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| Rashidul HaqueSummaryAffiliation: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Country: Bangladesh Publications
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The role of age, ethnicity and environmental factors in modulating malaria risk in Rajasthali, BangladeshUbydul Haque
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sharani, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Malar J 10:367. 2011..This study aimed to investigate the role of environmental factors on malaria risk in Rajasthali and to quantify the geographical clustering in malaria risk unaccounted by these factors...- Mapping hypoendemic, seasonal malaria in rural Bandarban, Bangladesh: a prospective surveillanceWasif A Khan
ICDDR, B International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Clinical Sciences Division
Malar J 10:124. 2011.... - Progress and challenges to control malaria in a remote area of Chittagong hill tracts, BangladeshUbydul Haque
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Malar J 9:156. 2010..97%. In 2006, Bangladesh received US$ 36.9 million from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) to support the national malaria control programme of Bangladesh... - Spatial prediction of malaria prevalence in an endemic area of BangladeshUbydul Haque
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sharani, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Malar J 9:120. 2010..Malaria is a major public health burden in Southeastern Bangladesh, particularly in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. Malaria is endemic in 13 districts of Bangladesh and the highest prevalence occurs in Khagrachari (15.47%)... - Knowledge on the transmission, prevention and treatment of malaria among two endemic populations of Bangladesh and their health-seeking behaviourSyed Masud Ahmed
BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC Centre, 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh
Malar J 8:173. 2009..This paper attempts to fill this knowledge gap by using data from a population-based prevalence survey conducted during July to November 2007, in 13 endemic districts of Bangladesh... 
Innate and acquired resistance to amebiasis in bangladeshi childrenRashidul Haque
Centre for Health and Population Research, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
J Infect Dis 186:547-52. 2002..This was associated with an 86% reduction in new infection over 1 year. Amebiasis is a common and potentially serious infection in children from Dhaka, and both innate and acquired immune responses limit infection...- Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of acute diarrhea with emphasis on Entamoeba histolytica infections in preschool children in an urban slum of Dhaka, BangladeshRashidul Haque
Centre for Health and Population Research, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:398-405. 2003..Understanding the etiology, frequency, and consequences of acute diarrhea in children from a developing country should aid in the design of interventions to improve child health... - Low-dose beta-carotene supplementation and deworming improve serum vitamin A and beta-carotene concentrations in preschool children of BangladeshRashidul Haque
Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR, B, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
J Health Popul Nutr 28:230-7. 2010..Low-dose beta-carotene supplementation, along with an antihelminthic therapy, synergistically improved vitamin A status. This finding has public-health implications for improving vitamin A status of children in developing countries... - Entamoeba histolytica infection in children and protection from subsequent amebiasisRashidul Haque
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Infect Immun 74:904-9. 2006..The challenge of producing an effective vaccine will be to improve upon naturally acquired immunity, which does not provide absolute protection from reinfection... - Malaria prevalence in endemic districts of BangladeshUbydul Haque
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
PLoS ONE 4:e6737. 2009..The objective of this study was to obtain this baseline on the prevalence of malaria and bed net use in the thirteen malaria endemic districts of Bangladesh... - Correlation of interferon-gamma production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells with childhood malnutrition and susceptibility to amebiasisRashidul Haque
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:340-4. 2007..49, P = 0.07). We conclude that production of IFN-gamma is linked to nutritional status and predicts future susceptibility to symptomatic amebiasis... - Prospective case-control study of the association between common enteric protozoal parasites and diarrhea in BangladeshRashidul Haque
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Clin Infect Dis 48:1191-7. 2009.... - Therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in BangladeshRashidul Haque
Centre for Health and Population Research, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:39-41. 2007..82 +/- 12.14 hours) and parasite (30.36 +/- 19.43 hours) clearance. These data suggest that artemether-lumefantrine is a highly efficacious and well-tolerated treatment for uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in Bangladesh... - Attribution of malnutrition to cause-specific diarrheal illness: evidence from a prospective study of preschool children in Mirpur, Dhaka, BangladeshDinesh Mondal
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh ICDDR, B, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:824-6. 2009..and Entamoeba histolytica were significantly more prevalent in malnourished children. We concluded that the malnutrition attributed risk is not equal for enteric pathogens associated with diarrheal illness... - Entamoeba histolytica-associated diarrheal illness is negatively associated with the growth of preschool children: evidence from a prospective studyDinesh Mondal
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, G.P.O. Box 128, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 100:1032-8. 2006..01-8.52, P=0.047) more likely to be malnourished and 4.69 times (95% CI 1.55-14.18, P=0.006) more prone to be stunted. Entamoeba histolytica-associated diarrheal illness was negatively associated with the growth of preschool children... - Multiplex real-time PCR assay for detection of Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia intestinalis, and Cryptosporidium sppRashidul Haque
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:713-7. 2007.... - Diagnosis of amebic liver abscess and amebic colitis by detection of Entamoeba histolytica DNA in blood, urine, and saliva by a real-time PCR assayRashidul Haque
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
J Clin Microbiol 48:2798-801. 2010..histolytica DNA in liver abscess and intestinal infection, respectively. We conclude that the detection of E. histolytica DNA in saliva and urine could be used as a diagnostic tool for amebic liver abscess... 
