Center for Multidisciplinary Research

Research (National and International):

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Publications (National and International):

1. Takeuchi H, Takanashi S, Hasan ST, Hore SK, Yeasmin S, Ahmad SM, Alam MJ, Jimba M, Khan MA, Iwata T. Anti-Ascaris IgE as a Risk Factor for Asthma Symptoms among 5-Year-Old Children in Rural Bangladesh with Even Decreased Ascaris Infection Prevalence. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 2022;183(6):662-72.

 

2. Haruko Takeuchi, S. M. Tafsir Hasan, Khalequ Zaman et al. Impact of Haemophilus influenzaetype b combination vaccination on asthma symptoms and pneumonia in 5-year-old children in rural Bangladesh: a longitudinal study and comparison with a previous cross-sectional study. Respir Res. 2021; 22: 35. Published online 2021 Feb 3. doi: 10.1186/s12931-021-01629-8

 

3. Hossain, M.Z., Tong, S., Bambrick, H. et al. Weather factors, PCV intervention and childhood pneumonia in rural Bangladesh. Int J Biometeorol (2019) doi:10.1007/s00484-019-01842-7

 

4. Smits JE, Krohn RM, Akhtar E, Hore SK, Yunus M, Vandenberg A, et al. Food as medicine: Selenium enriched lentils offer relief against chronic arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh. Environ Res. 2019;176:108561.

 

5. Takeuchi H, Khan MA, Ahmad SM, Hasan SMT, Alam MJ, Takanashi S, et al. Concurrent decreases in the prevalence of wheezing and Ascaris infection among 5-year-old children in rural Bangladesh and their regulatory T cell immunity after the implementation of a national deworming program. Immun Inflamm Dis. 2019;7(3):160-9.

 

6. Hossain MZ, Bambrick H, Wraith D, Tong S, Khan AF, Hore SK, et al. Sociodemographic, climatic variability and lower respiratory tract infections: a systematic literature review. Int J Biometeorol. 2019;63(2):209-19.

 

7. Hasan SMT, Rahman S, Locks LM, Rahman M, Hore SK, Saqeeb KN, et al. Magnitude and determinants of inadequate third-trimester weight gain in rural Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2018;13(4):e0196190.

 

8. Shih YH, Islam T, Hore SK, Sarwar G, Shahriar MH, Yunus M, et al. Associations between prenatal arsenic exposure with adverse pregnancy outcome and child mortality. Environ Res. 2017 Oct;158:456-61.

 

9. Rahman M, Sohel N, Hore SK, Yunus M, Bhuiya A, Streatfield PK. Prenatal arsenic exposure and drowning among children in Bangladesh. Glob Health Action. 2015;8:28702.

 

10. Gao J, Roy S, Tong L, Argos M, Jasmine F, Rahaman R, et al. Arsenic exposure, telomere length, and expression of telomere-related genes among Bangladeshi individuals. Environ Res. 2014 Jan;136:462-9.

 

11. Argos M, Parvez F, Rahman M, Rakibuz-Zaman M, Ahmed A, Hore SK, et al. Arsenic and lung disease mortality in Bangladeshi adults. Epidemiology. 2014 Jul;25(4):536-43.

 

12. Yunus FM, Rahman MJ, Alam MZ, Hore SK, Rahman M. Relationship between arsenic skin lesions and the age of natural menopause. BMC Public Health. 2014;14:419.

 

13. Rahman M, Sohel N, Yunus M, Chowdhury ME, Hore SK, Zaman K, et al. A prospective cohort study of stroke mortality and arsenic in drinking water in Bangladeshi adults. BMC Public Health. 2014 Feb 18;14(1):174.

 

14. Pierce BL, Tong L, Argos M, Gao J, Farzana J, Roy S, et al. Arsenic metabolism efficiency has a causal role in arsenic toxicity: Mendelian randomization and gene-environment interaction. Int J Epidemiol. 2013 Dec;42(6):1862-71.

 

15. Argos M, Rahman M, Parvez F, Dignam J, Islam T, Quasem I, et al. Baseline comorbidities in a skin cancer prevention trial in Bangladesh. Eur J Clin Invest. 2013 Jun;43(6):579-88.

