K. Zaman

Publication List Details

Period

1981 - 2009

Number

71

Co-Authors

Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Sciences: Strategic Directions (2008)

Luby, Stephen P., Brooks, W. Abdullah, Zaman, K., Hossain, Shahed, Ahmed, Tahmeed

Despite substantial progress, infectious diseases remain important causes of ill-health and premature deaths in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has experienced a >90% reduction in the incidence of deaths...

Iron and zinc supplementation promote motor development and exploratory behavior among Bangladeshi infants 1–3 (2008)

Maureen M Black, Abdullah H Baqui, K Zaman, Lars Ake Persson, Shams El Arifeen, Katherine Le, ...

Background: Iron and zinc deficiency are prevalent during infancy in low-income countries. Objectives: The objectives were to examine whether a weekly supplement of iron, zinc, iron�zinc, or a...

1988 floods in Bangladesh: pattern of illness and causes of death (2007)

Siddique, A.K., Baqui, A.H., Eusof, A., Zaman, K.

The worst flood in the history of Bangladesh affected million of people in 1988. To determine morbidity and mortality during the flood, we investigated the causes of illness in 46,740 patients and...

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of shigellosis in rural Bangladesh (2007)

Baqui, A.H., Zaman, K., Yunus, M., Mitra, A.K., Hossain, K.M.B., Banu, H.

Some epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 292 patients infected with Shigella spp in a sample of 2,635 diarrhoea patients are described. The sample consisted of every fifth of all patients...

Community-operated treatment centres prevented many cholera deaths (2007)

Baqul, Abdullah H., Yunus, Md., Zaman, K.

In December 1979,,a community-operated Diarrhoea Treatment Centre was set up at Shataki, Matlab Thana, a rural area of Bangladesh. Over time, the Centre demonstrated that a community-operated centre...

A Population-based Study of Hospital Admission Incidence Rate and Bacterial Aetiology of Acute Lower Respiratory Infections in Children Aged Less Than Five Years in Bangladesh (2007)

Baqui, Abdullah H., Rahman, Mahbubur, Zaman, K., El Arifeen, Shams, Chowdhury, Hafizur Rahman, Begum, Nazma, ...

The research was carried out to study the rate of population-based hospital admissions due to acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) and bacterial aetiology of ALRIs in children aged less than...

A population-based study of hospital admission incidence rate and bacterial aetiology of acute lower respiratory infections in children aged less than five years in Bangladesh (2007)

Baqui, Abdullah H., Rahman, Mahbubur, Zaman, K., Arifeen, Shams El, Chowdhury, Hafizur Rahman, Begum, Nazma, ...

The research was carried out to study the rate of population-based hospital admissions due to acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) and bacterial aetiology of ALRIs in children aged less than...

Zinc therapy for diarrhoea increased the use of oral rehydration therapy and reduced the use of antibiotics in Bangladeshi children (2007)

Baqui, Abdullah H., Black, Robert E., Arifeen, Shams El, Yunus, Mohammad, Zaman, K., Begum, Nazma, ...

Excessive use of antibiotics for diarrhoea is a major contributing factor towards increasing rates of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries. Zinc therapy for diarrhoea has been shown to be...

Clinical benefit of fulvestrant in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer and primary or acquired resistance to aromatase inhibitors: final results of phase II Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Trial (SAKK 21/00) (2007)

Hawle, H, Zaman, K, Nolé, F, ...

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of fulvestrant, an estrogen receptor antagonist, in postmenopausal women with hormone-responsive tumors progressing...

Assessment of population structure and major circulating phylogeographical clades of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Bangladesh suggests a high prevalence of a specific subclade of ancient M. tuberculosis genotypes (2007)

Rahim, Z., Zaman, K., Möllers, M. J., Van Soolingen, D., Raqib, R., ...

Spoligotyping was performed to study the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains (n = 224) from Bangladesh. Strains were split into principal genetic group 1 (PGG 1...

Clinical benefit of fulvestrant in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer and primary or acquired resistance to aromatase inhibitors: final results of phase II Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Trial (SAKK 21/00) (2007)

Perey, L, Paridaens, R, Hawle, H, Zaman, K, Nolé, F, Wildiers, H, ...

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of fulvestrant, an estrogen receptor antagonist, in postmenopausal women with hormone-responsive tumors progressing...