Relationship between sand fly fauna and kala-azar endemicity in BangladeshMohammad Shafiul Alam
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Acta Trop 112:23-5. 2009..Among Sergentomyia species Sergentomyia shorttii Adler & Theodor contributed 14.4% of the total collection. Density of sand flies both vector and non-vector species were significantly higher in endemic areas than non-endemic areas...- Modelling malaria treatment practices in Bangladesh using spatial statisticsUbydul Haque
International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research Bangladesh, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Malar J 11:63. 2012..The risks of low-control programme usage include incomplete malaria treatment, possible misuse of anti-malarial drugs, and an increased potential for drug resistance... - Incidence of respiratory virus-associated pneumonia in urban poor young children of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009-2011Nusrat Homaira
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
PLoS ONE 7:e32056. 2012..Pneumonia is the leading cause of childhood death in Bangladesh. We conducted a longitudinal study to estimate the incidence of virus-associated pneumonia in children aged <2 years in a low-income urban community in Dhaka, Bangladesh... - Prevalence of anopheline species and their Plasmodium infection status in epidemic-prone border areas of BangladeshMohammad Shafiul Alam
Parasitology Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh ICDDR, B, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Malar J 9:15. 2010..This study was designed with an intention to identify anopheline species and possible malaria vectors in the border belt areas, where the malaria is endemic in Bangladesh... - Giardia assemblage A infection and diarrhea in BangladeshRashidul Haque
Laboratory Sciences Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
J Infect Dis 192:2171-3. 2005..Our findings indicate that genotypic differences in virulence and fecundity may help to explain why not every Giardia infection results in disease, but they need to be confirmed in other urban populations of the developing world... - Diversity of anopheline species and their Plasmodium infection status in rural Bandarban, BangladeshMohammad Shafiul Alam
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh ICDDR, B, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Parasit Vectors 5:150. 2012..Within these studies entomological surveillance has been undertaken to study the role of the existing anopheline species involved in the malaria transmission cycle throughout the year... - Real-time PCR assay and rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of clinically suspected malaria patients in BangladeshMohammad Shafiul Alam
Parasitology Laboratory, ICDDR B GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Malar J 10:175. 2011..A study was conducted to establish a SYBR Green-based modified real-time PCR assay as a gold standard to evaluate the performance of four commercially-available malaria RDTs, along with the classical gold standard- microscopy... - Real-time-PCR assay for diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica infectionShantanu Roy
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B, Dhaka, Bangladesh
J Clin Microbiol 43:2168-72. 2005..In conclusion, all three methods for the detection of E. histolytica were highly specific, with real-time PCR being the most sensitive... - Evaluation of the OnSite (Pf/Pan) rapid diagnostic test for diagnosis of clinical malariaAbu Naser Mohon
International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research Bangladesh icddr, B, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Malar J 11:415. 2012..abstract:.. - Genotyping of Plasmodium falciparum using antigenic polymorphic markers and to study anti-malarial drug resistance markers in malaria endemic areas of BangladeshJasmin Akter
ICDDR, B, GPO Box 128, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
Malar J 11:386. 2012..Antifolate drug resistant genotypes were high with 99% and 73% of parasites having two or more mutations at the dhfr or dhps loci... - Hospital-based prevalence of malaria and dengue in febrile patients in BangladeshLabib I Faruque
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Trop Med Hyg 86:58-64. 2012..Dengue infection is widespread across Bangladesh, but malaria is sufficiently uncommon that it should not be assumed as the cause of fever without laboratory confirmation... - Survey of domestic cattle for anti-Leishmania antibodies and Leishmania DNA in a visceral leishmaniasis endemic area of BangladeshMohammad Shafiul Alam
ICDDR, B, 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
