucosal and Systemic Immunoglobulin A Immune Responses in Patients with Cholera Caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139

Asaduzzaman, Muhammad, Ryan, Edward T., John, Manohar, Hang, Long, Khan, Ashraful I., Faruque, A. S. G., ...

Diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholerae is known to give long-lasting protection against subsequent life-threatening illness. The serum vibriocidal antibody response has been well studied and has been...

Seasonal epidemics of cholera inversely correlate with the prevalence of environmental cholera phages

Faruque, Shah M., Naser, Iftekhar Bin, Islam, M. Johirul, Faruque, A. S. G., Ghosh, A. N., Nair, G. Balakrish, ...

The relationship among (i) the local incidence of cholera, (ii) the prevalence in the aquatic environment of Vibrio cholerae, and (iii) bacterial viruses that attack potentially virulent O1 and O139...

Self-limiting nature of seasonal cholera epidemics: Role of host-mediated amplification of phage

Faruque, Shah M., Islam, M. Johirul, Ahmad, Qazi Shafi, Faruque, A. S. G., Sack, David A., Nair, G. Balakrish, ...

Phage predation of Vibrio cholerae has recently been reported to be a factor that influences seasonal epidemics of cholera in Bangladesh. To understand more about this phenomenon, we studied the...

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in Developing Countries: Epidemiology, Microbiology, Clinical Features, Treatment, and Prevention

Qadri, Firdausi, Svennerholm, Ann-Mari, Faruque, A. S. G., Sack, R. Bradley

ETEC is an underrecognized but extremely important cause of diarrhea in the developing world where there is inadequate clean water and poor sanitation. It is the most frequent bacterial cause of...