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Ma CT, Kittiwatanakul S, Sittipongpittaya A, Wang Y, Morshed MG, Ghosh AW, Poon SJ. Phase Change-Induced Magnetic Switching through Metal-Insulator Transition in VO 2/TbFeCo Films. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2023; 13:2848. [PMID: 37947693 PMCID: PMC10650912 DOI: 10.3390/nano13212848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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The ability to manipulate spins in magnetic materials is essential in designing spintronics devices. One method for magnetic switching is through strain. In VO2 on TiO2 thin films, while VO2 remains rutile across the metal-insulator transition, the in-plane lattice area expands going from a low-temperature insulating phase to a high-temperature conducting phase. In a VO2/TbFeCo bilayer, the expansion of the VO2 lattice area exerts tension on the amorphous TbFeCo layer. Through the strain effect, magnetic properties, including the magnetic anisotropy and magnetization, of TbFeCo can be changed. In this work, the changes in magnetic properties of TbFeCo on VO2/TiO2(011) are demonstrated using anomalous Hall effect measurements. Across the metal-insulator transition, TbFeCo loses perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, and the magnetization in TbFeCo turns from out-of-plane to in-plane. Using atomistic simulations, we confirm these tunable magnetic properties originating from the metal-insulator transition of VO2. This study provides the groundwork for controlling magnetic properties through a phase transition.
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- Chung T. Ma
- Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA; (C.T.M.); (Y.W.)
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- Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA; (C.T.M.); (Y.W.)
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA; (C.T.M.); (Y.W.)
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA;
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- Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA; (C.T.M.); (Y.W.)
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA;
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- Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA; (C.T.M.); (Y.W.)
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
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Morshed MG, Sultana T, Alam A, Lee YK. Human Action Recognition: A Taxonomy-Based Survey, Updates, and Opportunities. Sensors (Basel) 2023; 23:s23042182. [PMID: 36850778 PMCID: PMC9963970 DOI: 10.3390/s23042182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 02/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Human action recognition systems use data collected from a wide range of sensors to accurately identify and interpret human actions. One of the most challenging issues for computer vision is the automatic and precise identification of human activities. A significant increase in feature learning-based representations for action recognition has emerged in recent years, due to the widespread use of deep learning-based features. This study presents an in-depth analysis of human activity recognition that investigates recent developments in computer vision. Augmented reality, human-computer interaction, cybersecurity, home monitoring, and surveillance cameras are all examples of computer vision applications that often go in conjunction with human action detection. We give a taxonomy-based, rigorous study of human activity recognition techniques, discussing the best ways to acquire human action features, derived using RGB and depth data, as well as the latest research on deep learning and hand-crafted techniques. We also explain a generic architecture to recognize human actions in the real world and its current prominent research topic. At long last, we are able to offer some study analysis concepts and proposals for academics. In-depth researchers of human action recognition will find this review an effective tool.
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- Md Golam Morshed
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Global Campus, Yongin-si 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Global Campus, Yongin-si 17104, Republic of Korea
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University, Dinajpur 5200, Bangladesh
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Global Campus, Yongin-si 17104, Republic of Korea
- Division of Information and Computing Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha P.O. Box 34110, Qatar
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Global Campus, Yongin-si 17104, Republic of Korea
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Quessab Y, Xu J, Morshed MG, Ghosh AW, Kent AD. Interplay between Spin-Orbit Torques and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interactions in Ferrimagnetic Amorphous Alloys. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2021; 8:e2100481. [PMID: 34338450 PMCID: PMC8456276 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202100481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Ferrimagnetic thin films are attractive for low-power spintronic applications because of their low magnetization, small angular momentum, and fast spin dynamics. Spin orbit torques (SOT) can be applied with proximal heavy metals that also generate interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions (DMI), which can stabilize ultrasmall skyrmions and enable fast domain wall motion. Here, the properties of a ferrimagnetic CoGd alloy between two heavy metals to increase the SOT efficiency, while maintaining a significant DMI is studied. SOT switching for various capping layers and alloy compositions shows that Pt/CoGd/(W or Ta) films enable more energy-efficient SOT magnetization switching than Pt/CoGd/Ir. Spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance confirms that Pt/CoGd/W has the highest spin-Hall angle of 16.5%, hence SOT efficiency, larger than Pt/CoGd/(Ta or Ir). Density functional theory calculations indicate that CoGd films capped by W or Ta have the largest DMI energy, 0.38 and 0.32 mJ m-2 , respectively. These results show that Pt/CoGd/W is a very promising ferrimagnetic structure to achieve small skyrmions and to move them efficiently with current.
