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Effect of intensive handwashing promotion on childhood diarrhea in high-risk communities in Pakistan: a randomized controlled trialStephen P Luby
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
JAMA 291:2547-54. 2004..Previous studies lacked sufficient power to assess the impact of household handwashing on diarrhea in infants...- Difficulties in bringing point-of-use water treatment to scale in rural GuatemalaStephen P Luby
Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, Division of Foodborne Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vectorborne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 78:382-7. 2008..Even after efficacy was demonstrated within their community and an aggressive sophisticated marketing approach, few households purchased flocculant-disinfectant for point-of-use water treatment... - Delayed effectiveness of home-based interventions in reducing childhood diarrhea, Karachi, PakistanStephen P Luby
Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Centers for Infectious Diseases, Mailstop A 38, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 71:420-7. 2004..Both of these home-based interventions were ultimately effective in preventing diarrhea, but only households of slightly higher socioeconomic status changed their behavior quickly enough to benefit during the first summer... - The effect of antibacterial soap on impetigo incidence, Karachi, PakistanStephen Luby
National Center of Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 67:430-5. 2002..02). The routine use of triclocarban-containing soap by children living in a community with a high incidence of impetigo was associated with a reduced incidence of impetigo... - Is drinking water in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, safe for infant formula?E F Dunne
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 28:393-8. 2001..To survey knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding water use and infant feeding in the Koumassi District of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, and to evaluate the microbiologic quality of source and stored drinking water... - A low-cost intervention for cleaner drinking water in Karachi, PakistanS Luby
Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Int J Infect Dis 5:144-50. 2001..To pilot test an inexpensive, home-based water decontamination and storage system in a low-income neighborhood of Karachi... - Evaluation of blood bank practices in Karachi, Pakistan, and the government's responseS Luby
Community Health Sciences Department, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Health Policy Plan 15:217-22. 2000..To support provincial-level efforts to develop legislation we conducted a study to evaluate blood-banking practices in Karachi, Pakistan, to identify areas that could be improved... - Improving private practitioner sick-child case management in two urban communities in PakistanStephen Luby
Community Health Sciences Department, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Trop Med Int Health 7:210-9. 2002..To evaluate if INFECTOM, a multicomponent behaviour change strategy, would alter the care received by children visiting private healthcare providers so that it was more consistent with the IMCI algorithm... - Toxoplasma gondii infection in rural Guatemalan childrenJeffrey L Jones
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3724, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 72:295-300. 2005..Therefore, it is important to educate girls entering child-bearing age about the risks of acute T. gondii infection and the local risk factors for infection... - A cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a handwashing-promotion program in Chinese primary schoolsAnna Bowen
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:1166-73. 2007..2 days (P = 0.03) of absence per 100 student-weeks. Provision of a large-scale handwashing promotion program and soap was associated with significantly reduced absenteeism. Similar programs could improve the health of children worldwide... - Usefulness of the hydrogen sulfide test for assessment of water quality in BangladeshS K Gupta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Appl Microbiol 104:388-95. 2008..To evaluate the usefulness of the hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) test for assessing water quality in Bangladesh... 
Restaurant-associated outbreak of Salmonella typhi in Nauru: an epidemiological and cost analysisS J Olsen
Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Epidemiol Infect 127:405-12. 2001..0/1000 persons. Outbreak-associated costs were $46,000. Routine or emergency immunization campaigns targeting school-aged children may help prevent or control outbreaks of typhoid fever in endemic disease areas...- A novel technology to improve drinking water quality: a microbiological evaluation of in-home flocculation and chlorination in rural GuatemalaJosefa M Rangel
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Mailstop A38, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Water Health 1:15-22. 2003..0001). The combined product technology improved water potability as effectively as chlorine bleach; improved water clarity could motivate more persons to effectively treat their water... - Prevalence of infection with waterborne pathogens: a seroepidemiologic study in children 6-36 months old in San Juan Sacatepequez, GuatemalaEllen B Steinberg
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 70:83-8. 2004..Such an approach may provide a suitable, sensitive, and economical alternative to the cumbersome stool collection methods that have previously been used for evaluation of water and sanitation projects... 
