Nazrul Islam
Dhaka Medical College and Hospital
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International Journal of Std & Aids | 1999
Laura Gibney; P Choudhury; Z Khawaja; M Sarker; Nazrul Islam; Sten H. Vermund
Behavioural risk factors for HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh were reviewed in a preceding article in this journal. Omitted from that review was a discussion of potential biomedical risk factors including: (i) an unregulated blood supply system in which blood used in transfusions is not screened for HIV and is donated primarily by professional donors: (ii) unsterile injections in non-formal and formal health-care settings; and (iii) a high prevalence in high-risk groups of other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) which may function as co-factors for HIV transmission, particularly if chronically untreated. Studies elsewhere in the world suggest that the unregulated blood supply system, in particular, poses a serious danger in terms of the spread of the HIV epidemic. While certain socio-cultural factors may be contributing to low levels of HIV in Bangladesh, the prevalence of biomedical and behavioural risk factors suggest the importance of implementing targeted costeffective interventions now.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 2007
Nazmul Alam; Motiur Rahman; Kaniz Gausia; Yunus; Nazrul Islam; Parwez Chaudhury; Shirajum Monira; Ellen Funkhouser; Sten H. Vermund; Japhet Killewo
Objective: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of selected sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their risk factors among workers in and near a truck stand in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Study Design: A random sample of 696 men and 206 women were recruited into a cross-sectional study using a census that enumerated transport agents, motor mechanics, laborers, and vendors in Tejgaon truck stand. Results: The prevalence rates of syphilis (rapid plasma reagin and Treponema pallidum hemagglutination), gonorrhea (polymerase chain reaction [PCR]), and chlamydial infections (PCR) among men were 4.1%, 7.7%, and 2.3%, respectively, and among women were 2.9%, 8.3%, and 5.2%. Multivariable analysis revealed that having ≥2 sex partners in the last month, never using a condom with sex workers, and ever injecting narcotics were significant predictors of STI among men. Being never married, working as a laborer, older age, and living within the truck stand were significant predictors of practicing high-risk behaviors among men, but none predicted infection with STIs. Conclusions: Both behavioral and STI data suggest that truck stand workers should be included in the STI/HIV intervention programs.
Archive | 2012
Khandkar-Siddikur Rahman; Nazmul Alam; Nazrul Islam
Archive | 2012
Nazmul Alam; Nazrul Islam; Khandkar-Siddikur Rahman
Bangladesh Journal of Medical Biochemistry | 2013
S Joarder; M Hoque; M Towhiduzzaman; Af Salehuddin; Nazrul Islam; M Akter; Im Kamal
Journal of Medicine | 2012
Shamimur Rahman; Ratan Das Gupta; Nazrul Islam; Aparna Das; Atin Kumar Shaha; Mohammad Ashik Imran Khan; Muhibur Rahman
Bangladesh Journal of Medicine | 2018
Nazrul Islam; Sazedur Rahman; Humayun Kabir; Zahirul Huq; Robed Amin; Khan Abul Kalam Azad
Journal of Dhaka Medical College | 2017
Eusha Ahmad Fidalillah Ansary; Nazrul Islam; Bellal Hossain; Abdullah Al Mamun; Faruq Amin Talukder; Ferdous Kamal Bhuiyan; Nizamuddin Chowdhury
Journal of Dhaka Medical College | 2017
Asm Tanim Anwar; Nizamuddin Chowdhury; Nazrul Islam; Parvez Iftekher Ahmed; Sohely Ahmed Sweety; Rafiqul Hasan
Journal of Dhaka Medical College | 2017
Asm Tanim Anwar; Nizamuddin Chowdhury; Nazrul Islam; Parvez Iftekher Ahmed; Sohely Ahmed Sweety; Rafiqul Hasan