BMC Vet Res 7:27. 2011..Recently-developed molecular assay loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) was also performed for further sensitive detection of parasite DNA... - Seasonal concentrations and determinants of indoor particulate matter in a low-income community in Dhaka, BangladeshEmily S Gurley
Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Center for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh ICDDR, B, 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Environ Res 121:11-6. 2013..Interventions to reduce biomass burning could result in a daily reduction of 75μg/m(3) (40%) in time-weighted average PM(2.5) concentrations... - Aetiology of diarrhoea in a birth cohort of children aged 0-2 year(s) in rural Mirzapur, BangladeshKhundkar Z Hasan
Public Health Sciences Division, ICDDR, B Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
J Health Popul Nutr 24:25-35. 2006..Enterotoxigenic B. fragilis was also identified as a pathogen. Ongoing vaccine efforts focusing on Shigella, rotavirus, and ETEC would be useful... - Diagnosis of amebiasis in BangladeshRashidul Haque
International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (ICDDR, B, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Arch Med Res 37:273-6. 2006..histolytica was excellent. TechLab's E. histolytica- specific antigen detection test was both rapid and simple to perform, making it appropriate for use in the developing world, where amebiasis is most prevalent... - Evaluation of rK-39 strip test using urine for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area in BangladeshMd Gulam Musawwir Khan
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh ICDDR, B, 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sharani, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Parasit Vectors 3:114. 2010..3%, respectively, compared to serum based rK-39 test. The findings suggest that the urine based rK-39 test could be a practical and efficient tool for the diagnosis of VL patients in rural areas, particularly where resources are limited... - Increasing incidence of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a population-based study in BangladeshKazi Mizanur Rahman
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Clin Infect Dis 50:73-6. 2010..The rising PKDL incidence threatens the regional visceral leishmaniasis elimination initiative and underscores the urgent need for more effective PKDL diagnosis and treatment... - Short communication: evaluation of a new rapid diagnostic test for quality assurance by kala azar elimination programme in bangladeshMd Gulam Musawwir Khan
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh ICDDR, B, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
J Parasitol Res 2011:862475. 2011..This study showed that the performance of the "Onsite Leishmania Ab Rapid Test" strip tests was up to the recommended level... - Malaria prevalence, risk factors and spatial distribution in a hilly forest area of BangladeshUbydul Haque
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
PLoS ONE 6:e18908. 2011..This prevalence study assesses whether or not high malaria prevalence remains, and if so, which areas and individuals remain at high risk of infection... - Low prevalence of Leishmania donovani infection among the blood donors in kala-azar endemic areas of BangladeshM Mamun Huda
Centre for Communicable Disease, ICDDR, B, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
BMC Infect Dis 13:62. 2013..abstract:.. - AmebiasisRashidul Haque
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
N Engl J Med 348:1565-73. 2003 - Therapeutic efficacy of quinine plus sulfadoxine-pyremethamine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in BangladeshKamala Thriemer
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:645-9. 2006..These data suggest that the combination of 3 days of quinine with a single dose of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine is an interesting and affordable alternative as long as or whenever ACT is not available... - Contribution of enteric infection, altered intestinal barrier function, and maternal malnutrition to infant malnutrition in BangladeshDinesh Mondal
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Laboratory Sciences Division, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Clin Infect Dis 54:185-92. 2012..Our goal was to determine the contribution of specific enteric infections to malnutrition-associated diarrhea and to determine the role of enteric infections in the development of malnutrition... - Present situation of vector-control management in Bangladesh: a wake up callDinesh Mondal
Parasitology Laboratory, Laboratory Sciences Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Health Policy 87:369-76. 2008..The objective of the present study was to identify the favorable factors and the constraints of present vector-control management in Bangladesh... - Use of metagenomics to understand the genetic basis of malnutritionTahmeed Ahmed