Clinical benefit of fulvestrant in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer and primary or acquired resistance to aromatase inhibitors: final results of phase II Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Trial (SAKK 21/00) (2006)

Perey, L., Paridaens, R., Hawle, H., Zaman, K., Nolé, F., Wildiers, H., ...

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of fulvestrant, an estrogen receptor antagonist, in postmenopausal women with hormone-responsive tumors progressing...

Clinical benefit of fulvestrant in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer and primary or acquired resistance to aromatase inhibitors: final results of phase II Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research Trial (SAKK 21/00) (2006)

Perey, L., Paridaens, R., Hawle, H., Zaman, K., Nolé, F., Wildiers, H., ...

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of fulvestrant, an estrogen receptor antagonist, in postmenopausal women with hormone-responsive tumors progressing...

Efficacy of a packaged rice oral rehydration solution among children with cholera and cholera-like illness (2001)

Zaman, K., Yunus, M., Rahman, A., Chowdhury, H.R., Sack, D.A.

In past studies, patients with cholera and cholera-like diarrhoea treated with rice oral rehydration solution (ORS) had lower purging rates and a shorter illness duration. We evaluated a new packet...

Perception and practice of rest during pregnancy among mothers and family decision-makers (2000)

Akram, K., Zaman, K., Mazumder, Y., Filteau, S., Roy, S.K., Siddique, A.K.

The incidence of low birthweight (LBW) in Bangladesh is one of the highest in the world. Inadequate rest of the mothers during pregnancy is a contributing factor to LBW. To assess the perception and...

Brief report. Perception and practice of rest during pregnancy among mothers and family decision-makers (2000)

Akram, K, Zaman, K, Mazumder, Y, Filteau, S, Roy, SK, Siddique, AK

The incidence of low birthweight (LBW) in Bangladesh is one of the highest in the world. Inadequate rest of the mothers during pregnancy is a contributing factor to LBW. To assess the perception and...

Molecular characterization of a new ribotype of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal associated with an outbreak of cholera in Bangladesh (1999)

Faruque, Shah M., Siddique, A.K., Saha, MN, Rahman, M. Mostafizur, Zaman, K., ...

Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal initially appeared in the southern coastal region of Bangladesh and spread northward, causing explosive epidemics during 1992 and 1993. The resurgence of V. cholerae O139...

Malnutrition, cell-mediated immune deficiency and acute upper respiratory infections in rural Bangladeshi children (1997)

Zaman, K., Baqui, A.H., Yunus, Md, Sack, R.B., Chowdhury, H.R., Black, R.E.

A community-based longitudinal study conducted in rural Bangladesh investigated the association between nutritional status, cell-mediated immune status and acute upper respiratory infections (URI). A...

Molecular analysis of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal strains isolated in Bangladesh between 1993 and 1996: evidence for emergence of a new clone of the Bengal vibrios (1997)

Faruque, Shah M., Ahmed, Kazi Mokim, Siddique, A.K., Zaman, K., Albert, M. John

Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal emerged in 1992 and rapidly spread in an epidemic form, in which it replaced existing strains of V. cholerae O1 in Bangladesh during 1992 and 1993. The subsequent...

Acute respiratory infections in children: a community-based longitudinal study in rural Bangladesh (1997)

Zaman, K., Baqui, A.H., Yunus, M., Sack, R.B., Bateman, O.M., Chowdhury, H.R., ...

A community-based logitudinal study conducted in Matlab, a rural area in Bangladesh, investigated acute respiratory infections (ARI) among children. A cohort of 696 children under 5 years of age was...

Acute lower respiratory infections in rural Bangladeshi children: patterns of treatment and identification of barriers (1997)

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...

Acute Respiratory Infections in Children: A Community-based Longitudinal Study in Rural Bangladesh (1997)

Zaman, K., Baqui, A. H., Sack, R. B., Bateman, O. M., Chowdhury, H. R., ...

A community-based longitudinal study conducted in Matlab, a rural area in Bangladesh, investigated acute respiratory infections (ARI) among children. A cohort of 696 children under 5 years of age was...

Vibrio cholerae O139: how great is the threat of a pandemic (1996)

Siddique, A.K., Akram, K., Zaman, K., Mutsuddy, P., Eusof, A., Sack, R.B.

