Gender difference in domain-specific quality of life measured by modified WHOQoL-BREF questionnaire and their associated factors among older adults in a rural district in Bangladesh by Fakir M. Amirul Islam

Get full text

New distribution record of Hipposideros grandis G.M. Allen, 1936, Grand Leaf-nosed Bat (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae), from Bangladesh based on morphometric and molecular evidence by Md. Kamrul Hasan, Ashis Kumar Datta, Anik Saha, Sajeda Begum

“…Allen, 1936 from Baraiyadhala National Park, Bangladesh. The identification was based on morphometric attributes of two captured individuals and sequencing of the mtDNA cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. …”
Get full text

Micronutrient dose response (MiNDR) study among women of reproductive age and pregnant women in rural Bangladesh: study protocol for double-blind, randomised, controlled trials by Tahmeed Ahmed, Hasmot Ali, Michael Rosenblum, Daniel J Erchick, Towfida Jahan Siddiqua, Rezwanul Haque, Parul Christian, Sarah Baker, Eleonor Zavala, Kerry J Schulze, SM Tafsir Hasan, Khalid Bin Ahsan, Sulagna Bandyopadhyay, Hasan Mahmud Sujan, Md. Hafizur Rahman, Katherine K Stephenson, Ximing Ge, Ethan K Gough, Brooke Langevin, Lee Shu Fune Wu, Brian Dyer, Anjan Kumar Roy, Mohammad Jubair, Amena Al Nishan, Mathangi Gopalakrishnan, Klaus Kraemer

“…Enrolment was initiated on 22 October 2023.Ethics and dissemination The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the research and ethical review committees of icddr,b, Bangladesh. A data safety and monitoring board is in place for the study. …”
Get full text

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Enteritidis Isolated from Raw Shrimp in Bangladesh: An Investigation Based on Molecular Characteristics, Survival, Virulence, Antibiotic Resistance, and Biofilm Formation Attributes by Prosanto Kumar Das, Ananta Mandal, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Shovon Lal Sarkar, Iqbal Kabir Jahid, Md. Anwar Hossain, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Pravas Chandra Roy

“…Shrimp is the white gold of Bangladesh, with the second-highest income source from exporting to foreign countries. …”
Get full text

Factors associated with in-hospital mortality of newborns admitted to a special care newborn unit of a tertiary care hospital in southern Bangladesh: a retrospective cohort study by Md Mostafizur Rahman, Tahmina Zerin, Md Abdullah Saeed Khan, Md Golam Abbas, Aysha Haque, Mohammed Zahidul Alam, Ummay Thamima, Md Wahiduzzaman, Siddhartha Sankar Das

“…Objectives The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with in-hospital deaths of newborns admitted to a special care newborn unit (SCANU) in southern Bangladesh.Design Retrospective cohort.Setting SCANU of Patuakhali Medical College Hospital, Patuakhali, Bangladesh.Participants Records of 930 neonates admitted to the SCANU from August to December 2022 were included in the study. …”
Get full text

Statistical evaluation of selected air quality parameters influenced by COVID-19 lockdown by M.H. Masum, S.K. Pal

Subjects: Get full text

COVID-19 among staff and their family members of a healthcare research institution in Bangladesh between March 2020 and April 2021: a test-negative case–control study by Subhasish Das, Mustafa Mahfuz, Shah Mohammad Fahim, Tahmeed Ahmed, Shams E Arifeen, Md Ashraful Alam, Mustafizur Rahman, John D Clemens, S M Tafsir Hasan, Ishita Mostafa, Monira Sarmin, Shahana Parveen

“…Objective To identify factors associated with COVID-19 positivity among staff and their family members of icddr,b, a health research institute located in Bangladesh.Setting Dhaka, Bangladesh.Participants A total of 4295 symptomatic people were tested for SARS-CoV-2 by reverse-transcription PCR between 19 March 2020 and 15 April 2021. …”
Get full text

Exploring Early Learning Challenges in Children Utilizing Statistical and Explainable Machine Learning by Mithila Akter Mim, M. R. Khatun, Muhammad Minoar Hossain, Wahidur Rahman, Arslan Munir

Subjects: Get full text

Gender disparity in care-seeking behaviours and treatment outcomes for dehydrating diarrhoea among under-5 children admitted to a diarrhoeal disease hospital in Bangladesh: an analysis of hospital-based surveillance data by Subhasish Das, Tahmeed Ahmed, Imteaz Mahmud, Soroar Hossain Khan, A S G Faruque

