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Mustafizur Rahman is affiliated with the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine, with a substantive focus on Infectious Diseases. Their research portfolio also covers Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Hepatology.

Their work spans several main research topics that include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology

Mustafizur Rahman has contributed publications to frequent venues such as:

  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • PLoS ONE

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on respiratory infections, viral treatments, and vaccine studies. Notable publications include:

  • Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study, 2020, The Lancet Global Health
  • A five-day course of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19 may reduce the duration of illness, 2020, International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human metapneumovirus in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study, 2020, The Lancet Global Health
  • HEV study protocol: design of a cluster-randomised, blinded trial to assess the safety, immunogenicity and effectiveness of the hepatitis E vaccine HEV 239 (Hecolin) in women of childbearing age in rural Bangladesh, 2020, BMJ Open
  • Prioritizing Health Care Strategies to Reduce Childhood Mortality, 2022, JAMA Network Open

Throughout their career, Rahman has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Mohammad Jubair, Mohammad Enayet Hossain, Tahmina Shirin, and Sezanur Rahman.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study

    Ting Shi;David A. McAllister;Katherine L. O'Brien;Eric A. F. Simoes

  • Global, regional, and country-specific lifetime risks of stroke, 1990 and 2016

    VL Feigin;G Nguyen;K Cercy

  • Drinking to death: the changing face of liver disease

    MG Griswold;N Fullman;C Hawley;N Arian

  • Uniformity of rotavirus strain nomenclature proposed by the Rotavirus Classification Working Group (RCWG).

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Sarah M. McDonald;Houssam Attoui

  • Full Genome-Based Classification of Rotaviruses Reveals a Common Origin between Human Wa-Like and Porcine Rotavirus Strains and Human DS-1-Like and Bovine Rotavirus Strains

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Erica Heiman;Ingrid Arijs

  • Recommendations for the classification of group A rotaviruses using all 11 genomic RNA segments.

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Houssam Attoui

  • RotaC: A web-based tool for the complete genome classification of group A rotaviruses

    Piet Maes;Jelle Matthijnssens;Mustafizur Rahman;Marc Van Ranst

  • Evolutionary History and Global Spread of the Emerging G12 Human Rotaviruses

    Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Jelle Matthijnssens;Xuelei Yang;Thomas Delbeke

  • Rotavirus disease and vaccination: impact on genotype diversity.

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Joke Bilcke;Max Ciarlet;Vito Martella

  • Phylodynamic analyses of rotavirus genotypes G9 and G12 underscore their potential for swift global spread.

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Elisabeth Heylen;Mark Zeller;Mustafizur Rahman

  • Full Genomic Analysis of Human Rotavirus Strain B4106 and Lapine Rotavirus Strain 30/96 Provides Evidence for Interspecies Transmission

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Vito Martella;Yang Xuelei

  • A five-day course of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19 may reduce the duration of illness.

    Sabeena Ahmed;Mohammad Mahbubul Karim;Allen G Ross;Mohammad Sharif Hossain

  • Rotavirus incidence and genotype distribution before and after national rotavirus vaccine introduction in Belgium

    Mark Zeller;Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Elisabeth Heylen;Sarah De Coster

  • Are Human P[14] Rotavirus Strains the Result of Interspecies Transmissions from Sheep or Other Ungulates That Belong to the Mammalian Order Artiodactyla?

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Christiaan A. Potgieter;Max Ciarlet;Viviana Parreño

  • Metal matrix composite brake rotor: Historical development and product life cycle analysis

    Adetayo A. Adebisi;Md. Abdul Maleque;M. M. Rahman

  • Prevalence of G2P[4] and G12P[6] rotavirus, Bangladesh.

    Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Rasheda Sultana;Giasuddin Ahmed;Sharifun Nahar

  • Efficacy of oseltamivir treatment started within 5 days of symptom onset to reduce influenza illness duration and virus shedding in an urban setting in Bangladesh: a randomised placebo-controlled trial

    Alicia M Fry;Doli Goswami;Kamrun Nahar;Amina Tahia Sharmin

  • Twenty-four-hour recall, knowledge-attitude-practice questionnaires, and direct observations of sanitary practices: a comparative study.

    B. F. Stanton;J. D. Clemens;K. M. A. Aziz;M. Rahman

  • Characterization of a Novel P[25],G11 Human Group A Rotavirus

    Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Jelle Matthijnssens;Sharifun Nahar;Goutam Podder

  • Influenza is a major contributor to childhood pneumonia in a tropical developing country.

    W. Abdullah Brooks;Doli Goswami;Mustafizur Rahman;Kamrun Nahar

Frequent Co-Authors

Jelle Matthijnssens
Jelle Matthijnssens Rega Institute for Medical Research
Stephen P. Luby
Stephen P. Luby Stanford University
W. Abdullah Brooks
W. Abdullah Brooks Johns Hopkins University
Alicia M. Fry
Alicia M. Fry Emory University
Joseph S. Bresee
Joseph S. Bresee Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Piet Maes
Piet Maes KU Leuven
Marc-Alain Widdowson
Marc-Alain Widdowson World Health Organization
David A. Sack
David A. Sack Johns Hopkins University
Max Ciarlet
Max Ciarlet Novartis (Switzerland)

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