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- Yassine Quessab
- Center for Quantum Phenomena, Department of PhysicsNew York UniversityNew YorkNY10003USA
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- Center for Quantum Phenomena, Department of PhysicsNew York UniversityNew YorkNY10003USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of VirginiaCharlottesvilleVA22904USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of VirginiaCharlottesvilleVA22904USA
- Department of PhysicsUniversity of VirginiaCharlottesvilleVirginia22904USA
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- Center for Quantum Phenomena, Department of PhysicsNew York UniversityNew YorkNY10003USA
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Uddin MZ, Howlader AR, Ayaz FM, Hasan MI, Sumon SM, Morshed MG, Ali WN. A case of Conn's syndrome presenting with painfull muscular weakness. Mymensingh Med J 2013; 22:390-393. [PMID: 23715367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We present a case of 30-year-old lady presenting with gradual difficulty in standing up from sitting position for 6 months, pain in arms and thighs, tingling sensation and numbness in palms and soles, increased fluid intake and increased frequency of micturition for the same duration. She was hypertensive for 12 years. On general examination patient seemed depressed and on nervous system examination her power of muscles in both upper and lower limb of both side was 3/5. Plasma sodium at the upper normal range 144mmol/l (normal range 135-146), lower level of serum potassium 1.7mmol/L (normal range 3.5-5.0), high urinary potassium 26.7mmol/l (normal range 1-10), very high serum CPK 4269U/L (for female normal range 10-79), low normal plasma rennin 1.58mg/ml/hr (normal range standing 0.40-8.80, supine 0.30-3.0), high serum aldosterone 1326.39pg/ml (normal range 25-315), high pH 7.45 (normal range 7.36-7.44) and on imaging evidence of an adrenal adenoma on left side was found and the patient was diagnosed as a case of Conn's syndrome.
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- M Z Uddin
- Department of Medicine, Mymensingh Medical College (MMC), Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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Morshed MG, Scott JD, Fernando K, Geddes G, McNabb A, Mak S, Durden LA. Distribution and characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi isolates from Ixodes scapularis and presence in mammalian hosts in Ontario, Canada. J Med Entomol 2006; 43:762-73. [PMID: 16892637 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[762:dacobb]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say (Acari: Ixodidae), has a wide geographical distribution in Ontario, Canada, with a detected range extending at least as far north as the 50th parallel. Our data of 591 adult I. scapularis submissions collected from domestic animals (canines, felines, and equines) and humans during a 10-yr period (1993-2002) discloses a monthly questing activity in Ontario that peaks in May and October. The Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson, Schmidt, Hyde, Steigerwalt & Brenner was detected in 12.9% of I. scapularis adults collected from domestic hosts with no history of out-of-province travel or exposure at a Lyme disease endemic area. Fifty-three isolates of B. burgdorferi were confirmed positive with polymerase chain reaction by targeting the rrf (5S)-rrl (23S) gene. Using DNA sequencing of the ribosomal species-specific rrf (5S) -rrl (23S) intergenic spacer region, all isolates belong to the pathogenic genospecies B. burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.). Nucleotide sequence analysis of a 218- to 220-bp amplicon fragment exhibits six cluster patterns and, collectively, these isolates branch into four phylogenetic cluster groups for both untraveled, mammalian hosts and those with travel to the northeastern United States (New Jersey and New York). Four of five geographic regions in Ontario had strain variants consisting of three different genomic cluster groups. Overall, our molecular characterization of B. burgdorferi s.s. shows genetic heterogeneity within Ontario and displays a connecting link to common strains from Lyme disease endemic areas in the northeastern United States. Moreover, our findings of B. burgdorferi in I. scapularis reveal that people and domestic animals may be exposed to Lyme disease vector ticks, which have wide-ranging distribution in eastern and central Canada.
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- M G Morshed
- Laboratory Services, BC Centre for Disease Control, 655 West 12th Ave., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 4R4.
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Bellack NR, Koehoorn MW, MacNab YC, Morshed MG. A conceptual model of water's role as a reservoir in Helicobacter pylori transmission: a review of the evidence. Epidemiol Infect 2006; 134:439-49. [PMID: 16512966 PMCID: PMC2870436 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268806006005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/17/2005] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori infection plays a role in the development of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric cancer, yet the route of transmission into susceptible hosts remains unknown. Studies employing microbiological techniques have demonstrated that H. pylori has the ability to survive when introduced into water and that H. pylori is present in water and other environmental samples all over the world. Epidemiological studies have shown that water source and exposures related to water supply, including factors related to sewage disposal and exposure to animals, are risk factors for infection. This review describes the microbiological and epidemiological evidence for, and proposes a model of, waterborne H. pylori transmission outlining important features in the transmission cycle. In the model, humans and animals shed the bacteria in their faeces and the mechanisms for entry into water, and for survival, ingestion and infection are dependent upon a range of environmental influences. Verification of the proposed model pathways has important implications for public-health prevention strategies.