The emergence of the new strain Vibrio cholerae O139 and its rapid spread in Bangladesh and India together with its detection in several other countries, have raised the question whether this...

Association between nutritional status, cell-mediated immune status and acute lower respiratory infections in Bangladeshi children (1996)

Zaman, K., Baqui, A.H., Yunus, Md., Sack, R.B., Bateman, O.M., Chowdhury, H.R., ...

To investigate the association between nutritional status, cell-mediated immune status and the incidence of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI). DESIGN: Community-based longitudinal study....

Isolation of Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal from the aquatic environment in Bangladesh: implications for disease transmission (1994)

Islam, M.S., Hasan, M.K., Miah, M.A., Yunus, M., Zaman, K., Albert, M.J.

Currently, Bangladesh is experiencing an epidemic of acute watery diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholerae O139. Surface waters were collected and cultured for vibrious following enrichment. Twelve percent...

Emergence of a new epidemic strain of Vibrio cholerae in Bangladesh: an epidemiological study (1994)

Siddique, A.K., Zaman, K., Akram, K., Mutsuddy, P., Eusof, A., Sack, R.B.

For decades, epidemic cholera in Bangladesh has produced contrasting pictures of appearance and disappearance of Vibrio cholerae, which until recently, remained confined to the biotypes and to...

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...

Molecular Characterization of a New Ribotype of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal Associated with an Outbreak of Cholera in Bangladesh

Faruque, Shah M., Siddique, A. K., Saha, Manujendra N., Rahman, M. Mostafizur, Zaman, K., ...

Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal initially appeared in the southern coastal region of Bangladesh and spread northward, causing explosive epidemics during 1992 and 1993. The resurgence of V. cholerae O139...

Isolation of Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal from the aquatic environment in Bangladesh: implications for disease transmission.

Islam, M S, Hasan, M K, Miah, M A, Yunus, M, Zaman, K, Albert, M J

Currently, Bangladesh is experiencing an epidemic of acute watery diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholerae O139. Surface waters were collected and cultured for vibrious following enrichment. Twelve percent...

Molecular analysis of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal strains isolated in Bangladesh between 1993 and 1996: evidence for emergence of a new clone of the Bengal vibrios.

Faruque, S M, Ahmed, K M, Siddique, A K, Zaman, K, Alim, A R, Albert, M J

Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal emerged in 1992 and rapidly spread in an epidemic form, in which it replaced existing strains of V. cholerae O1 in Bangladesh during 1992 and 1993. The subsequent...

Molecular Characterization of a New Ribotype of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal Associated with an Outbreak of Cholera in Bangladesh

Faruque, Shah M., Siddique, A. K., Saha, Manujendra N., Rahman, M. Mostafizur, Zaman, K., ...

Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal initially appeared in the southern coastal region of Bangladesh and spread northward, causing explosive epidemics during 1992 and 1993. The resurgence of V. cholerae O139...

Isolation of Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal from the aquatic environment in Bangladesh: implications for disease transmission.

Islam, M S, Hasan, M K, Miah, M A, Yunus, M, Zaman, K, Albert, M J

Currently, Bangladesh is experiencing an epidemic of acute watery diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholerae O139. Surface waters were collected and cultured for vibrious following enrichment. Twelve percent...

Molecular analysis of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal strains isolated in Bangladesh between 1993 and 1996: evidence for emergence of a new clone of the Bengal vibrios.

Faruque, S M, Ahmed, K M, Siddique, A K, Zaman, K, Alim, A R, Albert, M J

Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal emerged in 1992 and rapidly spread in an epidemic form, in which it replaced existing strains of V. cholerae O1 in Bangladesh during 1992 and 1993. The subsequent...

Femoral herniae in children.

Zaman, K., Taylor, J. D., Fossard, D. P.

A series of 12 femoral herniae in children is presented. Nine were misdiagnosed, eight as inguinal hernia. Nine were reducible. The sex incidence, M:F was 7:5 and nine presented between the ages of 8...

Risk Factors for Nipah Virus Encephalitis in Bangladesh1

Montgomery, Joel M., Hossain, Mohamed J., Gurley, E., Carroll, D.S., Croisier, A., Bertherat, E., ...

Patients in Goalando were likely infected by direct contact with fruit bats or their secretions, rather than through contact with an intermediate host.