OBJECTIVE
To evaluate vaccine effectiveness and to assess risk factors for measles in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
METHOD
A case-control study, involving 198 cases with 783 age-matched neighbourhood controls… (More)
A comprehensive study is presented to assess the performance limitations of an optical multicore fiber (MCF) communication system due to crosstalk with on-off Keying (OOK) modulation scheme. The… (More)
In a 1995-1996 cohort study in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, morbidity in 117 hospitalized and 137 acute measles cases compared with age-matched children without measles (unexposed) was determined… (More)
BACKGROUND
During a fatal Nipah virus (NiV) outbreak in Bangladesh, residents rejected biomedical explanations of NiV transmission and treatment and lost trust in the public healthcare system. Field… (More)
BACKGROUND
National media reported a febrile illness among dormitory residents of a boys' religious school. We investigated the outbreak to identify cause.
METHODS
Individuals with fever (>100°F)… (More)
An analytical approach is presented to evaluate the Bit Error Rate (BER) performance of a multicore fiber (MCF) communication system with On-Off Keying (OOK) modulation scheme. The expressions of the… (More)
BACKGROUND
Persons with primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDD) who receive oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) or are household contacts of OPV recipients are at risk of excreting… (More)