Background: This study compared the diversity of common diarrhoeal pathogens and antimicrobial susceptibility in four hospitals in Bangladesh. Methodology: A total of 13,959 diarrhoea patients, comprising rural Mirzapur [2,820), rural Matlab (2,865), urban Dhaka (5,287) and urban Mirpur (2,987) were included under the diarrhoeal disease surveillance system of icddr,b during 2010-2011; stool spe...

BACKGROUND Shigellosis continues to be a public health challenge for developing countries, including Bangladesh. The aim of the study is to demonstrate recent changes in Shigella sero-groups and their geographical diversity. METHODS Data were extracted from data archive of four diarrheal disease surveillance systems. A 2% sub sample from urban Dhaka Hospital (2008-2011; n = 10,650), and 10% f...

The disease, however, did not spread to any extent at that period. Of its outbreak and spread in the city of Dacca a full description will be given below. At present its dissemination, throughout the district will be traccd. The first place from which the appearance of dengue was reported was Mirpur?a prosperous trading village eight miles due north of the city. On the 31st May, two schoolboys,...

Objective: The study aims to find the symptoms of COVID-19 in population Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. It will then correlate observed patients based on their day monitoring. Study Design: Case-control study. Setting: Hospitals Mirpur, Kashmir. Period: April 2019 Dec 2020. Material & Methods: was carried out order estimate with anosmia. Patients visiting hospitals vicinity Kashmir for r...

The Etiology, Risk Factors and Interactions of Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Consequences for Child Health and Development (MAL-ED) study site in Bangladesh is located in the capital city of Dhaka in an urban slum that has one of the highest population densities in the world. The site is in the Bauniabadh area of Mirpur, Dhaka. A typical squatter settlement, the average family siz...

BACKGROUND Diarrhoeal disease is a common cause of major public health concern in many parts of the world including Pakistan. METHODS Eighteen stool samples were received from Civil Hospital Mirpur Khas (Sindh). All the specimens were processed for culture and antimicrobial susceptibility according to Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines. RESULTS Eight out of eighteen (...

BACKGROUND In Bangladesh, increases in cholera epidemics are being documented with a greater incidence and severity. The aim of this prospective study was to identify the prevalence and importance of V. cholerae O1 and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) as causal agents of severe diarrhea in a high diarrhea prone urban area in Dhaka city. METHODOLOGY Systematic surveillance was carried o...

.. Objective: To detect carotid atherosclerosis in symptomatic patients with risk factors noninvasively using carotid Doppler ultrasonography in Divisional Head Quarter Hospital Mirpur Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Study design: Prospective Observational study. Place and duration of study: Kashmir institute of cardiology Div. Headquarters Teaching Hospital Azad Jammu & Kashmir AJK (Mohi-ud-Din Islamic ...

BACKGROUND The present study was intended to determine the prevalence and identification of species involved causing coccidiosis in broilers rearing under traditional farming system in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. For the current study, a convenient sampling technique was carried out. A total of 7814 broilers (aged 1 to 6 weeks) were submitted to the Disease Diagnostic Laboratory of Livestoc...