A simple laboratory method for the diagnosis of V. cholerae (2008)
In many developing countries where cholera occurs, bacteriological facilities at the local level are lacking and either cholera may be unreported or other diarrhoeal diseases may be mistakenly...
Monsur, K.A., Miah, A.L., Huq, M.I., Huq, F., Poddar, G., Salek, M.A., ...
One or more of 24 selected bacteriophages at 100 and 1000 times routine test dilution (RTD), spotted on lawns of individual Escherichia coli strains were found to attack over 90% of 297 E. co/i...
This study attempted to determine whether or not resistance plasmids present in Vibrio cho/erae and Escherichia co/i isolated from the same patient with diarrhoea were identical. Both species were...
Haider, K., Huq, M.I., Hossain, A., Shahid, N.S., Holmes, I.H.
One hundred suspected rotavirus stools, collected at the hospital of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, from January 1982 to March 1984, were examined by the...
Huq, M.I., Aziz, K.M.S., Colwell, R.R.
Toxigenic Vibrio -fluvialis {formerly Group F vibrio) have been isolated from both clinical and environmental sources in Bangladesh and the United States. Phenotypic and toxigenic characteristics of...
A new enterotoxin produduced by Vibrio cholerae 01 (2007)
Sanyal, S.C., Neogi, P.K.B., Alam, K., Huq, M.I., Al-Mahud, K.A.
Simultaneous classical and El Tor cholera in Bangladesh (2007)
Khan, M.U., Samadi, A.R., Huq, M.I., Yunus, M., Eusof, A.
Cholera appears annually in Bangladesh, with peak incidence from September through December and April through June. After being absent for a decade, the classical biotype of Vibrio cholerae...
Huq, M.I., Sanyal, S.C., Samadi, A.R., Monsur, K.A.
The change from classical to the El Tor biotype of Vibrio cholerae during the early seventies in Bangladesh remains to be elucidated. The shift in 1982 from El Tor back to the classical was not...
Hossain, A., Haider, Khaleda, Huq, M.I., Zaman, A.
The in vitro production of haemolysin by Vibrio mimicus, a newly described aetiological agent for human diarrhoea, was determined using sheep erythrocytes. The effects of medium composition and...
Haider, K., Huq, M.I., Samadi, A.R., Ahmad, K.
Strains of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 and Sh. flexneri isolated during 1981-82 from children with shigellosis and also from asymptomatic excretors were examined for drug resistance and for the...
Haider, K., Huq, M.I., Hossain, A.
The differential resistance of most prevalent ShigeUa serotypes, S. flexneri fn = 2940) and S. dv.ienterioe type. I (n = 16l8) to the drug trimethoprim itself and to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole are...
Field trial of Oral B-Subunit/Whole-cell cholera vaccine (1984)
Clemens, John D., Chakaraborti, J., Huq, M.I., Khan, M.U., Stanton, B., Yunus, M., ...
Blotting paper strip for the transport of stool specimens for laboratory diagnosis of cholera (1983)
Study of temporial trends in post-monsoon El tor and classical biotype cholera in Bangladesh (1983)
Riley, Lee W., Waterman, Stephen H., Faruque, A.S.G., Clemens, John, Shahid, Niger S., Baqui, A.H., ...
Investigation of simultaneous outbreak of Classical Inaba and EI Tor Cholera (1983)
Shahid, Nigar S., Samadi, A.R., Huq, M.I., Sanyal, S.C., Greenough III, W.B., Monsur, K.A.
Samadi, A.R., Huq, M.I., Monsur, K.A.
Following the first isolation of Yersinia intermedia (Y. intermedia) in the Microbiology Branch of ICDDR, B from two postmortem cases, one of whom suffered from pneumonia and septicaemia and the...
Epidemiologic and clinical features of endemic Campylobacter jejuni infection in Bangladesh (1983)
Glass RI, Roger I., Stoll, B.J., Huq, M.I., Struelens, M.J.
Epidemiologic and clinical features of infection with Campylobacter jejuni in Bangladesh were examined in (1) diarrheal patients infected with C jejuni, (2) healthy control subjects, and (3) village...
Classical Vibrio cholerae biotype displaces EL tor in Bangladesh (1983)
Samadi, A.R., Huq, M.I., Shahid, N., Khan, M.U., Eusof, A., ...
