Water sources and the incidence of cholera in rural Bangladesh(abstract) (2008)
Khan, Moslemuddin, Chakraborty, J., Sarder, A. Majid, Khan, M.R.
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...
Stoltzfus, R.J., Chakraborty, J., Rice, A., De Francisco, A.
Objective: Compare the levels of anaemia in a population served by an iron supplementation programme with that in other rural populations in Bangladesh: Methodology: Haemoglobin concentration was...
Mortality pattern of women of reproductive age in rural Bangladesh (2007)
Khan, Shamim A., De Francisco, Andres, Chakraborty, J.
Objective: Analyze the causes of death of women of reproductive age in rural Bangladesh and interpret results in the light of the contraceptive prevalence rate. Methods: Causes of death for all women...
Victora, Cesar G., Huttly, Sharon R.A., Fuchs, S.C., Barros, F.C., Garenne, M., Leroy, O., ...
Population-based data on deaths due to diarrhoea among children less than 5 years of age were obtained from areas of Brazil (227 deaths), Senegal (531), Bangladesh (236) and India (146). Fatal...
Recurrent and aggressive chondroblastoma : a case report. (2007)
Bandyopadhyay, A, Chakraborty, J, Choudhuri, MK, Guha, D, Mallick, MG, Roy, S, ...
Killewo, J., Anwar, I., Bashir, I., Yunus, M., Chakraborty, J.
Delay in accessing emergency obstetric-care facilities during life-threatening obstetric complications is a significant determinant of high maternal mortality in developing countries. To examine the...
Improved Indicators of Infant Mortality for Integrated Primary Healthcare Programmes (2007)
Sack, David A., Ahmed, S., Razzaque, Abdur, Chakraborty, J., Yunus, Mohammad
Mortality and fertility rates are decreasing rapidly in many developing countries. It is argued that the indices commonly used as measures of these changes, i.e. infant mortality rate and fertility...
Killewo, J., Anwar, I., Bashir, I., Yunus, M., Chakraborty, J.
Delay in accessing emergency obstetric-care facilities during life-threatening obstetric complications is a significant determinant of high maternal mortality in developing countries. To examine the...
Small cell carcinoma of ovary : a rare pathology. (2007)
Chakraborty, J, Biswas, S, Sanyal, S, Mukherjee, C, Chaudhuri, M
Immature mediastinal teratoma--a rare pathology. (2006)
Chakraborty, J, Paul, P, Chakrabarti, S, Bhattacharyya, S, Sarkar, R
Interdiffusion and stress development in thin film diffusion couples (2006)
Kuru, Y., Chakraborty, J., Welzel, U., Wohlschlögel, M., Mittemeijer, E. J.
Thermal and Microwave-Assisted Oxidative Degradation of Poly(ethyleneoxide) (2005)
Vijayalakshmi, SP, Chakraborty, J, Madras, Giridhar
The kinetics of the thermal and microwave-assisted oxidative degradation of poly(ethylene oxide) were determined with potassium persulfate as the oxidizing agent. Gel permeation chromatography was...
Thermal and Microwave-Assisted Oxidative Degradation of Poly(ethyleneoxide) (2005)
Vijayalakshmi, SP, Chakraborty, J, Madras, Giridhar
The kinetics of the thermal and microwave-assisted oxidative degradation of poly(ethylene oxide) were determined with potassium persulfate as the oxidizing agent. Gel permeation chromatography was...
Primary breast sarcomas--report of two cases. (2002)
Biswas, S, Chakraborty, J, Rahman, QM, Sanyal, S, Pal, G, Muhkerjee, C
Epidemiology of bronchial asthma among children in rural Bangladesh at Matlab (2000)
Haruko, Takwchi, Zaman, K., Yunus, Md., Arifeen, Shams El, Chakraborty, J., Chowdhury, H.R., ...
Baqui, Abdullah H., Isenbarger, Daniel W., Arifeen, Shams EI, Zaman, K., Rahman, Mahbubur, Raquib, Rubhana, ...
Baqui, Abdullah H., Isenbarger, Daniel W., Arifeen, Shams EI, Zaman, K., Rahman, Mahbubur, Raquib, Rubhana, ...
