Publications by authors named "Nikhat Ara"
Article Synopsis
- Bacterial infections like V. cholerae are a growing public health issue, particularly in areas with poor sanitation and unsafe drinking water, leading to serious complications like septicemic shock.
- A recent case in Bangladesh involved a 30-year-old man with a history of beta-thalassemia who died from severe complications linked to V. cholerae bacteremia, highlighting the pathogen's deadly potential beyond cholera.
- This case is significant as it provides the first detailed molecular analysis of fatal V. cholerae bacteremia in Bangladesh, emphasizing the urgent need for better investigations into bacterial septicemia to avoid future fatalities.
Dengue virus (DENV) infections have unpredictable clinical outcomes, ranging from asymptomatic or minor febrile illness to severe and fatal disease. The severity of dengue infection is at least partly related to the replacement of circulating DENV serotypes and/or genotypes. To describe clinical profiles of patients and the viral sequence diversity corresponding to non-severe and severe cases, we collected patient samples from 2018 to 2022 at Evercare Hospital Dhaka, Bangladesh.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfluenza is one of the most common respiratory virus infections. We analyzed hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) gene segments of viruses isolated from influenza patients who visited Evercare Hospital Dhaka, Bangladesh, in early 2020 immediately before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. All of them were influenza virus type A (IAV) H1N1pdm.
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