Publications

surveillance of rabies in dacca.	a total of 977 human and animal (including livestock) cases of rabies exposure attributed to the bite of a variety of animals during a period of one year in an area covering 22 thanas has been analysed. dog-bite, mostly from stray dogs constituted the highest risk of exposure to rabies in humans and animals including livestock. prophylactic vaccination of pet animals including livestock and elmination of stray dogs will considerably reduce the exposure to rabies.	1977	615587
studies of the presence of rabies virus among stray dogs in dhaka city.	one hundred and thirty one stray dogs were captured from dhaka city. anti-mortem as well post-mortem examination of the dogs for rabies were conducted. microscopic studies and biological tests were carried-out with dog's brain for the detection of rabies virus. one dog was found to have rabies virus in its brain. the stray dogs under dhaka municipal corporation area therefore, seem to harbour rabies virus in their brains and could be a source of potential danger to the community after the full d ...	1982	7184499
a vulnerable age: environment, behavior and the spread of diarrhoea.	in bangladesh diarrhea occurs most often in children between the ages of 6-11 months. crawling infants in rural areas come into contact with chicken feces and other animal dung on the ground both inside and outside the home. additionally, the ground is contaminated with the baby's own feces and those of its brothers and sisters. many infants put earth and feces in their mouths and most suck their fingers, which have touched and will pass on germs and fecal matter. infants in 2 villages near ...	1986	12315286
a survey on the faunal diversity of savar upazila, dhaka, bangladesh.	a survey was conducted during january to december 2006 to assess the status of faunal diversity of savar upazila, dhaka, bangladesh. a total of 30 species of birds, 24 species of winter birds, 7 species of reptiles, 3 species of amphibians, 15 species of mammalians and 32 species of fishes were recorded. relative abundance of those species were determined. of the birds, house sparrow (passer domesticus) was abundant while blyth's kingfisher (alcedo hercules), rock eagle owl (bubo bengalensis), h ...	2008	18817158
five-year (january 2004-december 2008) surveillance on animal bite and rabies vaccine utilization in the infectious disease hospital, dhaka, bangladesh.	the magnitude of animal bite and utilization of rabies vaccine was determined at the infectious disease hospital, dhaka, bangladesh. from january 2004 to december 2008, 150,068 patients with animal bite visited the hospital, 86.2% and 13.8% of them received nerve tissue and tissue culture vaccine (tcv), respectively. dog bite was most frequent, found in 90.7% cases. in 794 rabies cases only 24.4% had a history of post-exposure vaccination. only a negligible number of patients received rabies imm ...	2010	21126605
human rabies among the paediatric population in bangladesh.	this cross sectional study in the infectious disease hospital (idh), mohakhali, dhaka on rabies affected paediatric population was carried out to see the patterns of presentation, age group at risk, state of vaccination following animal exposure and the interval between animal exposure and the development of the disease. this one year study included the patients aged less than 15 years with clinically diagnosed rabies referred to the idh between july 2008 and june 2009. data was collected from t ...	2011	21522095