Filteau, Suzanne M., Rice, Amy L., Ball, Jennifer J., Chakraborty, J., Stoltzfus, Rebecca, De Francisco, Andres, ...
Vitamin A supplementation of mothers postpartum may improve infant health, not only by increasing vitamin A delivery to the infant through breast milk but also by increasing delivery of milk immune...
Effects of environmental factors on child survival in Bangladesh ; a case control stuy (1999)
Hoque, B.A., Chakraborty, J., Chowdhury, J.T.A., Chowdhury, U.K., Ali, M., Arifeen, S.El, ...
Rice, Amy L., Stoltzfus, Rebecca J., De Francisco, Andres, Chakraborty, J., Kjolhede, Chris L., Wahed, M. A.
The effects of maternal postpartum vitamin A or beta-carotene supplementation on maternal and infant serum retinol concentrations, modified relative dose-response (MRDR) ratios and breast milk...
Rahman, Mahbubur, Hossain, Shahadat, Baqui, Abdullah, Albert, John, Rahman, Motior, Moazzem, N., ...
Baqui, Abdullah H., Black, Robert E., Vaughan, Patrick, Yunus, Md., Arifeen, Shams EI, Chakraborty, J., ...
De Francisco, A, Hall, A.J., Unicomb, L., Chakraborty, J., Yunus, Md, Sack, R.B.
Considerable numbers of measles cases occur below the target age for vaccination in the Indian sub-continent. The immunogenicity of measles vaccine in infancy is dependent on the rate of decay in...
De Francisco, A., Chakraborty, J., Ahmed, F.
Objective: Relate z-scores of malnourished children treated in a Nutrition Rehabilitation Unit (NRU) with that of their counterparts in a community. Methodology: The Matlab MCH-FP Programme regularly...
Rice, A.L., Stoltzfus, R.J., De Francisco, A., Chakraborty, J., Kjolhede, C.L., Waned, M.A.
Objective: Assess the efficacy of vitamin A and B-carotene supplementation for the improvement of vitamin A status of women and their breastfed infants. Methodology: Women delivering live infants in...
De Francisco, A., Chakraborty, J.
This study evaluates compliance with taking oral cotrimoxazole in an ALRI control programme in rural Bangladesh. Health workers administered the first dose to children with moderate disease and...
Clemens, John D., Rao, Malla R., Chakraborty, J., Yunus, Mohammad, Ali, Mohammed, Kay, Bradford, ...
Zaman, K., Zeitlyn, Sushila, Chakraborty, J., De Francisco, A., Yunus, M.
A study conducted in rural Bangladesh examined the patterns of health seeking behavior, mothers' recognition of symptoms, the perceived causes and barriers to timely treatment of acute lower...
Myaux, J.A., Ali, M., Chakraborty, J., De Francisco, A.
Every year, Bangladesh experiences major floods that inundate about one-third of the country. Therefore, flood control projects that comprise earthen dikes and irrigation/drainage systems are built...
Myaux, J., Ali, M., Felsenstein, A., Chakraborty, J., De Francisco, A.
To assess the geographic variation of acute watery diarrhoea in children 0 to 5 years old in rural Bangladesh, all cases of "cholera-like" diarrhoea were plotted on the map. A clustering pattern was...
Environmental hazards as a leading cause of death in children from Bangladesh (1996)
Myaux, J., Iqbal, A., Uzma, A., Chakraborty, J., Ali, M., Hossain, M.
Maternal recall of tetanus toxoid vaccination (1996)
De Francisco, A., Chakraborty, J.
Difficulties of vaccination documentation in developing countries lead to a dependence on maternal recollection of vaccination to evaluate tetanus toxoid (TT) vaccination. To date, the validity of...
The effects of health services utilization on the recovery from dysentery (1996)
Myaux, Jacques A., Chakraborty, J., Yunus, M., Khan, Eradul H., De Francisco, Andres
A community-based programme for the treatment of dysentery in children under five years of age was implemented in Matlab, Bangladesh. Dysentery cases, identified at home, were referred to a...