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- N R Bellack
- Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Ogden NH, Barker IK, Beauchamp G, Brazeau S, Charron DF, Maarouf A, Morshed MG, O'Callaghan CJ, Thompson RA, Waltner-Toews D, Waltner-Toews M, Lindsay LR. Investigation of ground level and remote-sensed data for habitat classification and prediction of survival of Ixodes scapularis in habitats of southeastern Canada. J Med Entomol 2006; 43:403-414. [PMID: 16619627 DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/43.2.403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In southeastern Canada, most populations of Ixodes scapularis Say, the Lyme disease vector, occur in Carolinian forests. Climate change projections suggest a northward range expansion of I. scapularis this century, but it is unclear whether more northerly habitats are suitable for I. scapularis survival. In this study, we assessed the suitability of woodlands of the Lower Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Plain region for I. scapularis by comparing tick egg survival in four different woodlands. Woodlands where I. scapularis are established, and sand dune where I. scapularis do not survive, served as positive and negative control sites, respectively. At two woodland sites, egg survival was the same as at the positive control site, but at two of the sites survival was significantly less than either the positive control site, or one of the other test sites. Egg survival in all woodland sites was significantly higher than in the sand dune site. Ground level habitat classification discriminated among woodlands in which tick survival differed. The likelihood that I. scapularis populations could persist in the different habitats, as deduced using a population model of I. scapularis, was significantly associated with variations in Landsat 7 ETM+ data (normalized difference vegetation index [NDVI] and Tasselled Cap indices). The NDVI index predicted habitat suitability at Long Point, Ontario, with high sensitivity but moderate specificity. Our study suggests that I. scapularis populations could establish in more northerly woodland types than those in which they currently exist. Suitable habitats may be detected by ground-level habitat classification, and remote-sensed data may assist this process.
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- N H Ogden
- Groupe de Recherche en Epidémiologie des Zoonoses et Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Que., Canada
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Ogden NH, Barker IK, Beauchamp G, Brazeau S, Charron DF, Maarouf A, Morshed MG, O'Callaghan CJ, Thompson RA, Waltner-Toews D, Waltner-Toews M, Lindsay LR. Investigation of ground level and remote-sensed data for habitat classification and prediction of survival of Ixodes scapularis in habitats of southeastern Canada. J Med Entomol 2006; 43:403-14. [PMID: 16619627 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0403:ioglar]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In southeastern Canada, most populations of Ixodes scapularis Say, the Lyme disease vector, occur in Carolinian forests. Climate change projections suggest a northward range expansion of I. scapularis this century, but it is unclear whether more northerly habitats are suitable for I. scapularis survival. In this study, we assessed the suitability of woodlands of the Lower Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Plain region for I. scapularis by comparing tick egg survival in four different woodlands. Woodlands where I. scapularis are established, and sand dune where I. scapularis do not survive, served as positive and negative control sites, respectively. At two woodland sites, egg survival was the same as at the positive control site, but at two of the sites survival was significantly less than either the positive control site, or one of the other test sites. Egg survival in all woodland sites was significantly higher than in the sand dune site. Ground level habitat classification discriminated among woodlands in which tick survival differed. The likelihood that I. scapularis populations could persist in the different habitats, as deduced using a population model of I. scapularis, was significantly associated with variations in Landsat 7 ETM+ data (normalized difference vegetation index [NDVI] and Tasselled Cap indices). The NDVI index predicted habitat suitability at Long Point, Ontario, with high sensitivity but moderate specificity. Our study suggests that I. scapularis populations could establish in more northerly woodland types than those in which they currently exist. Suitable habitats may be detected by ground-level habitat classification, and remote-sensed data may assist this process.
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- N H Ogden
- Groupe de Recherche en Epidémiologie des Zoonoses et Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Que., Canada
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Ogden NH, Maarouf A, Barker IK, Bigras-Poulin M, Lindsay LR, Morshed MG, O'callaghan CJ, Ramay F, Waltner-Toews D, Charron DF. Climate change and the potential for range expansion of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis in Canada. Int J Parasitol 2005; 36:63-70. [PMID: 16229849 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2005] [Revised: 08/25/2005] [Accepted: 08/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We used an Ixodes scapularis population model to investigate potential northward spread of the tick associated with climate change. Annual degree-days >0 degrees C limits for I. scapularis establishment, obtained from tick population model simulations, were mapped using temperatures projected for the 2020s, 2050s and 2080s by two Global Climate Models (the Canadian CGCM2 and the UK HadCM3) for two greenhouse gas emission scenario enforcings 'A2'and 'B2' of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Under scenario 'A2' using either climate model, the theoretical range for I. scapularis establishment moved northwards by approximately 200 km by the 2020s and 1000 km by the 2080s. Reductions in emissions (scenario 'B2') had little effect on projected range expansion up to the 2050s, but the range expansion projected to occur between the 2050s and 2080s was less than that under scenario 'A2'. When the tick population model was driven by projected annual temperature cycles (obtained using CGCM2 under scenario 'A2'), tick abundance almost doubled by the 2020s at the current northern limit of I. scapularis, suggesting that the threshold numbers of immigrating ticks needed to establish new populations will fall during the coming decades. The projected degrees of theoretical range expansion and increased tick survival by the 2020s, suggest that actual range expansion of I. scapularis may be detectable within the next two decades. Seasonal tick activity under climate change scenarios was consistent with maintenance of endemic cycles of the Lyme disease agent in newly established tick populations. The geographic range of I. scapularis-borne zoonoses may, therefore, expand significantly northwards as a consequence of climate change this century.
