M. A. Wahed

Publication List Details

Period

1978 - 2008

Number

126

Co-Authors

Intestinal transport of different electrolyte solutions across small intestine of rabbit in vivo (2007)

Islam, S., Rahman, A ., Fuchs, G.J., Chowdhury, A.K., Wahed, M.A., Rabbani, G.H.

Objective: Determine the relative effects of different electrolyte solutions in optimizing intestinal absorption of water and electrolytes. Methodology: The rice electrolyte solutions, called...

Prepration and quality control of hand-packaged oral rehydration salt sachets (2007)

Ali, M.A., Wahed, M.A.

The feasibility of a simple method for preparation of oral rehydration salt (ORS) packets suitable for cottage industry-scale production over a 3-year period was tested. Each packet contained...

A modified routine analysis of Arsenic content in drinking-water in Bangladesh by hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrophotometry (2007)

Wahed, M.A., Chowdhury, Dulaly, Nermell, Barbro, Khan, Shafiqul Islam, Ilias, Mohammad, Rahman, Mahfuzar, ...

The high prevalence of elevated levels of arsenic in drinking-water in many countries, including Bangladesh, has necessitated the development of reliable and rapid methods for the determination of a...

A Modified Routine Analysis of Arsenic Content in Drinking-water in Bangladesh by Hydride Generation-Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (2006)

M. A. Wahed, Dulaly Chowdhury, Barbro Nermell, Shafiqul Islam Khan, Mohammad Ilias, Mahfuzar Rahman, ...

The high prevalence of elevated levels of arsenic in drinking-water in many countries, including Bangladesh, has necessitated the development of reliable and rapid methods for the determination of a...

A randomized controlled clinical trial of zinc, vitamin A or both in undernourished children with persistent diarrhea in Bangladesh (2001)

Khatun, U.H.F., Malek, M.A., Black, R.E., Sarkar, N.R., Wahed, M.A., Fuchs, G., ...

In a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial, moderately malnourished Bangladeshi children (61-75% of the median weight/age) were studied for the effect of zinc and/or vitamin A...

Znic and Vitamin A interaction in children : effect on Vitamin A nutriture and morbidity [abstract] (2000)

Rahman, M.M., Wahed, M.A., Fuchs, G.J., Baqui, A.H., Vermund, S.H., Alvarez, J.O.

Nuptiality norms in rural Bangladesh favour birth during the teenage years. An appreciable proportion of teenage births are, in fact, second births. This study examines the relationship between...

A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the effect of zinc supplementation during pregnancy on pregnancy outcome in Bangladeshi urban poor (2000)

Osendarp, Saskia J. M., Van Raaij, M.A., Arifeen, Shams E., Wahed, M. A., Baqui, Abdullah H., Fuchs, George J.

Maternal zinc supplementation has been suggested as a potential intervention to reduce the incidence of low birth weight in developing countries. To date, placebo-controlled trials have all been...

Immune response of children who develop persistent diarrhea following rotavirus infection (1999)

Azim, Tasnim, Ahmad, S. Meshabahuddin, Sarker, M. Safiullah, Unicomb, Leanne E., De, Soma, ...

A prospective study was conducted with Bangladeshi children with rotavirus (RV) diarrhea to assess whether nutritional and clinical parameters, RV serotypes, levels of interleukin-10 (IL-10), tumor...

Simultaneous vitamin A administration at routine immunization contact enhances antibody response to diphtheria vaccine in infants younger than six months (1999)

Rahman, M.M., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Hossain, S., Wahed, M.A., Alvarez, J.O., Siber, G.R ., ...

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of simultaneous vitamin A supplementation and diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) vaccination on the...

Maternal vitamin A or beta-carotene supplementation in lactating bangladeshi women benefits mothers and infants but does not prevent subclinical deficiency (1999)

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...

Predictors of serum retinol in children with shigellosis (1998)

Mitra, Amal K., Alvarez, Jose O., Wahed, M.A., Fuchs, George J., Stephensen, Charles B.

