Sex-specific epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Covid-19 patients in the southeast region of Bangladesh

Islam, Md. Aminul; Marzan, Abdullah Al; Islam, Md. Sydul; Sultana, Samina; Parvej, Md. Iftakhar; Hossain, Mohammad Salim; Amin, Mohammad Tohidul; Hossain, Farzana; Barek, Md. Abdul; Hossen, Md Shafiul; Islam, Md. Shariful; Hossen, Foysal; Bahadur, Newaz Mohammed; Hossain, Md. Shahadat; Choudhury, Nazratun Nayeem; Alam, Md. Didar-ul; Ahmed, Firoz

doi:10.1101/2021.07.05.21259933

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“…Bangladesh is a developing country and is one of the most highly densely populated countries in the world, with a delta of rivers that flows down into the Bay of Bengal ( 40 ). It is a low-lying, riverine country in South Asia's tropical monsoon region, with an average elevation of 85 meters above sea level and a climate marked by high temperatures, heavy rainfall, cyclones, tidal bores, often excessive humidity, and fairly marked seasonal variations ( 41 , 42 ).…”

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Association of household fuel with acute respiratory infection (ARI) under-five years children in Bangladesh

Islam

Hasan

Ahammed

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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In developing countries, acute respiratory infections (ARIs) cause a significant number of deaths among children. According to Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), about 25% of the deaths in children under-five years are caused by ARI in Bangladesh every year. Low-income families frequently rely on wood, coal, and animal excrement for cooking. However, it is unclear whether using alternative fuels offers a health benefit over solid fuels. To clear this doubt, we conducted a study to investigate the effects of fuel usage on ARI in children. In this study, we used the latest BDHS 2017–18 survey data collected by the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and estimated the effects of fuel use on ARI by constructing multivariable logistic regression models. From the analysis, we found that the crude (the only type of fuel in the model) odds ratio (OR) for ARI is 1.69 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.06–2.71]. This suggests that children in families using contaminated fuels are 69.3% more likely to experience an ARI episode than children in households using clean fuels. After adjusting for cooking fuel, type of roof material, child's age (months), and sex of the child–the effect of solid fuels is similar to the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) for ARI (OR: 1.69, 95% CI: 1.05–2.72). This implies that an ARI occurrence is 69.2% more likely when compared to the effect of clean fuel. This study found a statistically significant association between solid fuel consumption and the occurrence of ARI in children in households. The correlation between indoor air pollution and clinical parameters of ARI requires further investigation. Our findings will also help other researchers and policymakers to take comprehensive actions by considering fuel type as a risk factor as well as taking proper steps to solve this issue.

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Association of household fuel with acute respiratory infection (ARI) under-five years children in Bangladesh

Islam

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Ahammed

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…Although the COVID-19 public health emergency status on cessation, the world is challenged by another new reemerging outbreak of the Monkeypox disease (MPXD). Although there is extensive literature on the ongoing pandemic (COVID-19) caused by the zoonotic SARS-CoV-2 virus [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ], very little is known about the Monkeypox (MPX) outbreak––which has already infected 65,353 people, with 20 death cases in 111 countries (as of 9 November 2022). The top three countries with the highest MPXD cases include the US (26,385), Brazil (7300), and Spain (7083) (WHO, 2022) [ 5 ].…”

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Association between Global Monkeypox Cases and Meteorological Factors