Associations among handwashing indicators, wealth, and symptoms of childhood respiratory illness in urban BangladeshStephen P Luby
International Centre of Diarrheal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Trop Med Int Health 13:835-44. 2008..To explore the relationship of easy to collect handwashing indicators with socioeconomic status and reported respiratory disease among children <5 years of age...- Infectious diseases and vaccine sciences: strategic directionsStephen P Luby
ICDDR, B, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
J Health Popul Nutr 26:295-310. 2008..Although services for directly-observed therapy have expanded markedly, improved case finding and involvement of private practitioners will be important to reduce the burden of disease... - Epidemiology and risk factors for endemic typhoid fever in UzbekistanPadmini Srikantiah
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Trop Med Int Health 12:838-47. 2007..To investigate the risk factors for infection with endemic typhoid fever in the Samarkand region of Uzbekistan... - Estimating the longitudinal prevalence of diarrhea and other episodic diseases: continuous versus intermittent surveillanceWolf Peter Schmidt
Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Epidemiology 18:537-43. 2007..The aim of this analysis was to compare estimates of longitudinal prevalence based on intermittent sampling at regular intervals with 24- or 48-hour recall, with estimates based on continuous surveillance... - Comparing serologic response against enteric pathogens with reported diarrhea to assess the impact of improved household drinking water qualityJohn A Crump
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 77:136-41. 2007..Larger intervention studies that yield a more marked effect on diarrheal disease, use additional and improved serologic assays, and that collect serum samples at more frequent intervals are needed... - The chulli water purifier: acceptability and effectiveness of an innovative strategy for household water treatment in BangladeshSundeep K Gupta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 78:979-84. 2008..These issues, which are relevant for other household water treatment strategies, should be resolved before further implementation... - Clinical presentation of nipah virus infection in BangladeshM Jahangir Hossain
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Clin Infect Dis 46:977-84. 2008..In Bangladesh, 4 outbreaks of Nipah virus infection were identified during the period 2001-2004... - Deaths from rotavirus disease in Bangladeshi children: estimates from hospital-based surveillanceGo Tanaka
Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:1014-8. 2007..To assess the potential health benefits of introducing new rotavirus (RV) vaccines, we estimated mortality from RV gastroenteritis in Bangladeshi children <5 years of age... - Person-to-person transmission of Nipah virus in a Bangladeshi communityEmily S Gurley
Program on Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Sciences, ICDDR, B, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Emerg Infect Dis 13:1031-7. 2007..Capacity for person-to-person transmission increases the potential for wider spread of this highly lethal pathogen and highlights the need for infection control strategies for resource-poor settings... - Long-term neurological and functional outcome in Nipah virus infectionJames J Sejvar
Divisions of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases and Vector Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA 30333, USA
Ann Neurol 62:235-42. 2007..Long-term neurological assessments of survivors are limited. We assessed long-term neurologic and functional outcomes of 22 patients surviving NiV illness in Bangladesh... - Brucellosis as a cause of acute febrile illness in EgyptGregory J Jennings
US Naval Medical Research Unit 3 NAMRU 3, Cairo, Egypt
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 101:707-13. 2007..The high incidence of brucellosis in Fayoum highlights its public health importance, and the need to implement prevention strategies in humans and animals... - Quality of drinking waterStephen P Luby
BMJ 334:755-6. 2007 - Estimating the incidence of typhoid fever and other febrile illnesses in developing countriesJohn A Crump
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop A38, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 9:539-44. 2003..This surveillance tool could have wide applications for surveillance for febrile illness in developing countries... - A randomized controlled trial of household-based flocculant-disinfectant drinking water treatment for diarrhea prevention in rural GuatemalaMegan E Reller
Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:411-9. 2003..In a setting where diarrhea was a leading cause of death, intermittent use of home water treatment with flocculant-disinfectant decreased the incidence of diarrhea... - The global burden of typhoid feverJohn A Crump
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, MS A 38, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Bull World Health Organ 82:346-53. 2004..To use new data to make a revised estimate of the global burden of typhoid fever, an accurate understanding of which is necessary to guide public health decisions for disease control and prevention efforts... - Effect of handwashing on child health: a randomised controlled trialStephen P Luby
Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Centers for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Lancet 366:225-33. 2005..We undertook a randomised controlled trial to assess the effect of handwashing promotion with soap on the incidence of acute respiratory infection, impetigo, and diarrhoea... - Household based treatment of drinking water with flocculant-disinfectant for preventing diarrhoea in areas with turbid source water in rural western Kenya: cluster randomised controlled trialJohn A Crump
Foodborne and Diarrhoeal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS A 38, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
BMJ 331:478. 2005..To compare the effect on prevalence of diarrhoea and mortality of household based treatment of drinking water with flocculant-disinfectant, sodium hypochlorite, and standard practices in areas with turbid water source in Africa... - Population-based surveillance of typhoid fever in EgyptPadmini Srikantiah
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:114-9. 2006..The majority of patients are evaluated at the primary care level and would not have been detected by hospital-based surveillance... - Clinical diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum among children with history of fever, Sindh, PakistanSiroos Hozhabri
Department of Community Health Sciences, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Int J Infect Dis 6:233-5. 2002..To identify clinical predictors for malaria and develop a clinical algorithm to more accurately identify malaria from non-malaria cases... - Reducing diarrhoea in Guatemalan children: randomized controlled trial of flocculant-disinfectant for drinking-waterTom M Chiller
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Bull World Health Organ 84:28-35. 2006..To examine the effect of a new point-of-use treatment for drinking-water, a commercially developed flocculant-disinfectant, on the prevalence of diarrhoea in children... - Combining drinking water treatment and hand washing for diarrhoea prevention, a cluster randomised controlled trialStephen P Luby
Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Centers for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Trop Med Int Health 11:479-89. 2006..To evaluate the effectiveness of point of use water treatment with flocculent-disinfectant on reducing diarrhoea and the additional benefit of promoting hand washing with soap... - Field trial of a low cost method to evaluate hand cleanlinessStephen P Luby
Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Centers for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Trop Med Int Health 12:765-71. 2007..To evaluate a simple low cost method for measuring hand contamination as an objective assessment of handwashing practices... - Foodborne transmission of Nipah virus, BangladeshStephen P Luby
International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Emerg Infect Dis 12:1888-94. 2006..This investigation suggests that Nipah virus was transmitted from P. giganteus to persons through drinking fresh date palm sap... - No evidence for prolonged excretion of polioviruses in persons with residual paralytic poliomyelitis in Ethiopia, Pakistan and GuatemalaAamir J Khan
Department of International Health, Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room W5041, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Biologicals 34:113-6. 2006..Nevertheless, persistent poliovirus excretion among persons 2 years of age and older with residual paralytic poliomyelitis is uncommon in developing countries... - Clinical value of Tubex and Typhidot rapid diagnostic tests for typhoid fever in an urban community clinic in BangladeshAliya Naheed
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh ICDDR, B, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 61:381-6. 2008..We conclude that the value of Tubex and Typhidot tests for typhoid fever diagnosis in a community clinic in urban Bangladesh is low... - Diarrheal epidemics in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during three consecutive floods: 1988, 1998, and 2004Brian S Schwartz
Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:1067-73. 2006..Our findings suggest that cholera is the predominant cause of flood-associated diarrheal epidemics in Dhaka, but that other organisms spread by the fecal-oral route also contribute... - Emergence of multidrug-resistant strain of Vibrio cholerae O1 in Bangladesh and reversal of their susceptibility to tetracycline after two yearsAbu S G Faruque
J Health Popul Nutr 25:241-3. 2007 - Prevalence of hepatitis B among Afghan refugees living in Balochistan, PakistanArshad Quddus
WHO, Polio Eradication Initiative, Kandahar, Afghanistan
Int J Infect Dis 10:242-7. 2006..This study was conducted to estimate seroprevalence of hepatitis B and to identify potential risk factors for hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission among the refugees living in the camps of Balochistan Province, Pakistan...