 

16. Rahman M, Sohel N, Yunus M, Chowdhury ME, Hore SK, Zaman K, et al. Increased childhood mortality and arsenic in drinking water in matlab, bangladesh: a population-based cohort study. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e55014.

 

17. Saha A, Chowdhury MI, Nazim M, Alam MM, Ahmed T, Hossain MB, et al. Vaccine specific immune response to an inactivated oral cholera vaccine and EPI vaccines in a high and low arsenic area in Bangladeshi children. Vaccine. 2013 Jan 11;31(4):647-52.

 

18. Pierce BL, Kibriya MG, Tong L, Jasmine F, Argos M, Roy S, et al. Genome-wide association study identifies chromosome 10q24.32 variants associated with arsenic metabolism and toxicity phenotypes in Bangladesh. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(2):e1002522.

 

19. Milton AH, Hore SK, Hossain MZ, Rahman M. Bangladesh arsenic mitigation programs: lessons from the past. Emerg Health Threats J. 2012;5.

 

20. Yunus M, Sohel N, Hore SK, Rahman M. Arsenic exposure and adverse health effects: a review of recent findings from arsenic and health studies in Matlab, Bangladesh. Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2011 Sep;27(9):371-6.

 

21. Khan SI, Ahmed AK, Yunus M, Rahman M, Hore SK, Vahter M, et al. Arsenic and cadmium in food-chain in Bangladesh–an exploratory study. J Health Popul Nutr. 2010 Dec;28(6):578-84.

 

22. Jakariya M, Vahter M, Rahman M, Wahed MA, Hore SK, Bhattacharya P, et al. Screening of arsenic in tubewell water with field test kits: evaluation of the method from public health perspective. Sci Total Environ. 2007 Jul 1;379(2-3):167-75.

 

23. Hore SK, Rahman M, Yunus M, Das CS, Yeasmin S, Ahmad SK, et al. Detecting arsenic-related skin lesions: experiences from a large community-based survey in Bangladesh. Int J Environ Health Res. 2007 Apr;17(2):141-9.

 

24. Samar Kumar Hore, Mohammad Abul Bashar, Shohal Hossain^, AKM Rezaul Haque, Manzur Kadir Ahmed, Mohib Ullah Khondoker, Md. Tariqul Islam. The Epidemiology of Suicides: Findings from Fifteen Rural Health Centres of Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK), in Bangladesh. Journal of Gono Bishwabidyalay. (Vol.5. Issue 1), January 2024

 

Protocol Involvement:

As principal investigator:

 

1. Public Health Impact of Diversified Paracetamol Preparations (ongoing project, funded by Gono Bishwabidyalay and has been implementing in surrounding areas)

 

2..  “Association between pre-pregnancy maternal and concurrent child’s alpha-tocopherol with child development” protocol.                (icddr,b core funded and implemented in icddr,b)

 

3. “The effects of socio-demographic and climatic factors on child pneumonia” protocol. (PhD student’s project, funded by Queensland University of Technology and implemented in icddr,b)

 

As a co-principal investigator:

1. “Enhancing Risk Assessment: Arsenic and the Human Gut Microbiome”. (NIH funded, sub-awardee of Stanford University, USA. and implemented in icddr,b)

 

2. “Prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes among adolescents in rural Matlab: an exploratory study”. (With Tokyo University, Japan; implemented in icddr,b)

 

3. “Bangladesh Vitamin-E and Selenium Trial” protocol. (NIH funded, sub-awardee of Chicago University, USA; implemented in icddr,b)

 

4. “Effects of Ascaris infection on asthma symptoms and T cell immunity among children in rural Bangladesh at Matlab”. (With Tokyo University, Japan; implemented in icddr,b)

 

5. “Mitigating arsenic related health problems in Bangladesh by introducing high selenium lentils into the everyday diet”. (Funded by Grand Challenge, Canada and implemented in icddr,b)

 

6. “Bangladesh Center for Global Environmental and Occupational Health : A study of effects of household air pollution on cardio-pulmonary and immune function outcomes among non-smoking individuals and their potential prevention avenues in rural Bangladesh”. (NIH, USA funded and implemented in icddr,b)