The EL Tor biotype of Vibrio cholerae caused all endemic and epidemic cholera in Bangladesh from 1973 until Sept. 3, 1982, when the first classical strain was isolated from a patient in Matlab. Since...
Gram negative pharyngeal bacterial flora in malnourished children with shigellosis (1983)
Haider, K., Huq, M.I., Ahmed, K.
It is well recognised that malnourished children are susceptible to frequent chronic and severe infections. Host factors like malnutrition and severe illness are i important determinants of gram...
Glass, R.I., Huq, M.I., Lee, J.V., Threlfall, E.J., Khan, M.R., ...
In 1979, an outbreak of plasmid-borne, multiply drug-resistant Vibrio cholerae serogroup O1 biotype El Tor (V. cholerae O1) occurred in the Matlab area of Bangladesh. The outbreak could have resulted...
Studies on the pathogenecity of different shigella species (1983)
Akhtar, S.Q., Huq, M.I., Samadi, A.R., Talukdar, K.A., Salam, M.A.
Samadi, A.R., Islam, R., Huq, M.I.
In this study the efficacy of oral rehydration solution (ORS) was compared with that of intravenous fluid (IVF) in the treatment of moderate and some severe cases of dehydration due to diarrhea in a...
Seasonality of classical and El Tor cholera in Dhaka, Bangladesh: 17-year trends (1983)
Samadi, A.R., Chowdhury, M.K., Huq, M.I., Khan, M.U.
Data on the cholera patients admitted monthly to the ICDDR, B, hospital in Dhaka (Bangladesh) from 1964 through 1980 have been studied and analysed. Although Vibrio cholerae variant El Tor did not...
Cellulose GMI binding of cholera toxin in family contracts of cholera patients (1982)
Hossain, M.M., Glass, Roger, Holmgren, J., Greenough, W.B., Stoll, B.J., Khan, M.U., ...
Stoll, B.J., Glass, R.I., Huq, M.I., Khan, M.U., Banu, H., Holt, J.
The epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of 412 patients infected with Shigella from a systematic sample of approximately 100,000 patients attending Dacca Hospital, International Centre for...
An attempt to detect Yersinia enterocolitica infection in Dacca, Bangladesh (1982)
Samadi, A.R., Wachsmuth, K., Huq, M.I., Mahbub, M., Agbonlahor, D.E.
Although Yersinia enterocolitica has been isolated in a few cases in some tropical countries, it is more prevalent in cold European countries. Recently, several reports have incriminated pig and pork...
Hughes, James M., Boyce, John M., Levine, Richard J., Khan, Moslemuddin, Aziz, K.M.A., Huq, M.I., ...
Isolation and characterization of anaerobic bacterial flora from diarrhoeal patients (1981)
Akhtar, S.Q., Aziz, K.M.S., Sanyal, S.C., Speelman, P., Huq, M.I., Ali, Hasan, ...
Isolation of Vibrio-like group, EF-6, from patients with diarrhea (1980)
Huq, M.I., Brenner, Don J., Morris, George K.
The Vibrio-like organism EF-6 was isolated from more than 500 patients with diarrhea in Bangladesh between October 1976 and June 1977. Bacteriological studies indicate that EF-6 is a member of the...
Furazolidone in paediatric cholera (1970)
Karchmer, A.W., Curlin, Gorge T., Huq, M.I., Hirschhorn, Norbert
Huq, A, West, P A, Small, E B, Huq, M I, Colwell, R R
The influence of water temperature, salinity, and pH on the multiplication of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae serovar O1 cells and their attachment to live planktonic crustaceans, i.e., copepods, was...
Rahim, Z, Sanyal, S C, Aziz, K M, Huq, M I, Chowdhury, A A
Strains of Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from skin infections of common freshwater fish in Bangladesh were tested for enterotoxin production, hemolysin production, and any correlation between these...
Ecological relationships between Vibrio cholerae and planktonic crustacean copepods.
Huq, A, Small, E B, West, P A, Huq, M I, Rahman, R, Colwell, R R
Strains of Vibrio cholerae, both O1 and non-O1 serovars, were found to attach to the surfaces of live copepods maintained in natural water samples collected from the Chesapeake Bay and Bangladesh...
Campylobacter jejuni diarrhea model in infant chickens.
Sanyal, S C, Islam, K M, Neogy, P K, Islam, M, Speelman, P, Huq, M I
To study the pathogenic mechanisms of Campylobacter jejuni infection, 36- to 72-h-old chickens were fed 10(3) to 10(6) live cells, using strains isolated from 40 patients with watery diarrhea and 6...