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nutr Rev 67:S201-6. 2009.... - Spatial malaria epidemiology in Bangladeshi highlandsUbydul Haque
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Malar J 8:185. 2009..In 2007, BRAC and ICDDR,B carried out a malaria prevalence survey in the endemic regions including the Khagrachari District... - Influence of human leukocyte antigen class II alleles on susceptibility to Entamoeba histolytica infection in Bangladeshi childrenPriya Duggal
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Infect Dis 189:520-6. 2004..This association may explain why amebiasis does not occur in some children who are exposed to the parasite and implicates HLA class II-restricted immune responses in protection against E. histolytica infection... - Entamoeba histolytica: sequence conservation of the Gal/GalNAc lectin from clinical isolatesDavid L Beck
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908-1340, USA
Exp Parasitol 101:157-63. 2002..histolytica is a clonal population. Sequence conservation of the lectin indicates that immune responses against it should be cross-protective... - Cognitive effects of diarrhea, malnutrition, and Entamoeba histolytica infection on school age children in Dhaka, BangladeshJessica L Tarleton
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville Virginia, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:475-81. 2006..histolytica infection, was associated with a lower level of cognitive functioning. This suggested that intervention during school age years may be able to mitigate the cognitive deficiencies associated with malnutrition... - The economic impact of visceral leishmaniasis on households in BangladeshD Anoopa Sharma
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA
Trop Med Int Health 11:757-64. 2006..Control strategies for VL should facilitate timely, affordable diagnosis and treatment of patients to decrease the infection reservoir and to alleviate the economic burden of VL on households... - Evaluation of Entamoeba histolytica antigen and antibody point-of-care tests for the rapid diagnosis of amebiasisMegan Leo
University of Virginia, P.O. Box 801340, Charlottesville, VA 22908-1340, USA
J Clin Microbiol 44:4569-71. 2006.... - Evidence for a link between parasite genotype and outcome of infection with Entamoeba histolyticaIbne Karim M Ali
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, Great Britain
J Clin Microbiol 45:285-9. 2007..histolytica. The markers themselves do not indicate the nature of the underlying genetic differences, but they may be linked to loci that do have an impact on the outcome of infection... - Visceral leishmaniasis: consequences of a neglected disease in a Bangladeshi communityIndu B Ahluwalia
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:624-8. 2003..To decrease the KA burden in endemic areas, community efforts should be supplemented with effective treatment programs to ensure access to appropriate and affordable diagnosis and case management... - The epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis and asymptomatic leishmanial infection in a highly endemic Bangladeshi villageCaryn Bern
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:909-14. 2007..The CRP levels were higher in kala-azar patients compared with the other two groups. Low red meat intake and poor zinc and retinol status may characterize a group at higher risk of symptomatic disease... - Association between Cryptosporidium infection and human leukocyte antigen class I and class II allelesBeth D Kirkpatrick
University of Vermont College of Medicine, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
J Infect Dis 197:474-8. 2008..Cryptosporidium species are a common cause of diarrhea, which can be severe and protracted in young children and immunocompromised individuals... - Entamoeba moshkovskii infections in children, BangladeshIbne Karim M Ali
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, England
Emerg Infect Dis 9:580-4. 2003..dispar. The high association of E. moshkovskii with E. histolytica and E. dispar may have obscured its identification in previous studies. The high prevalence found in this study suggests that humans may be a true host for this amoeba... - Comparison of two immunoassays for detection of Entamoeba histolyticaSarah Buss
Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
J Clin Microbiol 46:2778-9. 2008..In this study, we compared the commercially available Ridascreen Entamoeba test (R-Biopharm) and the E. histolytica II test (Techlab), and we found that the E. histolytica II test detects E. histolytica infections more accurately... - Risk factors for kala-azar in BangladeshCaryn Bern
