...er with glucose and a small quantity of bicarbonate. It is a self-limiting disease lasting for three to six days and other than rehydration no drug therapy is
...Bengal delta and caused death to thousands of men, women and children. The disease was ascribed by villagers to the emergence of Ola or deity and hence was gi
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...diarrhoea. [[Cholera|cholera]] and bacillary dysentery are highly endemic disease in Bangladesh showing high prevalence throughout the year, but every year t
The next important disease of the gastro-intestinal tract is peptic ulcer in adults. Incidence of pept
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...-washing prior to handling food has been found to be effective in lowering disease incidence. In the intestine, they multiply, produce toxins and invade the i
...s such as failure of kidney and if not treated promptly, may be fatal. The disease is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countri
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...ch as the nerves to cause the characteristic paralysis associated with the disease.
...ness including enteric fever. Thus water plays a major role in the overall disease profile of the country; air being the second most important vehicle account
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...urally, the area provided a suitable ground for scientific research on the disease. Fortunately, also, the South East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) which w
...blishment of the centre under the name International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) through an Act of Parliament passed on 26 Ju
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...en manifested as watery stool discharged frequently in large volumes. Most diarrhoeal episodes are acute infections of the intestine and are self-limiting illnes
...dominal cramp and general malaise. The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh ([[ICDDR,B|icddr,b]]) conducts research on rotavirus d
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...incidence is generally related to crowding and inadequate ventilation. The disease is a public health problem of both the developing and industrialised countr
...ected persons are to be treated with antibiotics soon after diagnosis. The disease, fortunately, is vaccine-preventable. The vaccine currently in use consists
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...bies, influenza, mumps, measles, pox, herpes, rotavirus diarrhoea, Chron's disease and a variety of encephalitis. Many types of cancers are also believed to b
...ewhat less virulent viruses of the poxvirus family which cause less severe disease. These less virulent viruses have been used to advantage in the formulation
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...HeLa, VERO, HEp-2, MRC-5, BHK etc. The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) also has a stock of a few cell lines. These
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'''Food-borne Disease''' a disease acquired by the ingestion of food contaminated with pathogens, usually bact
''See also'' [[Diarrhoeal Diseases|diarrhoeal diseases]]; [[Malnutrition|malnutrition]]; [[Typhoid|typhoid]].
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'''''Disease Reduction Objectives''''' To achieve interruption of indigenous wild polio
...alculations that have been made by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh ([[ICDDR,B|icddr,b]]) suggest that the total cost for
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...dices propelled by religious dogmatism made this individualistic notion of disease even more pronounced. For instance, infirmity and illness were considered p
...advances in scientific knowledge and better understanding of the causes of disease, knowledge about germs, relationship of nutrition and illness, and progress
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...of an AIDS epidemic. This study undertaken by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), and the National AIDS Prevention a
In the initial stage of the disease most (60%) of the patients remain asymptomatic. But in a few cases the pati
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...is area is in progress in which [[ICDDR,B|icddr,b]] is closely associated. Diarrhoeal diseases account for about 16% of deaths in Bangladesh, only next to acute
...of $3 which is perhaps less than the cost of vaccination against just one disease. The six EPI vaccines currently being used throughout world were developed
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...ften leads to life threatening dehydration and has been the major cause of diarrhoeal mortality in the past. Replacement of the lost fluid or rehydration is the
..., the PSCRL was so transformed and given the name International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B).
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...contaminated with microbes (responsible for various [[Diarrhoeal Diseases|diarrhoeal diseases]]).
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...has been eradicated from Bangladesh while the later is relatively a common disease of childhood.
...es, vesicles, pustules and crusts. Smallpox (variola major) is a classical disease afflicting mankind, but is also the one which greatly contributed to the de
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...sweetwater ponds and even some tubewells. [[Diarrhoeal Diseases|diarrhoeal disease]], [[Dysentery|dysentery]], gastric and skin diseases are common here. Wate
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...ile most foorborne diseases are sporadic and often not reported, foodborne disease outbreaks may take on massive proportions. For example, in 1994, an outbrea
...and is broadening its epidemic surveillance capacity to include foodborne disease outbreaks. This organisation is expanding its global network and enlargemen
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...He was a Senior Visiting Professor at International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) from 1989 until his death. He was also a Pro
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