A simple water filtration for cholera intervention (2008)
Colwell, Rita, Huq, Anwar, Vaughan, Patrick, Islam, Siraj, Russek-Cohen, Estelle, Aziz, K.M.A., ...
Alam, D.S., Yunus, M., Rahman, A., Chowdhury, H.R., Vaughan, J. Patrick
Objective: Examine the impact of community-based intervention on diarrhoea through oral rehydration therapy (ORT) on hospitalization of children aged less than five years in rural Bangladesh....
Shaheerr, Rubina, Yunus, M., De Francisco, A., Tonkinson, Myma, Vaughan, J. Patrick
Investigate reported morbid symptoms and conditions of antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum women. Methodology: In early 1996, a cross-sectional survey was conducted in three villages outside...
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...
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...
Islam, M.S., Bhuiya, A., Yunus, M.
In an attempt to examine the possible effects of socioeconomic factors on diarrheal disease in terms of 1) number of household episodes, 2) hospitalizations, and 3) fatalities, data from the Matlab...
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...
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...
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...
Zinc supplementation and serum zinc during diarrhea (2006)
Baqui, AH, Black, RE, Arifeen, S, Zaman, K, Yunus, M, Wahed, MA, ...
Kabir, MZ, Emelianova, EV, Arkhipov, VI, Yunus, M, Kasap, SO, Adriaenssens, Guy; U0002272
Analytical and numerical models for studying the effects of large signals on charge collection efficiency in radiation detectors are described by considering bimolecular recombination between...
A Continuous Microwave Heating of Water-in-Oil Emulsions: An Experimental Study (2006)
In this study, a microwave demulsification method was utilized in a 50-50% and 20-80% of water-in-oil emulsions with varied microwave exposure time. Temperature profiles of water-in-oil emulsions...
Refractory periods and climate forcing in cholera dynamics (2005)
Koelle, K, Rodo, X, Pascual, M, Yunus, M, Mostafa, G
Outbreaks of many infectious diseases, including cholera, malaria and dengue, vary over characteristic periods longer than 1 year(1,2). Evidence that climate variability drives these interannual...
Alam, D.S., Hulshof, P.J.M., Roordink, D., Meltzer, M., Yunus, M., Salam, M.A., ...
Objective:To assess reproducibility and validity of resting metabolic rate (RMR) of Bangladeshi women as measured with the MedGem device and using the Deltatrac metabolic monitor as a reference; and...
Identifying environmental risk factors for endemic cholera: a raster GIS approach (2002)
Ali, M, Emch, M, Donnay, Jean-Paul, Yunus, M, Sack, RB
The bacteria that cause cholera are known to be normal inhabitants of surface water, however, the environmental risk factors for different biotypes of cholera are not well understood. This study...
The spatial epidemiology of cholera in an endemic area of Bangladesh (2002)
Ali, M, Emch, M, Donnay, Jean-Paul, Yunus, M, Sack, RB
This paper defines high-risk areas of cholera based on environmental risk factors of the disease in an endemic area of Bangladesh. The risk factors include proximity to surface water, high population...
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...
Microbiology of pond ecosystems in rural Bangladesh : its public health implications (2000)
Islam, M.S., Begum, A., Khan, S.I., Sadique, M.A., Khan, M.N.H., Albert, M.J., ...
Alam, Dewan S, Marks, Geoffrey C, Baqui, Abdullah H, Yunus, M, Fuchs, George J
Background The role of diarrhoea in the aetiology of growth retardation in young children remains controversial. To evaluate this, a population-based, longitudinal study of young children aged 6–48...
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of shigellosis in rural Bangladesh (1998)
Baqui, A.H., Zaman, K., Yunus, M., Mitra, A.K., Hossain, K.M.B, Banu, H.
Alam, D.S., Yunus, M., Aziz, K.M.A., De Francisco, A., Haque, E., ...
Objective: Examine the distribution of birth weight and its relationship with maternal nutrition and major socioeconomic variables. Methodology: Between October 1995 and November 1996 at Matlab, 675...
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...
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...
Antimicrobial resistance in organisms causing diarrheal disease (1997)
Sack, R. Bradley, Rahman, Mahbubur, Yunus, M., Khan, Eradul H.
Antimicrobial resistance is becoming increasingly important in the treatment of enteric infections, particularly those due to Shigella, Vibrio cholerae, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (associated...
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...
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...
Pivmecillinam resistant Shigella infections in rural Bangladesh[letter] (1995)
Chowdhury, H.R., Yunus, M., Khan, E.H., Zaman, K., Rahman, R., Sack, R.B.
Coexistence of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 Bengal in plankton in Bangladesh[letter] (1995)
Huq, A., Colwell, R.R., Chowdhury, M.A., Xu, B., Moniruzzaman, S.M., Islam, M.S., ...
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...
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...
Baqui, Abdullah H., Black, Robert E., Sack, R. Bradely, Chowdhury, H.R., Yunus, M., Siddique, A.K.
A community-based longitudinal study was conducted in Matlab, a rural area of Bangladesh, from May 1988 to April 1989 to examine the associations among malnutrition, cell-mediated immune deficiency,...
Baqui, Abdullah H., Black, Robert E., Sack, R. Bradley, Chowdhury, H. R., Yunus, M., Siddique, A. K.
A community-based longitudinal study was conducted in Matlab, a rural area of Bangladesh, from May 1988 to April 1989 to examine the associations among malnutrition, cell-mediated immune deficiency,...
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.