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:655-62. 2005..Our data confirm strong clustering and suggest that insecticide-treated nets could be effective in preventing kala-azar... - Polymerase chain reaction-based genotype classification among human Blastocystis hominis populations isolated from different countriesHisao Yoshikawa
Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Nara Women s University, Kitauoya Nishimachi, Nara 630 8506, Japan
Parasitol Res 92:22-9. 2004..hominis... - Visceral leishmaniasis: consequences to women in a Bangladeshi communityIndu B Ahluwalia
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 13:360-4. 2004..Future work needs to focus on understanding the implications of KA on women and to develop sustainable strategies for appropriate and timely access to treatment... - Multiplex real-time PCR assay using Scorpion probes and DNA capture for genotype-specific detection of Giardia lamblia on fecal samplesCherie T Ng
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, MR4 Building, Room 2144, P.O. Box 801340, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
J Clin Microbiol 43:1256-60. 2005..This single-reaction multiplex qPCR assay distinguishes assemblage A Giardia infections from assemblage B infections directly on fecal samples and may aid epidemiologic investigation... - Coding and noncoding genomic regions of Entamoeba histolytica have significantly different rates of sequence polymorphisms: implications for epidemiological studiesDhruva Bhattacharya
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
J Clin Microbiol 43:4815-9. 2005..07% and 0.37%, respectively), indicating that these regions are subject to different selection pressures. Additionally, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) potentially associated with specific clinical outcomes were identified... - The bittersweet interface of parasite and host: lectin-carbohydrate interactions during human invasion by the parasite Entamoeba histolyticaWilliam A Petri
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia, MR4 Bldg Room 2115, Lane Road, Charlottesville 22908 1340, USA
Annu Rev Microbiol 56:39-64. 2002..The structure and function of the lectin that controls these divergent cell biologic processes are the subject of this review... - Multiplex analysis of circulating cytokines in the sera of patients with different clinical forms of visceral leishmaniasisKatie M Kurkjian
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Branch of Parasitic Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cytometry A 69:353-8. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: The MMA for cytokines is an extremely time-and sample-efficient method for characterizing circulating cytokine levels in visceral leishmaniasis patients... - Real-time PCR detection and speciation of Cryptosporidium infection using Scorpion probesSuzanne E Stroup
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA, and Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences and Haematology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India
J Med Microbiol 55:1217-22. 2006..These Scorpion probe qPCR assays are simpler to perform than existing nested PCR and RFLP methods for diagnosis and epidemiological investigation of cryptosporidiosis... - [In vitro antimalarial drug resistance in Southeastern Bangladesh]Bernhard Attlmayr
Department of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Wien Klin Wochenschr 118:58-61. 2006..48 microM, 95% CI: 120.78-249.17) and pyrimethamine (IC50 = 1.7 microM, 95% CI: 1.25-2.3; IC90 = 4.83 microM, 95% CI: 3.17-7.37) with quinine proved to be an interesting option for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Bangladesh... - Identification of developmentally regulated genes in Entamoeba histolytica: insights into mechanisms of stage conversion in a protozoan parasiteGretchen M Ehrenkaufer
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Cell Microbiol 9:1426-44. 2007..These advances lay the groundwork for dissection of the molecular signals that initiate stage conversion and development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic measures targeting E. histolytica cysts... - Human intestinal parasitesRashidul Haque
J Health Popul Nutr 25:387-91. 2007 - Loss of leishmanin skin test antigen sensitivity and potency in a longitudinal study of visceral leishmaniasis in BangladeshCaryn Bern
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:744-8. 2006..infantum study antigen sensitivity was 70% compared with L. amazonensis antigen. Our data underscore the need for better production, standardization, and documentation of sensitivity, potency, and stability of leishmanin antigens...