Md Yunus

Publication List Details

Period

1977 - 2007

Number

55

Co-Authors

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...

Maternal measles antibody decay in rural Bangladeshi infants--implications for vaccination schedules (1998)

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...

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...

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....

Methodological Issues in Diarrhoeal Diseases Epidemiology: Definition of Diarrhoeal Episodes (1991)

BAQUI, ABDULLAH H, BLACK, ROBERT E, YUNUS, MD, HOQUE, A R AZIMUL, CHOWDHURY, H R, SACK, R BRADLEY

Baqui A H (Community Health Division, International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) (ICDDR, B) GPO Box 128, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh), Black R E, Yunus Md, Hoque A R A, Chowhury H R...

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...

Exclusion of Clinically Atypical or Microbiologically Mixed Diarrhoeal Episodes from Outcome Events in a Field Trial of Oral Cholera Vaccines (1989)

CLEMENS, JOHN D, STANTON, BONITA F, HARRIS, JEFFREY R, CHAKRABORTY, J, SACK, DAVID A, RAO, MALLA R, ...

Clemens J D (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh), Stanton B F, Harris J R, Chakraborty J, Sack D A, Rao M R, Ahmed F, Ansaruzzaman M, Yunus M,...

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...

Use of tetanus toxoid for the prevention of neonatal tetanus : reduction of neonatal mortality by immunization of non-pregnant and pregnant women in rural Bangladesh (1982)

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...

Use of tetanus toxoid for the prevention of neonatal tetanus : 2. immunization acceptance among pregnant women in rural Bangladesh (1982)

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...

Incidence and severity of rotavirus and Escherichia coli diarrhoea in rural Bangladesh. Implications for vaccine development (1981)

Black, Robert E., Merson, Michael H., Huq, Imdadul, Yunus, Md.

In a 1 year study of diarrhoea in a village in rural Bangladesh, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) were the most frequently detected enteropathogens; shigellae were the second most commonly...

Breast-feeding and food intake among children with acute diarrheal disease (1980)

Hoyle, Bruce, Yunus, Md., Chen, Lincoln C.

To quantitate reduced food intake during diarrhea and to assess possible means of promoting such intake, the 24-hr food and breast milk intakes of 41 children 6 to 35 months divided into three groups...

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...

Effect of glycine and glucose on sodium and water absorption in patients with cholera

Nalin, D. R., Cash, R. A., Rahman, M., Yunus, Md.

Electrolyte solutions containing glucose, glycine, or a combination of the two were absorbed sufficiently well from the intestine to supply maintenance fluid and the electrolytes required by cholera...

Serotype cycles in cholera dynamics

Koelle, Katia, Pascual, Mercedes, Yunus, Md

Interest in understanding strain diversity and its impact on disease dynamics has grown over the past decade. Theoretical disease models of several co-circulating strains indicate that incomplete...