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Najmul Haider's Outputs (11)

Current sampling and sequencing biases of Lassa mammarenavirus limit inference from phylogeography and molecular epidemiology in Lassa fever endemic regions (2023)
Journal Article
Arruda, L. B., Free, H. B., Simons, D., Ansumana, R., Elton, L., Haider, N., …Kock, R. (in press). Current sampling and sequencing biases of Lassa mammarenavirus limit inference from phylogeography and molecular epidemiology in Lassa fever endemic regions. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(11), Article e0002159. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002159

Lassa fever (LF) is a potentially lethal viral haemorrhagic infection of humans caused by Lassa mammarenavirus (LASV). It is an important endemic zoonotic disease in West Africa with growing evidence for increasing frequency and sizes of outbreaks. P... Read More about Current sampling and sequencing biases of Lassa mammarenavirus limit inference from phylogeography and molecular epidemiology in Lassa fever endemic regions.

Bangladesh's 2023 Dengue outbreak – age/gender-related disparity in morbidity and mortality and geographic variability of epidemic burdens (2023)
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Haider, N., Asaduzzaman, M., Hassan, M. N., Rahman, M., Sharif, A. R., Ashrafi, S. A. A., …Zumla, A. (2023). Bangladesh's 2023 Dengue outbreak – age/gender-related disparity in morbidity and mortality and geographic variability of epidemic burdens. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 136, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.08.026

Bangladesh is currently grappling to control its most devastating dengue fever outbreak recorded since the dengue virus (DENV) reappeared in the country in 2000 [1], [2], [3]. Although dengue is endemic in Bangladesh, the current dengue surge is unus... Read More about Bangladesh's 2023 Dengue outbreak – age/gender-related disparity in morbidity and mortality and geographic variability of epidemic burdens.

Global prioritization of endemic zoonotic diseases for conducting surveillance in domestic animals to protect public health (2023)
Journal Article
Qiu, Y., Guitian, J., Webster, J. P. P., Musallam, I., Haider, N., Drewe, J. A. A., & Song, J. (2023). Global prioritization of endemic zoonotic diseases for conducting surveillance in domestic animals to protect public health. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 378(1887), Article ARTN 20220407. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0407

Zoonotic diseases (zoonoses) originating from domestic animals pose a significant risk to people's health and livelihoods, in addition to jeopardizing animal health and production. Effective surveillance of endemic zoonoses at the animal level is cru... Read More about Global prioritization of endemic zoonotic diseases for conducting surveillance in domestic animals to protect public health.

Occurrence of tuberculosis among people exposed to cattle in Bangladesh (2023)
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Sarkar, S., Haider, N., Islam, A., Hossain, M. B., Hossain, K., Mafij Uddin, M. K., …Zeidner, N. (2023). Occurrence of tuberculosis among people exposed to cattle in Bangladesh. Veterinary Medicine and Science, 9(4), 1923-1933. https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1178

Background
Tuberculosis (TB) has been an important public health concern in Bangladesh. The most common cause of human TB is Mycobacterium tuberculosis, while bovine TB is caused by Mycobacterium bovis.

Objective
The objective of this study was... Read More about Occurrence of tuberculosis among people exposed to cattle in Bangladesh.

The 2022 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: hypotheses for the late resurgence of cases and fatalities (2023)
Journal Article
Haider, N., N, H., Hasan, M. N., MN, H., Khalil, I., I, K., …MJ, U. (2023). The 2022 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: hypotheses for the late resurgence of cases and fatalities. Journal of Medical Entomology, 60(4), 847-852. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad057

Bangladesh reported the highest number of annual deaths (n = 281) related to dengue virus infection in 2022 since the virus reappeared in the country in 2000. Earlier studies showed that >92% of the annual cases occurred between the months of... Read More about The 2022 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: hypotheses for the late resurgence of cases and fatalities.

Human Exposure to Bats, Rodents and Monkeys in Bangladesh (2023)
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Shanta, I. S., Luby, S. P., Hossain, K., Heffelfinger, J. D., Kilpatrick, A. M., Haider, N., …Gurley, E. S. (2023). Human Exposure to Bats, Rodents and Monkeys in Bangladesh. EcoHealth, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-023-01628-9

Bats, rodents and monkeys are reservoirs for emerging zoonotic infections. We sought to describe the frequency of human exposure to these animals and the seasonal and geographic variation of these exposures in Bangladesh. During 2013–2016, we conduct... Read More about Human Exposure to Bats, Rodents and Monkeys in Bangladesh.

Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Antimicrobial Resistance in Citrobacter freundii Isolated from Domestic Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) in Bangladesh (2023)
Journal Article
Ahmed, T., Saiful Islam, M., Haider, N., Elton, L., Hasan, B., Nuruzzaman, M., …Shahidur Rahman Khan, M. (2023). Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Antimicrobial Resistance in Citrobacter freundii Isolated from Domestic Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) in Bangladesh. Antibiotics, 12(4), Article 769. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12040769

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Citrobacter freundii poses a serious challenge as this species is one of the sources of nosocomial infection and causes diarrheal infections in humans. Ducks could be the potential source of multidrug-resistant (MDR)... Read More about Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Antimicrobial Resistance in Citrobacter freundii Isolated from Domestic Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) in Bangladesh.

Whole genome sequencing revealed a high level of antimicrobial resistance genes and virulence factors in a multidrug-resistant Citrobacter freundii BAU_TM8 strain isolated from a domesticated duck in Bangladesh (2023)
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Ahmed, T., Islam, S., Haider, N., Tonge, D., Hasan, B., Nuruzzaman, M., …Rahman Khan, S. (2023). Whole genome sequencing revealed a high level of antimicrobial resistance genes and virulence factors in a multidrug-resistant Citrobacter freundii BAU_TM8 strain isolated from a domesticated duck in Bangladesh. [PREPRINT]

The disproportionate case–fatality ratio of COVID-19 between countries with the highest vaccination rates and the rest of the world (2023)
Journal Article
Haider, N., Nayeem Hasan, M., Guitian, J., Khan, R. A., McCoy, D., Ntoumi, F., …Kock, R. A. (2023). The disproportionate case–fatality ratio of COVID-19 between countries with the highest vaccination rates and the rest of the world. IJID Regions, 6, 159-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2023.01.011

Objectives
The global reported cumulative case–fatality ratios (rCFRs) and excess mortality rates of the 20 countries with the highest coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination rates, the rest of the world and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) were com... Read More about The disproportionate case–fatality ratio of COVID-19 between countries with the highest vaccination rates and the rest of the world.