Researcher Profile

I am interested in the monitoring and characterization of environmental pathogens and the microbial ecology of disease-causing organisms. At present I am conducting research on establishing safe distance of groundwater point at different hydrogeological conditions of Bangladesh, contamination of paper currency, weaning food contamination, develop guidelines for point of use water treatment for surface and ground water in Bangladesh. I am also interested in doing research on emergence of Vibrio vulnificus in coastal aquaculture reservoirs of Bangladesh. 

• Member, American Society of Microbiology
• Member, Japanese Society for Bacteriology
• Member, Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science
• Member, Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists
• Member, Bangladesh Environmental Society
• Member, Graduate Microbiology Association

Selected publications include:

• Righetto, L., Zaman, R., Mahmud, Z.H., Bertuzzo, E., Mari, L., Casagrandi, R., Gatto, M., Islam, M.S. and Rinaldo, A. Detection of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 in environmental waters of rural Bangladesh: a flow-cytometry-based field trail. Epidemiology and Infection, 2015; 143(11):2330-42.
• Mahmud, Z.H., Islam, S., Zaman, R.U., Akter, M., Talukder, K.A., Bardhan, P.K., Khan, A.I., Rhodes, F.C., Kamara, A., Wurie, I.M., Alemu, W., Jambai, A., Faruque, S.M., Clemens, J.D. and Islam, M.S. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Vibrio cholerae O1 Isolated from Sierra Leone Cholera Outbreak in 2012. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014; 108(11):715-20.
• Islam, M.S., Mahmud, Z.H., Gope, P.S., Zaman, R.U., Hossain, Z., Islam, M.S., Mondal, D., Sharker, M.A.Y., Islam, K., Jahan, H., Bhuiya, A., Endtz, H.P., Cravioto, A., Curtis, V., Toure, O. and Cairncross, S. Hygiene intervention reduces contamination of weaning food in Bangladesh. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2013; 18(3): 250 -258.
• Islam, M.A., Sakakibara, H., Karim, M.R., Sekine, M. and Mahmud, Z.H. Bacteriological assessment of drinking water supply options in coastal areas of Bangladesh. Journal of Water and Health, 2011; 9(2): 415-428.
• Islam, M.S., Mahmud, Z.H., Uddin, M.H., Islam, K., Yunus, M., Islam, M.S., Nair, G.B., Endtz, H.P. and Sack, D.A. Purification of household water using a novel mixture reduces diarrhoeal disease in Matlab, Bangladesh. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011; 105(6): 341-345.
• Mahmud, Z.H., Wright, A.C., Rashid, M.H., Islam, M.S., Johnson, J.A., Gulig, P.A., Morris, J.G. and Ali, A. Genetic characterization of Vibrio vulnificus strains from tilapia aquaculture in Bangladesh. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2010: 4890-4895.
• Huong, B.T.M., Mahmud, Z.H., Neogi, S.B., Kassu, A., Nhien, N.V., Mohammad, A., Yamato, M., Ota, F., Lam, N.T., Dao, H.T.A. and Khan, N.C. Toxigenicity and genetic diversity of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from Vietnamese ready-to-eat foods. Food Control, 2010; 21(2): 166-171.
• Mahmud, Z.H., Neogi, S.B.,Kassu, A., Huong, B.H.T., Jahid, I.K., Islam, M.S. and Ota, F. Occurrence, seasonality and genetic diversity of Vibrio vulnificus in coastal seaweeds and water along the Kii Channel, Japan.FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2008; 64(2): 209-218.
• Mahmud, Z. H., Neogi, S. B.,Kassu, Wada, T., Islam, M. S., Nair, G. B. and Ota, F. Seaweeds as a reservoir for diverse Vibrio parahaemolyticus populations in Japan. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2007; 118(1): 92-96.
• Mahmud, Z.H., Kassu, A., Mohammad, A., Yamato, M., Bhuiyan, N.A., Nair, G.B. and Ota, F. Isolation and Molecular characterization of toxigenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus from the Kii Channel, Japan. Microbiological Research, 2006; 161(1): 25-37.