Low serum retinol can be useful as an indicator of depleted liver vitamin A stores, particularly in population-based studies. However, serum retinol concentrations decrease transiently during...

Urinary retinol excretion and kidney function in children with shigellosis (1998)

Mitra, Amal K., Alvarez, Jose O., Guay-Woodford, Lisa, Fuchs, George J., Wahed, M.A., Stephensen, Charles B.

Acute infections, including diarrhea, are associated with an increased risk of vitamin A deficiency. Urinary retinol excretion during such infections may contribute to this risk. The mechanism...

Plasma kinetics of an oral dose of [2H4]retinyl acetate in human subjects with estimated low or high total body stores of vitamin A (1998)

Haskell, Marjorie J., Islam, M.A., Handelman, Garry J., Peerson, Janet M., Jones, A. Daniel, Wahed, M.A., ...

The deuterated retinol dilution technique is an indirect method for quantitatively estimating total body stores of vitamin A by using the postequilibration plasma isotopic ratio [2H4]retinol:retinol...

Subclinical vitamin a deficiency in pre-school children living in urban slums of Dhaka City (1998)

Wahed, M.A., Haque, Rashidul, Talukder, Sadiqur R, Albert, M.John, Alvarez, J.O.

Objective: Assess the biochemical evidence of vitamin A deficiency in pre-school children living in the urban slums of Dhaka Methodology: To examine the separate and combined effects of low-dose...

Effect of zinc and vitamin A supplementation in undernourished children with persistent diarrhoea in Bangladesh(abstract) (1998)

Khatun, F., Roy, S.K., Malek, M.A., Wahed, M.A., Sarkar, N.R., Saifuddin, N.M., ...

Objective: Evaluate and compare the efficacy of vitamin A and/or zinc supplementation on the clinical course of persistent diarrhoea in Bangladeshi children. Methodology: A double-blind randomized,...

Absorption of macronutrients and nitrogen balance in children with dysentery fed an amylase-treated energy-dense porridge (1997)

Rahman, M.M., Mahalanabis, D., Ali, M., Mazumder, R.N., Wahed, M.A., Fuchs, G.J.

The aim of this study was to determine the absorption of macronutrients and energy from an energy-dense diet liquefied with amylase from germinated wheat (ARF) in children suffering from acute...

Shelf-life of pre-cooked rice oral rehydration salt packets (1997)

Islam, Sufia, Faruque, A.S.G., Fuchs, G.J., Wahed, M.A., Mahalanabis, Dilip

The shelf-life of pre-cooked rice oral rehydration salts (ORS) at the household level was studied in urban Dhaka. To prepare the packets, cooked rice was dried and ground to fine powder and the salt...

Assessment of vitamin A status by the deuterated-retinol-dilution technique and comparison with hepatic vitamin A concentration in Bangladeshi surgical patients (1997)

Haskell, Marjori J., Handelman, Garry J., Peerson, Janet M., Jones, A. Daniel, Rabbi, M. Atai, Awal, M. A., ...

Hepatic stores of vitamin A were estimated in 31 Bangladeshi surgical patients (15 males and 16 females) by the deuterated-retinol-dilution (DRD) technique and by analysis of the vitamin A...

Absorption of nutrients from an energy-dense diet liquefied with amylase from germinated wheat in infants with acute diarrhea (1997)

Rahman, M. Mujibur, Mitra, A.K., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Wahed, M.A., Khatun, M., Majid, N.

Addition of a small amount of amylase rich flour (ARF) to a thick porridge instantly liquefy the porridge and increase the energy intake even by sick children. The present study examined the...

Glutamine is superior to glucose in stimulating water and electrolyte absorption across rabbit ileum (1997)

Islam, S., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Chowdhury, A.K.A., Wahed, M.A.

L-Glutamine is the primary metabolic fuel of the intestinal mucosa. This in vivo study compares the effect of L-glutamine 50 mM with that of D-glucose 50 mM on water and electrolyte absorption in...

