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| Nusrat HomairaSummaryAffiliation: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Country: Bangladesh Publications
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Influenza-associated mortality in 2009 in four sentinel sites in BangladeshNusrat Homaira
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Saheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani, Mohakhalai, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Bull World Health Organ 90:272-8. 2012..To estimate influenza-associated mortality in Bangladesh in 2009...
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...
Nipah virus outbreak with person-to-person transmission in a district of Bangladesh, 2007N Homaira
Programme on Infectious Disease and Vaccine Sciences, Health System and Infectious Disease Division, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research IEDCR Dhaka, Mohakhali, Bangladesh
Epidemiol Infect 138:1630-6. 2010..The outbreak was spread by person-to-person transmission. Risk of NiV infection in family caregivers highlights the need for infection control practices to limit transmission of potentially infectious body secretions...
Multiple outbreaks of puffer fish intoxication in Bangladesh, 2008Nusrat Homaira
International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:440-4. 2010..Lack of knowledge about marine puffer toxicity contributed to the outbreaks. Health communication campaigns will enhance people's knowledge and may prevent future outbreaks...
Cluster of Nipah virus infection, Kushtia District, Bangladesh, 2007Nusrat Homaira
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
PLoS ONE 5:e13570. 2010..In March 2007, we investigated a cluster of Nipah encephalitis to identify risk factors for Nipah infection in Bangladesh...
Family and community concerns about post-mortem needle biopsies in a Muslim societyEmily S Gurley
GPO 128, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
BMC Med Ethics 12:10. 2011..The goal of this study was to better understand family and community concerns and decision-making about post-mortem needle biopsies in this low-income, predominantly Muslim country in order to design an informed consent process...
Social ecological analysis of an outbreak of pufferfish egg poisoning in a coastal area of BangladeshM Saiful Islam
International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Trop Med Hyg 85:498-503. 2011....
Incidence of influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory infection during three influenza seasons in Bangladesh, 2008-2010Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 68, Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed, Sarani, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Bull World Health Organ 90:12-9. 2012..To determine how much influenza contributes to severe acute respiratory illness (SARI), a leading cause of death in children, among people of all ages in Bangladesh...
Date palm sap linked to Nipah virus outbreak in Bangladesh, 2008Muhammad Aziz Rahman
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 12:65-72. 2012..We investigated a cluster of patients with encephalitis in the Manikgonj and Rajbari Districts of Bangladesh in February 2008 to determine the etiology and risk factors for disease...
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...
Recurrent zoonotic transmission of Nipah virus into humans, Bangladesh, 2001-2007Stephen P Luby
International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Emerg Infect Dis 15:1229-35. 2009..Interventions to prevent virus transmission from bats to humans and from person to person are needed...
Early detection of pandemic (H1N1) 2009, BangladeshEduardo Azziz-Baumgartner
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Emerg Infect Dis 18:146-9. 2012..Surveillance facilitated response weeks before the spread of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection to the general population...