The Effects of Health Services Utilization on the Recovery from Dysentery (1996)
Myaux, Jacques A., Chakraborty, J., Yunus, M., Khan, Eradul H., Francisco, Andres De
A community-based programme for the treatment of dysentery in children under five years of age was implemented in Matlab, Bangladesh. Dysentery cases, identified at home, were referred to a...
Accidental ingestion of vitamin A [letter] (1995)
De Francisco, A., Zaman, K., Chowdhury, H.R., Wahed, M.A., Chakraborty, J., Yunus, Mohamed
Clemens, J., Rao, M., Sack, D., Ahmed, F., Khan, M.R., Chakraborty, J., ...
In a field trial carried out in 1985 in Matlab, Bangladesh, the authors evaluated whether subjects who developed Vibrio cholerae 01 infections during the first year after earlier receipt of B...
Desire for additional child and subsequent family planning practices in Matlab (1995)
De Francisco, Andres, Weili, Y., Bairagi, R., Chakraborty, J.
The prevalence of reproductive tract infections in Matlab, Bangladesh (1995)
Hawkes, Sarah, De Francisco, Andres, Chakraborty, J., Albert, John, Mabey, David, Hayes, Richard
Clemens, J., Rao, M., Sack, D., Ahmed, F., Khan, M. R., Chakraborty, J., ...
In a field trial carried out in 1985 in Matlab, Bangladesh, the authors evaluated whether subjects who developed Vibrio cholerae 01 infections during the first year after earlier receipt of B...
Measles in rural Bangladesh: issues of validation and age distribution (1994)
De Francisco, A., Fauveau, V., Sarder, A.M., Chowdhury, H.R., Chakraborty, J., Yunus, M.D.
In the Third World, scientists have described thoroughly the pattern of measles in Africa. In Asia, however, the epidemiology of measles has been poorly described. In 1989, a measles surveillance...
Measles in Rural Bangladesh: Issues of Validation and Age Distribution (1994)
FRANCISCO, A DE, FAUVEAU, V, SARDER, A M, CHOWDHURY, H R, CHAKRABORTY, J, YUNUS, M D
In the Third World, scientists have described thoroughly the pattern of measles in Africa. In Asia, however, the epidemiology of measles has been poorly described. In 1989, a measles surveillance...
Matlab research area atlas: geographic distribution of the major field studies (1993)
Myaux, J., Emch, M., Felsenstein, A., Chakraborty, J., Ali, M., De Francisco, A.
Cost-effectiveness of the Matlab MCH-FP Project in Bangladesh (1993)
ATTANAYAKE, NIMAL, FAUVEAU, VINCENT, CHAKRABORTY, J
The cost-effectiveness of a set of MCH and FP activities in Matiab, a rural area in Bangladesh, was examined using simplified methods. They looked only at the recurrent cost incurred by the provider...
The Design and Analysis of Cholera Vaccine Trials: Recent Lessons from Bangladesh (1993)
CLEMENS, JOHN, SACK, DAVID, RAO, MALLA, CHAKRABORTY, J, KAY, BRADFORD, AHMED, FARUQUE, ...
The recent spread of cholera to Latin America, tcgether with the persistent burden of thia disease in Asia and Africa, have stimulated efforts to evaluate new cholera vaccines in field settings....
Risk factors for clinical marasmus : a case-control study of Bangladeshi children (1993)
Henry, F.J., Briend, André, Fauveau, V., Huttly, S.R.A., Yunus, M., Chakraborty, J.
Measles surveillance system antibody decay in infants (1992)
De Francisco, Andres, Unicomb, L., Chakraborty, J., Begum, R., Yunus, M., Sack, B.
Clemens, John D., Rao, Malla, Sack, David A., Ahmed, Faruque, Chakraborty, J., ...
The authors estimated the incidence rates of cholera and death between 1985 and 1988 for 32,642 age- and sex-eligible persons who did not participate in a randomized, placebo-controlled field trial...
The risk approach to intervention in severe malnutrition in rural Bangladesh (1992)
Fitzroy, J.H., Briend, André, Fauveau, V., Huttly, S.R.A., Yunus, M., Chakraborty, J.