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- N H Ogden
- Groupe de Recherche en Epidémiologie des Zoonoses et Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Que., Canada.
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Islam MS, Goldar MM, Morshed MG, Bakht HBM, Islam MS, Sack DA. Chemotaxis between Vibrio cholerae O1 and a blue-green alga, Anabaena sp. Epidemiol Infect 2005; 134:645-8. [PMID: 16207388 PMCID: PMC2870419 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268805005297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The chemotactic response of Vibrio cholerae O1 towards the mucilaginous sheath of Anabaena sp. was investigated by capillary tube method using a virulent strain of V. cholerae O1, El Tor, Ogawa (3083-T) and its isogenic mutant (HAP-1-T) that lacks the hap gene, which codes for mucinase (HA/protease). Homogenates of Anabaena sp. and purified mucin were used in this study as chemoattractants. Results showed 5.7% bacterial accumulation of wild-type V. cholerae O1 towards 4% homogenates of Anabaena sp. whereas, its mutant (hap-) showed 2.9% accumulation after 90 min. The higher percentage of attraction of wild-type V. cholerae O1 than the mutant (hap-) towards mucin and the homogenates of Anabaena sp. might be due to the activity of mucinase. These results indicate the role of mucinase in the chemotactic motility of V. cholerae O1 towards Anabaena sp.
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- M S Islam
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
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Islam MS, Mahmuda S, Morshed MG, Bakht HBM, Khan MNH, Sack RB, Sack DA. Role of cyanobacteria in the persistence of Vibrio cholerae O139 in saline microcosms. Can J Microbiol 2004; 50:127-31. [PMID: 15052315 DOI: 10.1139/w03-114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Recently, a new strain of cholera, Vibrio cholerae O139, has emerged as an epidemic strain, but there is little information about its environmental reservoir. The present investigation was aimed to determine the role of cyanobacteria in the persistence of V. cholerae O139 in microcosms. An environmental isolate of V. cholerae O139 and three cyanobacteria (Anabaena sp., Nostoc sp., and Hapalosiphon sp.) were used in this study. Survival of culturable V. cholerae O139 in microcosms was monitored using taurocholate-tellurite gelatin agar medium. Viable but nonculturable V. cholerae O139 were detected using a fluorescent antibody technique. Vibrio cholerae O139 could be isolated for up to 12 days in a culturable form in association with cyanobacteria but could not be isolated in the culturable form after 2 days from control water without cyanobacteria. The viable but nonculturable V. cholerae O139 could be detected in association with cyanobacteria for up to 15 months. These results, therefore, suggest that cyanobacteria can act as a long-term reservoir of V. cholerae O139 in an aquatic environment.
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- M S Islam
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research-Bangladesh, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
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Islam MS, Goldar MM, Morshed MG, Khan MNH, Islam MR, Sack RB. Involvement of the hap gene (mucinase) in the survival of Vibrio cholerae O1 in association with the blue-green alga, Anabaena sp. Can J Microbiol 2002; 48:793-800. [PMID: 12455611 DOI: 10.1139/w02-073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mucinase is a soluble haemagglutinin protease, which may be important for the survival of Vibrio cholerae in association with mucilaginous blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). A comparative survival study was carried out with an Anabaena sp. and a wild-type V. cholerae O1 strain hap+ gene (haemagglutinin-protease), together with its isogenic mutant hap (hap-deleted gene). A simple spread plate technique was followed to count culturable V. cholerae O1 on taurocholate tellurite gelatin agar plate. The fluorescent antibody technique of Kogure et al. (1979) was used for the microscopical viable count of V. cholerae O1. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern blot hybridization were carried out to detect a lower number of viable but nonculturable (VBNC) V. cholerae O1 from the laboratory-based experiments. The wild and mutant V. cholerae O1 strains survived in culturable form for 22 and 10 days. respectively, in association with the Anabaena sp., with the difference being statistically significant (P < 0.01). The fluorescent antibody technique, PCR, and hybridization results also showed that the wild strain survived better in the VBNC state than did the mutant VBNC strain in association with an Anabaena sp. These results indicate that the enzyme mucinase may play an important role in the association and long-term survival of V. cholerae O1 with a mucilaginous blue-green alga, Anabaena sp.