Haider, K, Kay, B A, Talukder, K A, Huq, M I
Plasmid profiles and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of 343 strains of Shigella dysenteriae type 1, obtained from 18 different geographical locations, were analyzed. Three plasmids, with...
Usefulness of plasmid profiles for differentiation of Shigella isolates in Bangladesh.
Tacket, C O, Shahid, N, Huq, M I, Alim, A R, Cohen, M L
We studied the plasmid profiles of 136 Shigella isolates in Bangladesh to determine whether plasmid profiles could be used for differentiation of strains for epidemiological studies. Many different...
Isolation of Vibrio-like group, EF-6, from patients with diarrhea.
Huq, M I, Alam, A K, Brenner, D J, Morris, G K
The Vibrio-like organism EF-6 was isolated from more than 500 patients with diarrhea in Bangladesh between October 1976 and June 1977. Bacteriological studies indicate that EF-6 is a member of the...
Isolation of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from Bangladeshi children.
Blaser, M J, Glass, R I, Huq, M I, Stoll, B, Kibriya, G M, Alim, A R
To determine the prevalence of infection with Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni in Bangladesh, culture surveys were conducted among three populations. In Dacca, Campylobacter was isolated from 5.2%...
Risk factors for death in complicated diarrhoea of children.
Samadi, A R, Chowdhury, A I, Huq, M I, Shahid, N S
A total of 1330 children with complicated diarrhoea who were admitted to the general ward of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh Health Complex, during 1979 were...
Value of stool examination in patients with diarrhoea.
Stoll, B J, Glass, R I, Banu, H, Huq, M I, Khan, M U, Ahmed, M
Findings of stool examinations in 1593 patients with diarrhoea due to a single enteric pathogen--enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli rotavirus, Shigella, Campylobacter jejuni, Vibrio cholerae 0:1,...
Huq, A, West, P A, Small, E B, Huq, M I, Colwell, R R
The influence of water temperature, salinity, and pH on the multiplication of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae serovar O1 cells and their attachment to live planktonic crustaceans, i.e., copepods, was...
Rahim, Z, Sanyal, S C, Aziz, K M, Huq, M I, Chowdhury, A A
Strains of Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from skin infections of common freshwater fish in Bangladesh were tested for enterotoxin production, hemolysin production, and any correlation between these...
Ecological relationships between Vibrio cholerae and planktonic crustacean copepods.
Huq, A, Small, E B, West, P A, Huq, M I, Rahman, R, Colwell, R R
Strains of Vibrio cholerae, both O1 and non-O1 serovars, were found to attach to the surfaces of live copepods maintained in natural water samples collected from the Chesapeake Bay and Bangladesh...
Campylobacter jejuni diarrhea model in infant chickens.
Sanyal, S C, Islam, K M, Neogy, P K, Islam, M, Speelman, P, Huq, M I
To study the pathogenic mechanisms of Campylobacter jejuni infection, 36- to 72-h-old chickens were fed 10(3) to 10(6) live cells, using strains isolated from 40 patients with watery diarrhea and 6...
Haider, K, Kay, B A, Talukder, K A, Huq, M I
Plasmid profiles and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of 343 strains of Shigella dysenteriae type 1, obtained from 18 different geographical locations, were analyzed. Three plasmids, with...
Usefulness of plasmid profiles for differentiation of Shigella isolates in Bangladesh.
Tacket, C O, Shahid, N, Huq, M I, Alim, A R, Cohen, M L
We studied the plasmid profiles of 136 Shigella isolates in Bangladesh to determine whether plasmid profiles could be used for differentiation of strains for epidemiological studies. Many different...
Isolation of Vibrio-like group, EF-6, from patients with diarrhea.
Huq, M I, Alam, A K, Brenner, D J, Morris, G K
The Vibrio-like organism EF-6 was isolated from more than 500 patients with diarrhea in Bangladesh between October 1976 and June 1977. Bacteriological studies indicate that EF-6 is a member of the...
Isolation of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from Bangladeshi children.
Blaser, M J, Glass, R I, Huq, M I, Stoll, B, Kibriya, G M, Alim, A R
To determine the prevalence of infection with Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni in Bangladesh, culture surveys were conducted among three populations. In Dacca, Campylobacter was isolated from 5.2%...