Does ORT reduce diarrhoeal mortality? (1992)
FAUVEAU, VINCENT, YUNUS, M., ISLAM, M.SHAFIQUL, BRIEND, ANDRÉ, BENNISH, MICHAEL L
Trends in infant and child mortality from all diarrhoea-related causes and from acute watery diarrhoea were examined in a rural community in Bangladesh, during the three years preceding and the 10...
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...
Does ORT reduce diarrhoeal mortality ? (1992)
Fauveau, V., Yunus, M., Shafiqul Islam, M., Briend, André, Bennish, M.L.
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.
Diarrhoea mortality in rural Bangladeshi children (1991)
Fauveau, V., Yunus, M., Zaman, K., Chakraborty, J., Sarder, A.M.
Environment and child survival in rural Bangladesh (1990)
Hoque, Bilquis Amin, Yunus, M., Strong, M., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Fauveau, A. Briend V.
Relative Sensitivity and Tolerance of some Gladiolus Cultivars to Sulphur Dioxide (1990)
SINGH, N, SINGH, S N, SRIVASTAVA, K, YUNUS, M, AHMAD, K. J, SHARMA, S C., ...
Five Gladiolus cultivars, namely ‘Aldebaran’, ‘Bright Eye’, ‘Illusion’, ‘Manisha’ and ‘Manmohan’, were exposed to 1 and 2 μg l−1 sulphur dioxide to test their...
Post-flood nutritional anthropometry of children in Matlab, Bangladesh (1990)
Stewart, M.K., Fauveau, V., Chakraborty, J., Briend, André, Yunus, M., Sarder, A.M.
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., ...
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...
Glass, Roger I., Holmgren, Jan, Haley, Charles E., Khan, M.R., Svennerholm, Ann-Mari, Stoll, Barbara J., ...
At the Matlab Hospital of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, the authors examined the blood groups of patients hospitalized between January and September 1979 for...
GLASS, ROGER I., HOLMGREN, JAN, HALEY, CHARLES E., KHAN, M. R., SVENNERHOLM, ANNMARI, STOLL, BARBARA J., ...
At the Matlab Hospital of the international Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, the authors examined the blood groups of patients hospitalized between January and September 1979 for...
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., ...
Impact evaluation of measles vaccination in Matlab, 1982-1984 (1983)
Clemense, John D., Stanton, Bonita F., Shahid, Nigar, Yunus, M., Chakraborty, J., Wojtyiak, Bogdan
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...
Yunus, M., Farooque, A.S.G., Glass, Roger I.
Following a nationwide outbreak of Shigella dysentery type 1 and the recognition of Shigella isolates resistant to ampicillin, the drug of choice, we conducted a clinical trial to compare the...
Black, Robert E., Brown, Kenneth H., Becker, Stan, Yunus, M.
Longitudinal studies were done in two villages in rural Bangladesh to learn more about the interactions between infectious diseases and the nutritional status of children. An intensive system of...
BLACK, ROBERT E, BROWN, KENNETH H, BECKER, STAN, YUNUS, M
Longitudinal studies were done in two villages in rural Bangladesh to learn more about the interactions between infectious diseases and the nutritional status of children. An intensive system of...
Emergence of multiply antibiotic resistant Vibrio cholerae in Bangladesh (1980)
Glass, R.I., Huq, Imdadul, Alim, A.R., Yunus, M.
In December 1979, a Vibrio cholerae O1 resistant to tetracycline, ampicillin, kanamycin, streptomycin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was obtained from a patient with cholera at the Matlab...
Black, R.E., Merson, M.H., Yunus, M., ...
Enteric pathogens associated with diarrhea were studied for two years at a diarrhea treatment center in rural Bangladesh. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) was the most frequently identified...
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and idiopathic diarrhoea in Bangladesh (1975)
Nalin, David R., McLaughlin, J.C., Rahaman, M., Yunus, M., Curlin, G.
Faecal Escherichia coli from Bangalee patients with idiopathic diarrhoea were tested in the Chinese hamster ovary cell (C.H.O.) assay to detect production of thermolabile enterotoxin (L.T.)....
Zo, Young-Gun, Rivera, Irma N. G., Russek-Cohen, Estelle, Islam, M. Sirajul, Siddique, A. K., Yunus, M., ...
Diversity, relatedness, and ecological interactions of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 populations in two distinctive habitats, the human intestine and the aquatic environment, were analyzed. Twenty...
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...
Rotavirus diarrhea in Bangladeshi children: correlation of disease severity with serotypes.
Bern, C, Unicomb, L, Gentsch, J R, Banul, N, Yunus, M, Sack, R B, ...
To improve the understanding of the relative importance of serotypes of rotavirus in dehydrating diarrhea, we examined the correlation of clinical characteristics and disease severity with serotype...
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...
Zo, Young-Gun, Rivera, Irma N. G., Russek-Cohen, Estelle, Islam, M. Sirajul, Siddique, A. K., Yunus, M., ...
Diversity, relatedness, and ecological interactions of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 populations in two distinctive habitats, the human intestine and the aquatic environment, were analyzed. Twenty...
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...
Rotavirus diarrhea in Bangladeshi children: correlation of disease severity with serotypes.
Bern, C, Unicomb, L, Gentsch, J R, Banul, N, Yunus, M, Sack, R B, ...
To improve the understanding of the relative importance of serotypes of rotavirus in dehydrating diarrhea, we examined the correlation of clinical characteristics and disease severity with serotype...
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...
Quality of care for under-fives in first-level health facilities in one district of Bangladesh.
Arifeen, S. E., Bryce, J., Gouws, E., Baqui, A. H., Black, R. E., Hoque, D. M. E., ...
OBJECTIVE: The multi-country evaluation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) effectiveness, cost and impact (MCE) is a global evaluation to determine the impact of IMCI on health...