Islam

Sangkham

Tiwari

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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The emergence of an outbreak of Monkeypox disease (MPXD) is caused by a contagious zoonotic Monkeypox virus (MPXV) that has spread globally. Yet, there is no study investigating the effect of climatic changes on MPXV transmission. Thus, studies on the changing epidemiology, evolving nature of the virus, and ecological niche are highly paramount. Determination of the role of potential meteorological drivers including temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, dew point, wind speed, and surface pressure is beneficial to understand the MPXD outbreak. This study examines the changes in MPXV cases over time while assessing the meteorological characteristics that could impact these disparities from the onset of the global outbreak. To conduct this data-based research, several well-accepted statistical techniques including Simple Exponential Smoothing (SES), Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), Automatic forecasting time-series model (Prophet), and Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average with Explanatory Variables (ARIMAX) were applied to delineate the correlation of the meteorological factors on global daily Monkeypox cases. Data on MPXV cases including affected countries spanning from May 6, 2022, to November 9, 2022, from global databases and meteorological data were used to evaluate the developed models. According to the ARIMAX model, the results showed that temperature, relative humidity, and surface pressure have a positive impact [(51.56, 95% confidence interval (CI): −274.55 to 377.68), (17.32, 95% CI: −83.71 to 118.35) and (23.42, 95% CI: −9.90 to 56.75), respectively] on MPXV cases. In addition, dew/frost point, precipitation, and wind speed show a significant negative impact on MPXD cases. The Prophet model showed a significant correlation with rising MPXD cases, although the trend predicts peak values while the overall trend increases. This underscores the importance of immediate and appropriate preventive measures (timely preparedness and proactive control strategies) with utmost priority against MPXD including awareness-raising programs, the discovery, and formulation of effective vaccine candidate(s), prophylaxis and therapeutic regimes, and management strategies.

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“…[1][2][3] The most devastative coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disease has attacked the world economy, where people lost about 6.6 million lives including 640 million total positive cases as of December 5, 2022. [3][4][5][6][7] The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has drawn high public health attention against zoonotic infections, 3 and novel, emerging or reemerging pathogens, to develop new vaccines and therapeutic regimens but recently during this 2022 year another zoonotic viral disease, namely Monkeypox (MPX) caused by Monkeypox virus (MPXV), has also re-emerged in multiple countries with its cases increasing day after day without control that paused global public health emergency of international emergency. [8][9][10][11] MPXV is an enveloped DNA virus under the Poxviridae family and genus Orthopox virus.…”

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Old Enemy with a New Face: Re-emerging Monkeypox Disease – An Update

Islam¹,

Hemo²,

Chopra³

et al. 2022

J. Pure Appl. Microbiol.

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Human monkeypox (MPX), a multi-country re-emerging disease, is rapidly spreading around the world. The etiological agent of this disease, Monkeypox virus (MPXV), is a DNA virus classified into three genetic types (West Africa, Congo Basin clade, and one new clade-3). Atypical or unusual symptoms as well as asymptomatic infection of MPXV has also been reported. Transmission among humans is possible by droplets, contact, sexual intercourse, and fomites. Secondary transmission of this disease has been reported to occur in less than 10% of cases where it was found 35%–88% of smallpox. Mother-to-fetus transmission by vertical route is also possible for this disease. Modern equipment, biosafety level-3 laboratory facilities, and trained expert persons are needed to diagnose this disease. Previous data support that ~85% clinical protection is provided by smallpox vaccines for monkeypox, although initially non-human primates models were used for various experiments, and also side-effects of this vaccine have been notably mentioned in various studies. Limited research findings of JYNNEOS vaccine has supported the comparatively lower prevalence of MPX cases with vaccination. Few drugs, including cidofovir, tecovirimat, brincidofovir, and vaccinia immune globulin intravenous are preferable against this disease, although clinical trial data is limited and FDA-approval is also pending. This review-based study presents an overall scenario of Monkeypox disease (MPXD) based on previously published studies. Recommended clinical treatment and vaccination, appropriate infection prevention and control strategies, adopting one health approach, and quick identification of hotspots using a wastewater-based surveillance system need to be followed to check the further spread of MPX outbreaks.

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Sex-specific epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Covid-19 patients in the southeast region of Bangladesh

Cited by 15 publications

References 39 publications

Association of household fuel with acute respiratory infection (ARI) under-five years children in Bangladesh

Association of household fuel with acute respiratory infection (ARI) under-five years children in Bangladesh

Association between Global Monkeypox Cases and Meteorological Factors

Old Enemy with a New Face: Re-emerging Monkeypox Disease – An Update

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