Researcher Profile

I am interested in studying zoonotic diseases among domestic and wild animals and humans. Currently I am conducting a study where we are trying to understand the practices of mobile poultry vendors and their risks for avian influenza in Bangladesh. From 2009-2012, I conducted a study to look for avian influenza among resident and migratory wild birds of Bangladesh. From 2009-2013, I was involved in a study to find out the role of bats in the epidemiology of Nipah virus in Bangladesh.

• Bangladesh Society of Veterinary Medicine (LM02610BSVM)
• One World One Health-Bangladesh Initiative
• The Vet Executive
• Krishibid Institutions, Bangladesh (4178/02-02-19115)
• Bangladesh Society of Veterinary Parasitology (LM-86/BSP)
• Bangladesh Animal Agriculture Society (BAAS)
• Bangladesh Society for Veterinary Education and Research (179icddrb2015)
• US Government Scholarship for Certificate in One Health Course 2014 at University of Florida

Selected publications include:

• Ausraful Islam, Anisuzzaman, Jhunu Rani Roy, Md. Golam Yasin, Sharmin Shahid Labony, Md. Mokbul Hossain,Md. Abdul Alim. Swine kidney worm Stephanurus dentatus in Bangladesh: an abattoir survey (2015). Eurasian Journal of Venterinary Science. 31 (4): 222-226.
• Najmul Haider, Md. Shafiqur Rahman, M. Salah Uddin Khan, Andrea Mikolon,  Muzaffor Goni Osmani, Emily S. Gurley, Ireen Sultana Shanta_,Suman Kumer Paul, Laura Macfarlane-Berry, Ariful Islam, Ausraful Islam, James Desmond, Jonathan H. Epstein, Peter Daszak, Rachael A. Priestley, Gilbert J. Kersh, Stephen P Luby, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Robert F. Massung, Nord Zeidner (2015). Serological Evidence of Coxiella burnetii Infection in Cattle and Goats in Bangladesh.EcoHealth. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-015-1011-x . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25649716
• Sukanta Chowdhury, M Salah Uddin Khan,Gary Crameri,Jonathan H. Epstein, Christopher C. Broder, Ausraful Islam, Alison J. Peel, Jennifer Barr, Peter Daszak, Lin-Fa Wang and Stephen P. Luby (2014). Serological Evidence of Henipavirus Exposure in Cattle, Goats and Pigs in Bangladesh. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases.8(11): e3302. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003302. http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003302
• Islam A, Mikolon A, Mikoleit M, Ahmed D, Khan SU, Sharker MA, Hossain MJ, Islam A, Epstein JH, Zeidner N, Luby SP (2013). Isolation of Salmonella Virchow from a Fruit Bat (Pteropus giganteus). Ecohealth.10: 348-351. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0866-y
• Nancy A. Gerloff, Salah U. Khan, Natosha Simpson, IreenS. Shanta, Amanda Balish, LaShondra Berman, Najmul Haider, Mee Poh, Ausraful Islam, T. Dey, Steve Lindstrom, M. Haque, Alexander Klimov, Julie Villanueva,Steve P. Luby, Nord Zeidner, Ruben O. Donis, Katherine Sturm-Ramirez, C.Todd Davis (2014). Multiple reassortment events amonghighly pathogenicavian influenza A(H5N1)viruses detected in Bangladesh from 2008-2012. Virology. 450-451: 297-301.
• Rubayet Elahi, Ausraful Islam, Mohammad Sharif Hossain, Khaja Mohiuddin, Andrea Mikolon, Kathrine Sturm-Ramirez, Sumon Kumer Paul, Parviez Rana Hosseini, Peter Daszak, Mohammad Shafiul Alam. Prevalence and Diversity of Avian Haematozoan Parasites in Wetlands of Bangladesh. Journal of Parasitology Research, vol. 2014, Article ID 493754, 12 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/493754
• Ausraful Islam,Anisuzzaman, Abul Kalam Mohammad Arifur Rabbi, Asadur Rahman, Md. Atiqul Islam and Md. Hafezur Rahman (2013).Haemoproteus spp. Infection of Domestic Poultry of Bangladesh. Vetscan. 7(2): 81-84.
• Safiul Ahad Sardar, Debaraj Chakma, Anisuzzaman, Kamal Hossain and Ausraful Islam (2012). Helminthiasis in the pigs of Rangamati district of Bangladesh. Eurasian Journal of Veterinary Science. 28(4): 233-236.
• A. Islam, Anisuzzaman, Shankar Majumder, A. K. M. A. Rabbi and Md. Mokbul Hossain (2008). Prevalence and pathology of helminth infections in pigs. Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research. 51(6): 317-322.
• A. Islam, S. Majumder, Anisuzzaman, A. K. M. A. Rabbi and M. H. Rahman (2006). Helminthiasis in pigs in Bangladesh: in relation to age and management systems. Bangladesh Veterinary Journal. 40(1-4): 27-37.