Effect on mortality of community-based maternity-care programme in rural Bangladesh (1991)
Fauveau, V., Stewart, K., Khan, S.A., Chakraborty, J.
Various community-based interventions have been proposed to improve maternity care, but hardly any studies have reported the effect of these measures on maternal mortality. In this study, the...
Diarrhoea mortality in rural Bangladeshi children (1991)
Fauveau, V., Yunus, M., Zaman, K., Chakraborty, J., Sarder, A.M.
Fauveau, Vincent, Chakraborty, J., Sarder, A.M., Khan, M.A., Koenig, M.A.
Any decision to modify measles immunization strategies away from the use of the conventional vaccine given to children at 9 months of age to the adoption of recently proposed vaccine strains that can...
Contraceptive use and breast-feeding duration in rural Bangladesh (1991)
Briend, André, Fauveau, V., Chakraborty, J.
The association between contraceptive use and breast-feeding duration was investigated in 2380 women in rural Bangladesh where women usually stop breast-feeding once pregnant. Life table analysis...
BREAST FEEDING AND THE RISK OF SEVERE CHOLERA IN RURAL BANGLADESHI CHILDREN (1990)
CLEMENS, JOHN D., SACK, DAVID A., HARRIS, JEFFREY R., KHAN, M. R., CHAKRABORTY, J., CHOWDHURY, SHAHRIAR, ...
The association between breast feeding and the risk of severe cholera was examined in a case-control study of rural Bangladeshi children under 36 months of age who were studied in 1985–1986 during...
Perinatal Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh: A Community-Based Study (1990)
FAUVEAU, VINCENT, WOJTYNIAK, BOGDAN, MOSTAFA, G, SARDER, A M, CHAKRABORTY, J
Fauveau V (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR-B) GPO Box 128, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh), Wojtyniak B, Mostafa G, Sarder A M and Chakraborty J. Perinatal mortality in Matlab,...
Post-flood nutritional anthropometry of children in Matlab, Bangladesh (1990)
Stewart, M.K., Fauveau, V., Chakraborty, J., Briend, André, Yunus, M., Sarder, A.M.
Epidemiology and Cause of Deaths among Women in Rural Bangladesh (1989)
FAUVEAU, VINCENT, WOJTYNIAK, BOGDAN, KOENIG, MICHAEL A, CHAKRABORTY, J, CHOWDHURY, A I
Fauveau V (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR, B) GPO Box 128, Dhaka-2, Bangladesh), Wojtyniak B, Koenig M A, Chakraborty J and Chowdhury A I. Epidemiology and cause of...
Intervention to reduce deaths from oysentery in under-five-children in the matlab MCH-FP area (1988)
Ronsmans, Carine, Yunus, M., Fauveau, V., Chakraborty, J., Khan, S.A., Bagum, H., ...
Field trial of oral cholera vaccines in Bangladesh (1988)
Clemens, J.D., Harris, J.R., Sack, D.A., Chakraborty, J., Ahmed, F., Stanton, B.F., ...
Clemens, John D., Sack, David A., Harris, Jeffery R., Chakraborty, J., Neogy, P.K., Stanton, B., ...
The B subunit (BS) of cholera toxin and that of the heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) are antigenically similar. We therefore assessed whether a combined cholera...
Field trial of oral cholera vaccines in Bangladesh: results of one year of follow-up (1988)
Clemens, John D., Harris, Jeffery R., Sack, David A., Chakraborty, J., Ahmed, Faruque, Stanton, Bonita F., ...
We assessed the protective efficacy (PE) of three doses of B subunit-killed whole cell (BS-WC) and killed whole cell-only (WC) oral cholera vaccines in a randomized, double-blind trial among 62,285...
Clemens, John D., Sack, David A., Harris, Jeffery R., Chakraborty, J., Khan, M.R., Stanton, Bonita F., ...
The impact of B subunit killed whole-cell (BS-WC) and killed whole-cell-only (WC) oral cholera vaccines was assessed in a randomised double-blind trial in rural Bangladesh. 62,285 children aged 2-15...
Health care cholice and drug use for bloody diarrhoea in rural Bangladesh (1988)
Ronsmans, Carine, Fauveau, V., Chakraborty, J., Faruque, A.S.G., Bari, A., Khan, S.A., ...