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- M S Islam
- Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Laboratory Sciences Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
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Scott JD, Fernando K, Banerjee SN, Durden LA, Byrne SK, Banerjee M, Mann RB, Morshed MG. Birds disperse ixodid (Acari: Ixodidae) and Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks in Canada. J Med Entomol 2001; 38:493-500. [PMID: 11476328 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.4.493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A total of 152 ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) consisting of nine species was collected from 82 passerine birds (33 species) in 14 locations in Canada from 1996 to 2000. The Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson, Schmidt, Hyde, Steigerwaldt & Brenner was cultured from the nymph of a blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say, that had been removed from a common yellowthroat, Geothlypis trichas L., from Bon Portage Island, Nova Scotia. As a result of bird movement, a nymphal I. scapularis removed from a Swainson's thrush, Catharus ustulatus incanus (Godfrey), at Slave Lake, Alberta, during spring migration becomes the new, most western and northern record of this tick species in Canada. Amblyomma longirostre Koch, Amblyomma sabanerae Stoll, and Ixodes baergi Cooley & Kohls are reported for the first time in Canada. Similarly, Amblyomma americanum L., Arnblyomma maculatum Koch, and ixodes muris Bishopp & Smith are reported for the first time on birds in Canada. After removal of an I. muris gravid female from a song sparrow, Melospiza melodia Wilson, at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, eggs were laid, which developed into larvae, and this new tick-host record demonstrates that birds have the potential to start a new tick population. We conclude that passerine birds disperse several species of ixodid ticks in Canada, and during spring migration translocate ticks from the United States, and Central and South America, some of which are infected with B. burgdorferi.
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- J D Scott
- Lyme Disease Association of Ontario, Fergus, Canada
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Banerjee SN, Banerjee M, Fernando K, Scott JD, Mann R, Morshed MG. Presence of spirochete causing Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, in the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, in southern Ontario. CMAJ 2000; 162:1567-9. [PMID: 10862230 PMCID: PMC1231336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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- S N Banerjee
- Vector-borne Diseases Laboratory, BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver
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Morshed MG, Scott JD, Banerjee SN, Fernando K, Mann R, Isaac-Renton J. First isolation of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi from blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, collected at Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario. Can Commun Dis Rep 2000; 26:42-4. [PMID: 10763556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- M G Morshed
- Vector-Borne Diseases Laboratory, BCCDC, Vancouver
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Morshed MG, Scott JD, Banerjee SN, Banerjee M, Fitzgerald T, Fernando K, Mann R, Isaac-Renton J. First isolation of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, from blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, removed from a bird in nova Scotia, Canada. Can Commun Dis Rep 1999; 25:153-5. [PMID: 10726372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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- M G Morshed
- Vector-borne Diseases Laboratory, BCCDCS, Vancouver, B.C
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Ahmad MM, Rahman M, Rumi AK, Islam S, Huq F, Chowdhury MF, Jinnah F, Morshed MG, Hassan MS, Khan AK, Hasan M. Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in asymptomatic population--a pilot serological study in Bangladesh. J Epidemiol 1997; 7:251-4. [PMID: 9465552 DOI: 10.2188/jea.7.251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Epidemiological reports reveal that H. pylori is distributed among all population in the world. The present cross-sectional study was undertaken to see the H. pylori seroprevalence rates among the asymptomatic adults, as yet reportedly no such data available in Bangladesh. Serum samples were collected from 181 consecutive subjects who attended at the health check-up centre of Bangladesh Institute of Diabeties, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM), Dhaka, during the period of August to November 1995 for medical check up. The mean age of these subjects was 30.33 years (range 20-44 yrs). Incidentally all were male and belonged to average socioeconomic class. H. pylori specific IgG antibody level was assayed by an enzyme immunoassay kit ElAgen (Clone system). Among the 181 subjects, 166 (92%) had H. pylori specific antibodies and 15 (8%) were seronegative. No significant difference (p < 0.90) in seroprevalence rates was observed among different age groups. However, the results of higher seroprevalence rates of H. pylori infection in these asymptomatic adult population of Bangladesh are consistent with that of Africa and India.