Lipopolysaccharide-specific antibodies in plasma and stools of children with Shigella-associated leukemoid reaction and hemolytic-uremic syndrome (1996)

Azim, Tasnim, Qadri, Fiedausi, Ahmed, Sharmeen, Sarker, M. Safiullah, Halder, Ramesh C., Hamadani, Jena, ...

Antibody responses to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of shigellae were compared between children with uncomplicated and complicated Shigella dysenteriae 1 infection. One hundred fifteen children...

Zinc concentration of breast milk and its diurnal variation in Bangladeshi mothers (1996)

Hussain, M., Sikder, Z.U., Wahed, M.A., Jahan, F.

Little is known about the zinc content of breast milk in developing countries. Zinc content in breast milk was analyzed in 34 mothers of low socio-economic status; 17 were primiparae and 17...

Administration of 25,000 IU vitamin A doses at routine immunisation in young infants (1995)

Rahman, M. Mujibur, Mahalanabis, Dilip, Wahed, M.A., Islam, M. Aminul, Habte, D.

To investigate whether monthly administration of vitamin A at routine immunisation produces any side-effects, and to examine the effect of this supplementation on the vitamin A nutrition status of...

Comparison of the modified relative dose response (MRDR) and the relative dose response (RDR) in the assessment of vitamin A status in malnourished children (1995)

Wahed, M.A., Alvarez, Jose O., Khaled, Muhammad A., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Rahman, M. Mujibur, Habte, Demisse

The modified-relative-dose-response (MRDR) test and the relative-dose-response (RDR) test were compared in 49 mildly to moderately malnourished Bangladeshi children. The MRDR test had a significantly...

Bacterial translocation in the rat model of lectin induced diarrhoea (1995)

Shoda, R., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Wahed, M.A., Albert, M. John

Red kidney beans were fed to weanling Long-Evans rats to cause diarrhoea (mean (SD) faecal wet weight: 2.66 (0.73) g/day in six rats fed beans v 1.12 (0.47) g/day in six control rats, p < 0.01) and...

Enteric protein loss and intestinal permeability changes in children during acute shigellosis and after recovery : effect of zinc supplementation (1994)

Alam, A.N., Sarker, S.A., Wahed, M.A., Khatun, M., Rahaman, M.M.

The effect of zinc supplementation on intestinal permeability changes and protein loss was studied in 32 children aged between 1 and 12 years during bouts of acute shigellosis and after recovery. An...

Intake from an energy-dense porridge liquefied by amylase of germinated wheat: a controlled trial in severely malnourished children during convalescence from diarrhoea (1994)

Rahman, M. Mujibur, Islam, M. Aminul, Mahalanabis, Dilip, Biswas, E., Majid, N., Wahed, M.A.

To evaluate the role of an energy-dense diet liquefied with amylase-rich flour from germinated wheat (ARF) in increasing the energy intake in severely malnourished infants and young children and its...

Prostacyclin concentrations in haemolytic uraemic syndrome after acute shigellosis in children (1991)

Alam, A.N., Abdal, N.M., Wahed, M.A., Rao, B., Kawser, C.A., Hoque, M., ...

The role of prostacyclin in the pathogenesis of haemolytic uraemic syndrome was evaluated in 11 children with acute shigellosis. Plasma concentrations of 6-keto prostaglandin, F1 alpha, a stable...

Treatment of Infantile Diarrhoea with Standard Oral Rehydration Solution and Early Introduction of Milk Feeds (1985)

Samadi, A. R., Ahmed, S. M., Bardhan, P. K., Huq, M. I., Islam, M. R., Wahed, M. A.

Two groups of infants less than six months of age (one exclusively breast-fed and the other exclusively bottle-fed) suffering from diarrhoea with mild and moderate degrees of dehydration were...

Comparison of osmolarity of milk feeds with breast milk (1983)

Samadi, A. R., Wahed, M.A., Islam, M.R.