Health care choice and drug use for diarrhoea in rural Bangladesh (1988)
Ronsmans, Carine, Fauveau, V., Chakraborty, J., Faruque, A.S.G., Bari, A., Khan, S.A., ...
MEASLES VACCINATION AND CHILDHOOD MORTALITY IN RURAL BANGLADESH (1988)
CLEMENS, JOHN D., STANTON, BONITA F., CHAKRABORTY, J., CHOWDHURY, SHAHRIAR, RAO, MALLA R., MOHAMMED, ALI, ...
Clemens, J. D. (Center for Vaccine Development, U. of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201), B. F. Stanton, J. Chakraborty, S. Chowdhury, M. R. Rao, M. AH, S. Zimicki, and B. Wojtyniak....
The use effectiveness of the copper T-200 in Matlab, Bangladesh (1987)
Rob, U., Phillips, J. F., Chakraborty, J., Koenig, M. A.
Using a unique record keeping system, the use effectiveness of the Copper T-200 is examined in rural Bangladesh. In Matlab the Copper T-200 is a highly effective contraceptive modality. The adopters...
Clemens, John D., Stanton, Bonita F., Chakraborty, J., Sack, David A., Khan, M.R., Huda, S., ...
We conducted a randomized trial among persons in rural Bangladesh to evaluate the side effects and immunogenicity of orally administered B subunit-killed whole cell (BS-WC) and killed whole cell-only...
DeGraff, Deborah S., Phillips, James F., Simmons, Ruth, Chakraborty, J.
This is a follow-up to a 1984 study that analyzed the relationship between areal variation in the contraceptive prevalence time series and in the intensity of maternal and child health (MCH) services...
Field trial of oral cholera vaccines in Bangladesh (1986)
Clemens, John D., Sack, David A., Harris, Jeffery R., Chakraborty, J., Khan, M.R., Stanton, Bonita F., ...
The protective efficacy of oral B subunit killed whole-cell (BS-WC) and killed whole-cell (WC) cholera vaccines was assessed in 63 498 Bangladeshi children aged 2-15 years and women aged over 15...
Knoledge attitude and practice (KAP) study of childhood immunization in Matlab, Bangladesh (1986)
Chakraborty, Nitai, Islam, Shafiqul, Chakraborty, J., Rowland, M.G.M.
Evaluation of safety and immunogenicity of oral rotavirus vaccine for use in Bangladesh (1985)
Harris, Jeffrey, Sack, David A., Chakraborty, J., Khan, M.R., Rowland, Michael G.M., Yunus, Md., ...
Evaluation of family planning-related infectious morbidity in Bangladesh (1985)
Wasserheit, Judith N., Chakraborty, J., Harris, Jeffery R., Phillips, James F., Rahman, Sahera, Yunus, Md., ...
RYLE, PETER R., CHAKRABORTY, J., THOMSON, ALLAN D.
Naloxone hydrochloride (2.0 mg/kg) has been found to reverse the significant decreases in the hepatic cytosolic and mitochondria1 [NAD+]/[NADH] ratios observed after acute ethanol...
Impact evaluation of measles vaccination in Matlab, 1982-1984 (1983)
Clemense, John D., Stanton, Bonita F., Shahid, Nigar, Yunus, M., Chakraborty, J., Wojtyiak, Bogdan
Mortality impact of an MCH-FP program in Matlab, Bangladesh (1983)
Chen, Lincoln C., Rahman, Makhlisur, D'Souza, Stan, Chakraborty, J., Sardar, A.M., Yunus, Md.
RYLE, PETER R., BROILLET, ANNE, PERRISSOUD, DANIEL, CHAKRABORTY, J., THOMSON, ALLAN D.
Administration of a liquid diet containing 36% of the total calories as ethanol to male Wistar rats for three weeks caused a threefold increase in total hepatic lipid, a tenfold increase in...
The demographic impact of the family planning--health services project in Matlab, Bangladesh (1982)
Phillips, James F., Stinson, Wayne S., Bhatia, Shushum, Rahman, Makhlisur, Chakraborty, J.