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- M M Ahmad
- Endoscopy unit, Dhaka Medical College, Bangladesh
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Munshi MM, Morshed MG, Ansaruzzaman M, Alam K, Kay A, Aziz KM, Rahaman MM. Evaluation of Teknaf Enteric Agar (TEA): A modified MacConkey's Agar for the isolation of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 and Shigella flexneri. J Trop Pediatr 1997; 43:307-10. [PMID: 9364131 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/43.5.307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To develop a better and selective medium for the isolation of Shigella spp., MacConkey's Agar (MAC) was modified by adding potassium tellurite (K2TeO3) at a concentration of 1 microgram/ml. The formulation designated Teknaf Enteric Agar (TEA) was studied for the inhibitory effect of potassium tellurite on the growth of different enteric bacteria, and as a medium for isolating Shigella spp. from clinical stool samples (n = 3125). We observed that the growth of E. coli was effectively inhibited on TEA with no effect on the growth of S. dysenteriae type 1 and S. flexneri. A total of 2019 Shigellae were isolated through the combined use of TEA, MAC, and Salmonella-Shigella Agar (SS). On TEA, 1921 S. dysenteriae type 1 and S. flexneri were isolated as compared to 1765 from the combined use of MAC and SS. A total of 194 of S. dysenteriae type 1 and S. flexneri were exclusively isolated from TEA as compared to 38 which were only made from MAC and SS. We conclude that TEA significantly increased the overall isolation rate of Shigella spp. as compared to the combined use of MAC and SS (P < 0.0001), although it is not suitable for the isolation of S. sonnei.
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- M M Munshi
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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To analyse the immune response of mice to Borrelia duttonii infection, BALB/c mice were inoculated intraperitoneally with B. duttonii strain 406K, and the titres of B. duttonii-specific immunoglobulins - IgM, IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b and IgG3 - were determined by ELISA. IgM antibodies appeared first, followed by IgG2a and IgG3, and then IgG1 and IgG2b. The protective activity of individual classes and subclasses of B. duttonii-specific immunoglobulins was then determined by passive immunisation of BALB/c mice with immunoglobulin preparations purified by affinity chromatography. The mice were then challenged by intraperitoneal inoculation of B. duttonii. The study demonstrated that B. duttonii-specific IgM and IgG3 protected against the development of spirochaetaemia and death after borrelial infection, whereas B. duttonii-specific IgG1, IgG2a and IgG2b had low protective activities.
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- M Yokota
- Department of Microbiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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Morshed MG, Jinnah F, Islam MS, Rumi MA, Ahmed S, Ahmed MM, Sadeque M, Chowdhury MF. Evaluation of culture, histological examination, serology and the rapid urease test for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori in patients with dyspepsia in Bangladesh. Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1997; 50:55-62. [PMID: 9559440 DOI: 10.7883/yoken1952.50.55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori, a gram-negative, microaerophilic bacterium, has been established to have a causal association with chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric adenocarcinoma, and low-grade lymphoma. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of culture, histological examination, the rapid urease test, and serology for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection. A total of 45 consecutive subjects with various upper gastrointestinal symptoms were included in this study. The rates of diagnosis of H. pylori infection were 51.1%, 55.6%, 82.2%, and 93.3%, by culture, rapid urease test (RUT), histological examination, and serology, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were 95.5%, 82.6%, 84.0%, and 95.0%, respectively for RUT; 95.5%, 30.4%, 56.8%, and 87.5% for histological examination; 100%, 13.6%, 54.8% and 100% for serology.
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- M G Morshed
- Institute of Life Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Jinnah F, Islam MS, Rumi MA, Morshed MG, Huq F. Drug sensitivity pattern of E. coli causing urinary tract infection in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. J Int Med Res 1996; 24:296-301. [PMID: 8725992 DOI: 10.1177/030006059602400310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli was isolated from 65 urine samples out of 300 specimens collected from diabetic and non-diabetic patients with urinary tract infections. All isolates were screened for susceptibility to commonly used antibiotics. No remarkable difference in sensitivity pattern was observed between the E. coli isolates from diabetic and non-diabetic out-patients. However, the isolates from hospitalized diabetic patients showed a clear difference in sensitivity; E. coli from this group was more resistant to commonly used antibiotics compared with those from non-hospitalized diabetic and non-diabetic patients.
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- F Jinnah
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, BIRDEM Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Tsuda M, Karita M, Mizote T, Morshed MG, Okita K, Nakazawa T. Essential role of Helicobacter pylori urease in gastric colonization: definite proof using a urease-negative mutant constructed by gene replacement. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1994; 6 Suppl 1:S49-52. [PMID: 7735935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the involvement of urease in Helicobacter pylori colonization in the nude mouse stomach by using a genetically defined urease-negative mutant. METHODS AND RESULTS Through electroporation-mediated gene replacement, one of the urease genes of an H. pylori strain, CYP3401, was disrupted by insertion of a kanamycin-resistance determinant to construct a stable urease-negative mutant, HPT73. Southern analysis confirmed that gene replacement was achieved. The two isogenic strains were introduced into the stomachs of nude mice, and the number of H. pylori and the histological changes in the stomachs were investigated 1 or 4 weeks after the challenge. Gastritis was present in the CPY3401-challenged stomach, from which bacteria indistinguishable from CPY3401 were successfully recovered. In contrast, no gastritis was found in the HPT73-challenged stomach, and H. pylori was not recovered from these stomachs. CONCLUSION H. pylori urease is essential for colonization of the nude mouse stomach.