This study examined the osmolarity of half strength formula milk plus 2.5% sucrose and half strength boiled cow's milk plus 2.5.% sucrose, to compare with breast milk i^ vitro to see the basis for...

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...

Immune Response of Children Who Develop Persistent Diarrhea following Rotavirus Infection

Azim, Tasnim, Ahmad, S. Meshbahuddin, Sarker, M. Safiullah, Unicomb, Leanne E., De, Soma, ...

A prospective study was conducted with Bangladeshi children with rotavirus (RV) diarrhea to assess whether nutritional and clinical parameters, RV serotypes, levels of interleukin-10 (IL-10), tumor...

Lipopolysaccharide-specific antibodies in plasma and stools of children with Shigella-associated leukemoid reaction and hemolytic-uremic syndrome.

Azim, T, Qadri, F, Ahmed, S, Sarker, M S, Halder, R C, Hamadani, J, ...

Antibody responses to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of shigellae were compared between children with uncomplicated and complicated Shigella dysenteriae 1 infection. One hundred fifteen children...

Consequences of hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia in children with acute diarrhoea in Bangladesh.

Samadi, A R, Wahed, M A, Islam, M R, Ahmed, S M

A total of 1330 children under 3 years of age who during 1979 had been admitted to the general ward of ICDDR,B Health Complex for diarrhoea with complications were studied retrospectively for the...

Immune Response of Children Who Develop Persistent Diarrhea following Rotavirus Infection

Azim, Tasnim, Ahmad, S. Meshbahuddin, Sarker, M. Safiullah, Unicomb, Leanne E., De, Soma, ...

A prospective study was conducted with Bangladeshi children with rotavirus (RV) diarrhea to assess whether nutritional and clinical parameters, RV serotypes, levels of interleukin-10 (IL-10), tumor...

Lipopolysaccharide-specific antibodies in plasma and stools of children with Shigella-associated leukemoid reaction and hemolytic-uremic syndrome.

Azim, T, Qadri, F, Ahmed, S, Sarker, M S, Halder, R C, Hamadani, J, ...

Antibody responses to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of shigellae were compared between children with uncomplicated and complicated Shigella dysenteriae 1 infection. One hundred fifteen children...

Consequences of hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia in children with acute diarrhoea in Bangladesh.

Samadi, A R, Wahed, M A, Islam, M R, Ahmed, S M

A total of 1330 children under 3 years of age who during 1979 had been admitted to the general ward of ICDDR,B Health Complex for diarrhoea with complications were studied retrospectively for the...

Enteric protein loss and intestinal permeability changes in children during acute shigellosis and after recovery: effect of zinc supplementation.

Alam, A N, Sarker, S A, Wahed, M A, Khatun, M, Rahaman, M M

The effect of zinc supplementation on intestinal permeability changes and protein loss was studied in 32 children aged between 1 and 12 years during bouts of acute shigellosis and after recovery. An...

Bacterial translocation in the rat model of lectin induced diarrhoea.

Shoda, R, Mahalanabis, D, Wahed, M A, Albert, M J

Red kidney beans were fed to weanling Long-Evans rats to cause diarrhoea (mean (SD) faecal wet weight: 2.66 (0.73) g/day in six rats fed beans v 1.12 (0.47) g/day in six control rats, p < 0.01) and...

Persistent protein losing enteropathy in post measles diarrhoea.

Sarker, S A, Wahed, M A, Rahaman, M M, Alam, A N, Islam, A, Jahan, F

Faecal alpha 1 antitrypsin was measured in two groups of children with diarrhoea aged 6 months to 6 years during the acute and recovery stages of the illness. Group 1 comprised 19 children with a...

Prostacyclin concentrations in haemolytic uraemic syndrome after acute shigellosis in children.

Alam, A N, Abdal, N M, Wahed, M A, Rao, B, Kawser, C A, Hoque, M, ...

The role of prostacyclin in the pathogenesis of haemolytic uraemic syndrome was evaluated in 11 children with acute shigellosis. Plasma concentrations of 6-keto prostaglandin, F1 alpha, a stable...