This paper evaluates the demographic impact of the Family Planning-Health Services Project in Matlab Thana of rural Bangladesh. The project was begun by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal...
Rahman, Makhlisur, Chen, Lincoln C., Chakraborty, J., Yunus, Md, Chowdhury, A.I., Sarder, A.M., ...
1 approach to the prevention of tetanus neonatorum (a leading cause of infant death throughout the world) is improving the quality of prenatal, obstetric, and postnatal maternal and child health...
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....
Home-administered oral therapy for diarrhoea: a laboratory study of safety and efficacy (1982)
Snyder, John D., Yunus, Md, Wahed, M.A., Chakraborty, J.
Serum electrolytes were measured for persons treated for diarrhoea at home with prepackaged or locally available sugar and salt oral rehydration therapy (ORT) solutions and for persons with diarrhoea...
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...
The Relationship of Cholera to Water Source and Use in Rural Bangladesh (1981)
KHAN, MU, MOSLEY, WH, CHAKRABORTY, J, SARDER, A MAJID, KHAN, MR
Khan MU [International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (ICDDR, B), Dacca—12], Mosley WH, Chakraborty J, Majid Sarder A and Khan MR. The relationship of cholera to water source and...
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...
Contraceptive distribution in Bangladesh: some lessons learned (1980)
Rahman, Makhlisur, Mosley, Wiley Henry, Khan, Atiqur Rahman, Chowdhury, A.I., Chakraborty, J.
In 1975 the Cholera Research Laboratory began a contraceptive distribution program in 150 rural villages in Matlab than to confirm that an unmet demand exists and to assess to what degree it could be...
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...
Village-based distribution of oral rehydration therapy packets in Bangladesh (1980)
Chen, Lincoln C., Black, Robert E., Sarder, A.M., Merson, Michael H., Bhatia, Shushum, Yunus, Md., ...
The distribution of sucrose-electrolyte oral therapy packets (1 liter) by community-based workers in a rural Bangladesh population of 157,000 was evaluated. A similar population of 134,000 served as...
Breast-feeding patterns in rural Bangladesh (1980)
Huffman, Sandra L., Chakraborty, J., Simpson, Nancy K.
Nearly 1500 women with live births from February through September 1974 were included in this multiple phase study of breast-feeding patterns in a rural area of Banglandesh. The median duration of...
Oral contraceptives and family health in rural Bangladesh (1980)
Huber, Sallic Craig, Huber, Douglas H., Khan, Atiqur Rahman, Chakraborty, J., Chowdhury, Abu Yusef, Rahman, Maklisur, ...
A case-control survey of motheo assess the health problems of oral contraceptivrs was undertaken in rural Bangladesh t e users compared with two groups of nonusers. The complaint most often reported...
Conformation of DNA Isolated from Amphibian Erythrocytes (1969)
CHATTORAJ, D. K., CHAKRABORTY, J., SADHUKHAN, P.
DNA was isolated from toad (Bufo melanostictus) erythrocytes by a modification of Marmur's method. The length distribution of the molecules, measured from electron micrographs, was broad (0 to 36ÎĽ)...
Reduction of cholera in Bangladeshi villages by simple filtration
Colwell, Rita R., Huq, Anwar, Islam, M. Sirajul, Aziz, K. M. A., Yunus, M., Khan, N. Huda, ...
Based on results of ecological studies demonstrating that Vibrio cholerae, the etiological agent of epidemic cholera, is commensal to zooplankton, notably copepods, a simple filtration procedure was...
Ryle, P R, Chakraborty, J, Thomson, A D
Feeding of ethanol in a liquid diet to male Wistar rats caused decreases in the hepatic cytosolic and mitochondrial [NAD+]/[NADH] ratios. This redox-state change was attenuated after 16 days of...
Daily rhythmic variatioins in hamster liver drug metabolism and associated parameters.
Burke, M D, Lake, B G, Tredger, J M, Chakraborty, J, Bridges, J W
Inhibitors of microsomal oxidations in insect homogenates
Chakraborty, J., Sissons, C. H., Smith, J. N.
