Abstract

The long-term objectivesof thiscooperativeagreementapplicationare tostrengthenlocalcapacity to detect and evaluateemerginginfectiousdiseasesandtoevaluatenewvaccinesand otherinterventionsto provide effectiveand practicalpreventionstrategiesthroughthe Centre'sProgramon infectiousDiseasesand V;_ccineSciences(PIDVS). In specific,the aimsare: 1. To improvecapacitytodetectnewlyemergingdiseasesthroughimplementationof surveillanceand development andevaluationof sensitiveand specificdiagnostictests. 2. To define burdenof diseaseand toidentifymodifiableriskfactorsfor priorityinfectiousdiseases 3. To developand evaluatestrategiesand toolsto preventdiarrheal,respiratory,andvector-bornediseases with particularfocusonevaluationof newvaccines. 4. To assessandmonitorantimicrobialresistanceinemerginginfectiousdiseasesin Bangladesh. 5. To investigateoutbreaksof diseaseswhichoccurin Bangladeshandelsewhereinthe region. 6. To enhancelocalcapacityfor conductingepidemiologicand laboratoryresearchin emerginginfectious diseasesby trainingyoungepidemiologistsandlaboratoryscientistsfromBangladesh. Topics of the proposalsubmittedhere include:surveillancefor influeunza,ShigelladysenteriaeType 1, oneumonia,intussusceptionh,umanpapillomavirus,Nipahvirusinfectionandencephalitis;strengthening _utbreakdetectionandresponse;environmentaflactorsassociatedwith influenza;mortalitydue to _neumonia; handwashing to prevent disease; outcomes in Nipah virus survivors;dissemenating findings """"""""esulting from the cooperative agreement through the Health and Science Bulletin; and general PIDVS coordination activities.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Infectious Diseases (CID)
Type
Research Project--Cooperative Agreements (U01)
Project #
3U01CI000298-03S1
Application #
7454001
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCI1-SRC (99))
Program Officer
Messmer, Trudy
Project Start
2004-09-30
Project End
2009-09-29
Budget Start
2006-09-30
Budget End
2007-09-29
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2007
Total Cost
$52,005
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
International Center/Diarrhoeal Dis Research
Department
Type
DUNS #
731524711
City
Dhaka
State
Country
Bangladesh
Zip Code
1212

  Publications

Haider, N; Sturm-Ramirez, K; Khan, S U et al. (2017) Unusually High Mortality in Waterfowl Caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Bangladesh. Transbound Emerg Dis 64:144-156
Faruque, Labib Imran; Zaman, Rashid Uz; Gurley, Emily S et al. (2017) Prevalence and clinical presentation of Rickettsia, Coxiella, Leptospira, Bartonella and chikungunya virus infections among hospital-based febrile patients from December 2008 to November 2009 in Bangladesh. BMC Infect Dis 17:141
Nasreen, Sharifa; Rahman, Mustafizur; Hancock, Kathy et al. (2017) Infection with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 during the first wave of the 2009 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal seroepidemiologic study in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 11:394-398
Rimi, Nadia Ali; Sultana, Rebeca; Ishtiak-Ahmed, Kazi et al. (2016) Understanding the failure of a behavior change intervention to reduce risk behaviors for avian influenza transmission among backyard poultry raisers in rural Bangladesh: a focused ethnography. BMC Public Health 16:858
Nahar, Nazmun; Uddin, Main; Gurley, Emily S et al. (2015) Cultural and Economic Motivation of Pig Raising Practices in Bangladesh. Ecohealth 12:611-20
Nasreen, Sharifa; Khan, Salah Uddin; Luby, Stephen P et al. (2015) Highly pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) virus infection among workers at live bird markets, Bangladesh, 2009-2010. Emerg Infect Dis 21:629-37
Bhuiyan, Mejbah Uddin; Luby, Stephen P; Zaman, Rashid Uz et al. (2014) Incidence of and risk factors for hospital-acquired diarrhea in three tertiary care public hospitals in Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg 91:165-72
Rimi, Nadia Ali; Sultana, Rebeca; Ishtiak-Ahmed, Kazi et al. (2014) Poultry slaughtering practices in rural communities of Bangladesh and risk of avian influenza transmission: a qualitative study. Ecohealth 11:83-93
Ram, Pavani K; Dutt, Dhiman; Silk, Benjamin J et al. (2014) Household air quality risk factors associated with childhood pneumonia in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg 90:968-75
Bhuiyan, Mejbah U; Luby, Stephen P; Alamgir, Nadia I et al. (2014) Economic burden of influenza-associated hospitalizations and outpatient visits in Bangladesh during 2010. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 8:406-13

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