Researcher Profile

I am interested in environmental reservoir of Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera. Currently I am involved in detection of contamination of paper currency, monitoring of drinking water quality and development of guidelines for minimum safe distance of pit latrine from tubewells. I am also interested to conduct research on interaction of phytoplankton and V. cholerae in the aquatic environment.

Selected publications include:

• Islam, M.S., Islam, M.S., Mahmud, Z.H., Cairncross, S., Clemens, J.D. (2015). Role of phytoplankton in maintaining endemicity and seasonality of cholera in Bangladesh. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 109(9):572-578.
• Mahmud Z.H., M.S. Islam, R.U. Zaman, M. Akter, K.A. Talukder, P.K. Bardhan, A.I. Khan, F.C. Rhodes, A. Kamara, I.M. Wurie,  W. Alemu, A. Jambai,  S.M. Faruque, J.D. Clemens and M.S. Islam. (2014). Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Vibrio cholerae O1 Isolated from Sierra Leone Cholera Outbreak in 2012. TRSTMH. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 108(11):715-720.
• Islam M.S., M. Ansaruzzaman, Z. H. Mahmud, M. A. Matin, M. S. Islam, A. K. Mallik, S. B. Neogi, I. K. Jahid, H. P. Endtz, A. Cravioto and D. A. Sack. (2014). A novel and simple mixture as point-of-use water treatment agent to produce safe drinking water. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 108(5):290-296.
• Islam M.S., Mahmud ZH,  Gope PS,  Zaman RU, Hossain AKMZ, Islam MS, Mondal D, Sharker MAY,  Islam K, Jahan H, Bhuiya A, Endtz HP, Cravioto A, Curtis V, Touré O, Cairncross S. (2013). Impact of hygiene intervention in reduction of weaning food contamination in Bangladesh. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 18(3): 250-258.
• Islam, M.S., Z.H. Mahmud, M. Ansaruzzaman, S.M. Faruque, K.A. Talukder, F. Qadri, M. Alam,  M. Shafiqul Islam, P.K. Bardhan, R.N. Mazumder, A.I. Khan, S. Ahmed, A. Iqbal, O. Chitsatso, J. Mudzori, S. Patel, S.M. Midzi, L. Charimari, H.P. Endtz, and A. Cravioto. (2011). Phenotypic, Genotypic and Antibiotic Sensitivity Patterns of Strains Isolated from the Cholera Epidemic in Zimbabwe. J Clin. Microbiol. 49 (6): 2325-2327.
• Lara, R.J., S.B. Neogi, M.S. Islam, Z.H. Mahmud,Shafiqul Islam, D. Paul, B.B. Demoz, S. Yamasaki, G.B. Nair and G. Kattner. (2010). Vibrio cholerae in waters of the Sundarban mangroves: relationship with biogeochemical parameters and chitin in seston size fractions. Wetland Ecology and Management. 19(1): 109-119.
• Islam M.S., M.A.Y. Sharker, S. Rheman, S. Hossain, Z.H. Mahmud, M. S. Islam, A.M.K. Uddin, M. Yunus, M.S. Osman, R. Ernst, I. Rector, C.P. Larson, S.P. Luby, H.P. Endtz and A. Cravioto (2009). Effects of local climate variability on transmission dynamics of cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 103:1165-1170.
• M. S. Islam,I. K. Jahid, M. M. Rahman, M. Z. Rahman, M. S. Islam, M. S. Kabir, David A. Sack and G. K. Schoolnik. (2007). Biofilm acts as a microenvironment for plankton associated Vibrio cholerae in the aquatic environment of Bangladesh. Microbiology and Immunology. 51(4):  369-379.
• M. S. Islam, A. Brooks, M. S. Kabir, I. K. Jahid, M. S. Islam, D. Goswami, G. B. Nair_, C. Larson, W. Yukiko and S. Luby. (2007). Faecal contamination of drinking water sources of Dhaka city during 2004 flood in Bangladesh and use of disinfectants for water treatment. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 103: 80-87.
• Islam, M.S.,Goldar, M M., Morshed, M. G., Bakht, H.B.M., Islam M. S. and Sack, D.A. (2005). Chemotaxis between Vibrio cholerae O1 and a blue green alga, Anabaena sp. Epidemiology and Infection. 134: 645-648.