1. Homogenates of insect tissues were assayed for enzymes capable of oxidizing p-nitrotoluene to p-nitrobenzoic acid. 2. Locust fat-body homogenate 10000g supernatant was an effective enzyme and...
Enzymic oxidation of some alkylbenzenes in insects and vertebrates
1. Oxidation rates of alkylbenzenes have been measured in 10000g supernatants of vertebrate livers, locust fat bodies and housefly abdomens. 2. Activity per g. of insect was greater in fly than...
Henderson, R G, Wheatley, T, English, J, Chakraborty, J, Marks, V
Renal transplant recipients receiving intermittent haemodialysis and kept under normal ward conditions showed appreciable differences in plasma prednisolone concentrations after therapeutic doses of...
Naik, R B, Chakraborty, J, English, J, Marks, V, Slapak, M, Lee, H A
Ten patients with stable renal function two years after transplantation had their sole immunosuppressive treatment (oral prednisolone 10 mg daily) withdrawn by reducing the daily dose by 1 mg at...
Fauveau, V, Wojtyniak, B, Chakraborty, J, Sarder, A M, Briend, A
OBJECTIVE--To examine the impact on mortality of a child survival strategy, mostly based on preventive interventions. DESIGN--Cross sectional comparison of cause specific mortality in two communities...
Reduction of cholera in Bangladeshi villages by simple filtration
Colwell, Rita R., Huq, Anwar, Islam, M. Sirajul, Aziz, K. M. A., Yunus, M., Khan, N. Huda, ...
Based on results of ecological studies demonstrating that Vibrio cholerae, the etiological agent of epidemic cholera, is commensal to zooplankton, notably copepods, a simple filtration procedure was...
Ryle, P R, Chakraborty, J, Thomson, A D
Feeding of ethanol in a liquid diet to male Wistar rats caused decreases in the hepatic cytosolic and mitochondrial [NAD+]/[NADH] ratios. This redox-state change was attenuated after 16 days of...
Daily rhythmic variatioins in hamster liver drug metabolism and associated parameters.
Burke, M D, Lake, B G, Tredger, J M, Chakraborty, J, Bridges, J W
Inhibitors of microsomal oxidations in insect homogenates
Chakraborty, J., Sissons, C. H., Smith, J. N.
1. Homogenates of insect tissues were assayed for enzymes capable of oxidizing p-nitrotoluene to p-nitrobenzoic acid. 2. Locust fat-body homogenate 10000g supernatant was an effective enzyme and...
Enzymic oxidation of some alkylbenzenes in insects and vertebrates
1. Oxidation rates of alkylbenzenes have been measured in 10000g supernatants of vertebrate livers, locust fat bodies and housefly abdomens. 2. Activity per g. of insect was greater in fly than...
Henderson, R G, Wheatley, T, English, J, Chakraborty, J, Marks, V
Renal transplant recipients receiving intermittent haemodialysis and kept under normal ward conditions showed appreciable differences in plasma prednisolone concentrations after therapeutic doses of...
Naik, R B, Chakraborty, J, English, J, Marks, V, Slapak, M, Lee, H A
Ten patients with stable renal function two years after transplantation had their sole immunosuppressive treatment (oral prednisolone 10 mg daily) withdrawn by reducing the daily dose by 1 mg at...
Fauveau, V, Wojtyniak, B, Chakraborty, J, Sarder, A M, Briend, A
OBJECTIVE--To examine the impact on mortality of a child survival strategy, mostly based on preventive interventions. DESIGN--Cross sectional comparison of cause specific mortality in two communities...
Reeback, J S, Chakraborty, J, English, J, Gibson, T, Marks, V
Eight patients with rheumatoid arthritis received an intra-articular injection of either 50 mg or 100 mg of prednisolone acetate into the knee joint. After the injection plasma levels of prednisolone...
Serum methylprednisolone levels following intra-articular injection of methylprednisolone acetate.
Armstrong, R D, English, J, Gibson, T, Chakraborty, J, Marks, V
Twenty-one patients with rheumatoid arthritis received injections of either 40 mg or 80 mg of methylprednisolone acetate into one or both knee joints. Serum methylprednisolone and cortisol levels...
Plasma prednisolone studies in rheumatic patients.