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- M Tsuda
- Department of Microbiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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Morshed MG, Karita M, Konishi H, Okita K, Nakazawa T. Growth medium containing cyclodextrin and low concentration of horse serum for cultivation of Helicobacter pylori. Microbiol Immunol 1994; 38:897-900. [PMID: 7898389 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1994.tb02143.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The growth of Helicobacter pylori, a Gram-negative microaerophilic bacterium, is often difficult and requires complex media with the supplementation of 5% to 10% blood or blood derivatives. We have found that Brucella broth supplemented with 1% heated horse serum and 0.1% beta-cyclodextrin supports the good growth of H. pylori. The degree of growth and production of urease and vacuolating cytotoxin in this medium were equal to those in the medium supplemented with 5% horse serum. This medium was found to be suitable for both the routine laboratory culture and primary isolation of H. pylori from biopsy samples.
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- M G Morshed
- Department of Microbiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan
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Tsuda M, Karita M, Morshed MG, Okita K, Nakazawa T. A urease-negative mutant of Helicobacter pylori constructed by allelic exchange mutagenesis lacks the ability to colonize the nude mouse stomach. Infect Immun 1994; 62:3586-9. [PMID: 8039935 PMCID: PMC303000 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.8.3586-3589.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The urease of Helicobacter pylori has been proposed to be one of its pathogenic factors. A kanamycin resistance determinant was inserted in a cloned urease gene, and transformation-mediated allelic exchange mutagenesis was carried out to introduce the disrupted gene into the corresponding wild-type chromosomal region of a clinical isolate of H. pylori, CPY3401. The resulting mutant, HPT73, had the null activity of urease. Nude mouse stomachs were challenged with these two isogenic strains to examine the role of urease in pathogenesis. Gastritis was found in the CPY3401-challenged stomachs, from which bacteria indistinguishable from CPY3401 were recovered. There was no gastritis in the HPT73-challenged stomachs, and we could not recover H. pylori from them. These results indicated that H. pylori urease is essential for colonizing the nude mouse stomach.
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- M Tsuda
- Department of Microbiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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Karita M, Morshed MG, Ouchi K, Okita K. Bismuth-free triple therapy for eradicating Helicobacter pylori and reducing the gastric ulcer recurrence rate. Am J Gastroenterol 1994; 89:1032-5. [PMID: 8017361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The goals of this study were to assess the effectiveness of a new triple therapy consisting of amoxicillin and metronidazole with plaunotol in the eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection in humans, and to determine whether this treatment regimen reduces the rate of recurrence of gastric ulcer in patients infected with H. pylori, without instituting maintenance therapy with H2-receptor antagonists. METHODS Thirty patients with active gastric ulcer who were infected with H. pylori were first treated with omeprazole until scarring occurred. Patients then received plaunotol for 4 wk, with amoxicillin and metronidazole for 7 days. RESULTS This triple therapy resulted in the safe eradication of H. pylori in 26 (86.7%) of 30 patients, with no recurrence of ulcer seen during a 12-month follow-up period in patients who tested negative for the presence of H. pylori. In addition, histological inflammatory changes improved in these patients. Of the four patients with persistent H. pylori infection, in three (75%), ulcers recurred. CONCLUSION This new triple therapy was very effective in eradicating H. pylori in infected patients and in reducing the rate of recurrence of gastric ulcer in these patients.
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- M Karita
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan
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Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonotic disease. In the present investigation, a total of 89 human sera from a flood prone district of Bangladesh was screened by a one-point microscapsule agglutination test (MCAT). MCAT-positive and -doubtful sera were further tested by microscopic agglutination test (MAT) against 16 reference serovars of Leptospira interrogans, and the antibody titres determined. In MCAT, 34 sera were positive and 22 were doubtful. Among those positive and doubtful sera, 33 and 20, respectively were tested by MAT. Thirty-four out of 53 MCAT-screened samples were MAT-positive. The titres ranged from 20 to 1600 with antibodies to serovars copenhageni, australis, cynopteri and icterohaemorrhagiae being the most prevalent. Eleven MCAT-positive samples failed to react with any strains used by MAT, suggesting the presence of new or untested serovars. Among the MAT-positive samples, the presence of antibody against two or more serovars was more common than that of a single serovar. The present study suggests that rural people in Bangladesh are at high risk to leptospiral infection.