“…We examined gender disparities in diarrhoeal disease severity and the treatment outcomes of under-5 children.Setting A tertiary level diarrhoeal disease hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Participants 13 361 under-5 children admitted to the hospital between January 2008 and December 2017.Outcome variables and methods The primary outcome of interest was severity of diarrhoea, defined as ‘dehydrating diarrhoea’ or ‘non-dehydrating diarrhoea’. …”
Get full text

Differences in prevalence and associated factors of underweight and overweight/obesity according to rural–urban residence strata among women of reproductive age in Bangladesh: evidence from a cross-sectional national survey by Rajat Das Gupta, Mohammad Rashidul Hashan, Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria, Brendan Day

“…Public health programmes in Bangladesh aiming to prevent the double burden of malnutrition should focus these factors through comprehensive public awareness and cost-effective operational health interventions.…”
Get full text

Sociodemographic factors, clinical characteristics, outcomes and short-term follow-up in COVID-19 patients with new onset hyperglycemia and pre-existing diabetes on admission in a tertiary-care hospital in Bangladesh. by Nadira Sultana Kakoly, S M Kamrul Hasan, Mohammad Mahfuzul Hoque, Rifat Hossain Ratul, Md Abdullah Saeed Khan, Dipak Kumar Mitra, Baki Billah

“…This study aimed to compare the sociodemographic factors, clinical characteristics, and in-hospital and short-term post-discharge outcomes between COVID-19 patients with new onset hyperglycemia and pre-existing diabetes patients in tertiary care hospitals in Bangladesh.<h4>Methods</h4>A prospective observational study was conducted among adult COVID-19 patients with new onset hyperglycemia or pre-existing diabetes admitted to the COVID-19 unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital between April 2021 and October 2021. …”
Get full text

Developing and testing community-based tuberculosis (TB) screening intervention to increase TB referral, case detection and knowledge among sexual minority people in urban Bangladesh: a mixed-method study protocol by Mahbubur Rahman, Golam Sarwar, Masud Reza, Mohammad Niaz Morshed Khan, Gorkey Gourab, A K M Masud Rana, Shaan Muberra Khan, Samira Dishti Irfan, Shahriar Ahmed, Rupali Sisir Banu, Sayera Banu, Sharful Islam Khan

“…Introduction Although Bangladesh is a country of generalised tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, the HIV prevalence is low among general populations, and 3.9% among key populations. …”
Get full text

Stool Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra for TB diagnosis in children: experience from a national scale-up programme by S. Kabir, S. Choudhury, T. Rahman, S.M.M. Rahman, M.K.M. Uddin, A. Nashra, A. Hossain, S. Naher, K.M.S. Towhid, L. Shahrin, S. Ahmed, P. Daru, J. Hoffmann, S. Banu

Subjects: Get full text

Corrigendum to “Determinants of Minimum Dietary Diversity of Lactating Mothers in Rural Northern Region of Bangladesh: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study” [Heliyon Vol. 9, Iss 1,Jan. 2023, Article e12776] by Md Mahbubul Alam Shaun, Md Wahidur Rahman Nizum, Md Asaduzzaman Shuvo, Fahmida Fayeza, Md Omar Faruk, Md Fakrul Alam, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Sujan Kanti Mali

Get full text

El microfinanciamiento: una alternativa en el combate a la pobreza extrema en Sonora by Luis Rentería Guerrero

Subjects: Get full text

Antibacterial effect of Dracaena indivisa leaf extracts by Ranjitha Dhevi V. Sundar, Sathiavelu Arunachalam

“…Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology…”
Get full text

Prednisone inhibits osteosarcoma cell by regulating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway by Yo Zhang, Hongmei Zhang, Shanshan Yang, Xiufeng Gao, Wenhao Guo

“…Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology…”
Get full text

A Critical Examination of Research Ethics in the Treatment Recommendations for Diarrhoea by Etaoghene Paul Polo, Shamima Parvin Lasker

“…Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics…”
Get full text

Total flavonoids of Abelmoschus manihot ameliorate lipid deposition in HK-2 cells by inhibiting fatty acid uptake mediated by CD36 by Xiaofang Wang, Chenquan Tang, Yi Jiang, Yi Xue, Enchao Zhou

“…Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology…”
Get full text

Review of Attfield, Robin, Applied Ethics: An Introduction (Polity: Cambridge, UK, 2022, and Hoboken, NJ, 2023). by Rebekah Humphreys

“…Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics…”
Get full text