Hayes, M, Alam, A F, Bruckner, F E, Doherty, S M, Myles, A, English, J, ...
Prednisolone concentration in plasma after a daily maintenance steroid dose was monitored in 83 patients with rheumatic diseases. Although no restrictions were imposed on the intake of food or drink,...
Prednisolone absorption in acute colitis.
Elliott, P R, Powell-Tuck, J, Gillespie, P E, Laidlow, J M, Lennard-Jones, J E, English, J, ...
Peak plasma levels were reduced after an oral dose of 40 mg prednisolone in six patients with severe acute colitis as compared with six normal subjects, though total absorption appeared to be...
Lawson, G J, Chakraborty, J, Tredger, J M, Baylis, E M
Methylprednisolone-hemisuccinate (MPHS), methylprednisolone (MP), 20-alpha-hydroxy- (20 alpha HMP) and 20-beta-hydroxymethyl-prednisolone (20 beta HMP) concentrations were measured in serum, urine...
Scott, N R, Stambuk, D, Chakraborty, J, Marks, V, Morgan, M Y
1. Serum and salivary concentrations of caffeine (1,3,7-trimethylxanthine) and its dimethylxanthine metabolites were measured in 10 healthy control subjects and in 19 patients with cirrhosis, for up...
Urinary metabolites of caffeine in pregnant women.
Scott, N R, Chakraborty, J, Marks, V
In a study of caffeine and its metabolites in pregnant and non-pregnant women, on average 56.8% of the administered caffeine dose was recovered in the urine in both groups. However, compared to the...
Prednisolone levels in the plasma and urine: a study of two preparations in man.
English, J, Chakraborty, J, Marks, V, Trigger, D J, Thomson, A G
1. A competitive protein binding method was used to measure prednisolone and cortisol in blood and urine of volunteers given prednisolone by mouth (15 mg) in the standard tablet form and a fortnight...
A radioimmunoassay method for prednisolone: comparison with the competitive protein binding method.
Chakraborty, J, English, J, Marks, V, Dumasia, M C, Chapman, D J
Cross reactivity of prednisolone with an antiserum raised against dexamethasone-21-hemisuccinate conjugated with bovine serum albumin was utilized to develop a radioimmunoassay for prednisolone in...
Davis, M, Williams, R, Chakraborty, J, English, J, Marks, V, Ideo, G, ...
1 The plasma availability of prednisolone after oral doses of prednisolone and its precursor, prednisone, were compared in ten normal controls and twenty-five patients with chronic active hepatitis...
Binding of [(3)H]oxytocin to cells isolated from the mammary gland of the lactating rat
More than 90 percent of the cells isolated from the mammary gland of lactating rats with 0.1 percent collagenase were viable by dye exclusion. Myoepithelial cells comprised about one-third of the...
Impact of measles vaccination on childhood mortality in rural Bangladesh.
Koenig, M. A., Khan, M. A., Wojtyniak, B., Clemens, J. D., Chakraborty, J., Fauveau, V., ...
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...
Measles among under-9-month-olds in rural Bangladesh: its significance for age at immunization.
Fauveau, V., Chakraborty, J., Sarder, A. M., Khan, M. A., Koenig, M. A.
Any decision to modify measles immunization strategies away from the use of the conventional vaccine given to children at 9 months of age to the adoption of recently proposed vaccine strains that can...
Fauveau, V., Stewart, M. K., Chakraborty, J., Khan, S. A.
Acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRIs) are a major cause of death among young children in developing countries. A targeted programme designed to treat children with ALRI was implemented in...
Myaux, J. A., Ali, M., Chakraborty, J., De Francisco, A.
Every year, Bangladesh experiences major floods that inundate about one-third of the country. Therefore, flood control projects that comprise earthen dikes and irrigation/drainage systems are built...
Causes of maternal mortality in rural Bangladesh, 1976-85*
Fauveau, V., Koenig, M. A., Chakraborty, J., Chowdhury, A. I.
Of a total of 1037 women of reproductive age who died during the period 1976-85 in the Matlab area that was under demographic surveillance, 387 (37%) were maternal deaths. The mean maternal mortality...