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- M G Morshed
- Department of Microbiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan
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The route of transfer of anti-Borrelia duttonii antibody subclasses from mother to young and their role in protection against borrelial challenge infection in ddY mice were investigated. Offspring from infected and noninfected mice were segregated and nursed by noninfected or infected mothers. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay analysis of antibodies of the cross-suckled offspring revealed that anti-B. duttonii immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) is transferred exclusively in milk and that IgG2a is transferred mainly in milk but also slightly through the yolk sac route. On the other hand, IgG3 is transferred mainly through the yolk sac route but also slightly in milk, whereas IgG2b is transferred through both routes but to a lesser extent. Anti-borrelial IgM was not detected in any offspring. The protective role of transferred IgG subclasses was examined by challenge infection with B. duttonii. Offspring from noninfected mice fed by infected mothers had IgG1, IgG2a, and IgG3 at challenge and were completely protected against the challenge infection. On the other hand, offspring from infected mice fed by noninfected mothers had only IgG3, and 8 of 10 were completely protected from challenge infection whereas the other 2 contracted slight and transient spirochetemia. These findings suggested that anti-borrelial IgG3 alone has considerable protective activity and that IgG1, IgG2a, or both, either by themselves or together with IgG3, have a complete protective activity against borrelial infection.
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- M G Morshed
- Department of Microbiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan
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Morshed MG, Konishi H, Nishimura T, Nakazawa T. Evaluation of agents for use in medium for selective isolation of Lyme disease and relapsing fever Borrelia species. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1993; 12:512-8. [PMID: 8404911 DOI: 10.1007/bf01970956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Barbour-Stoenner-Kelly (BSK) II medium containing fosfomycin, 5-fluorouracil, trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole was evaluated for the selective isolation of the Borrelia species responsible for Lyme disease and relapsing fever. The maximum non-inhibitory concentrations of fosfomycin, 5-fluorouracil, trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole for six strains of borreliae were 500 to > 1000 micrograms/ml, 250 to > 500 micrograms/ml, 125 to 500 micrograms/ml and 125 to 500 micrograms/ml, respectively. The combination of four agents (fosfomycin 400 micrograms/ml, 5-fluorouracil 100 micrograms/ml, trimethoprim 10 micrograms/ml, sulfamethoxazole 50 micrograms/ml) did not inhibit the growth of borreliae, allowing growth in cultures inoculated with a few organisms (theoretically a single organism). In contrast, the four-agent combination completely inhibited the growth of 12 of 13 other bacterial strains tested as possible contaminants. This combination also allowed the selective growth of borreliae in experimentally contaminated specimens. The four-agent combination in BSK II medium may be useful for selective isolation of Borrelia species responsible for Lyme disease and relapsing fever from clinical and environmental samples.
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- M G Morshed
- Department of Microbiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan
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Borrelia duttonii strain 406K, a causative agent of relapsing fever, could not be cultivated in vitro in currently available media for borreliae. We have developed an in vitro cultivation system by using SflEp cell cultures. The average increases of the number of borreliae, when inoculated with 1.0 x 10(5) organisms per ml from infected mice, were 23-fold and 150-fold in the primary culture and the 3rd subculture, respectively. Even a single borrelia could propagate in this cultivation system. This system will be useful for immunological and physiological studies on uncultivable Borrelia strains.
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- H Konishi
- Department of Microbiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan
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Cytopathic effects of broth-culture filtrates from eight clinical isolates and one reference strain of Helicobacter pylori on three cultured mammalian cell lines were investigated. All the strains, including NCTC 11637, produced cytotoxic factors that caused intracellular vacuolation on these cell lines. AGS and SflEp cells were more sensitive than HEp-2 cells. To examine the role of urease in the cytotoxic effect, a urease-negative mutant was produced. Filtrates from both wild-type and mutant strains produced similar vacuolation on SflEp cells in the absence of urea, suggesting that H. pylori produces a cytotoxic substance other than urease. In contrast, ammonia alone, or jack bean urease with urea, also induced rounding and detachment of SflEp cells, whereas ammonium salts induced the production of small vacuoles. The combination of the broth filtrate of the wild-type strain and urea induced vacuolation followed by rounding and detachment of SflEp cells. Evidence is presented that the latter changes are due to ammonia produced during incubation. Nevertheless, the amounts produced were less than that needed to induce cytopathic effects by itself. These results suggest that the cytotoxic substance induces intracellular vacuolation, and that the vacuolated cells are more susceptible to killing by ammonia. Thus both the cytotoxic substance and urease may contribute to the lethal cytotoxicity of H. pylori in vitro.
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- H Konishi
- Department of Microbiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan
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In an epidemic of shigellosis in southern Bangladesh the causal organism, Shigella dysenteriae type 1, was resistant to nalidixic acid as well as to co-trimoxazole (trimethoprimsulphamethoxazole) and ampicillin. The genes coding for resistance to nalidixic acid, but not those coding for resistance to co-trimoxazole or ampicillin, are located on a conjugative 20 megadalton plasmid. This epidemic is of particular importance because of the resistance to nalidixic acid, an antibiotic to which shigellae are seldom resistant, and because plasmids were previously thought not to mediate resistance to nalidixic acid.
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Morshed MG, Khan NZ, Khan WA, Akbar MS. Multiple drug resistant Salmonella typhi in Bangladesh. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 1986; 4:241. [PMID: 3668196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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