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A brief guide to some important emerging infections and their impact in Bangladesh.
http://www.searo.who.int/entity/emerging_diseases/links/nipah_virus_outbreaks_sear/en/
Islam MS et al. Nipah VirusTransmission from Bats to Humans Associated with Drinking Traditional Liquor Made from Date Palm Sap, Bangladesh, 2011-2014.Emerg Infect Dis. 2016;22(4):664-70.
Gerloff NA et al.Genetically Diverse Low Pathogenicity AvianInfluenza A Virus Subtypes Co-Circulate among Poultry in Bangladesh.PLoS One. 2016;11(3):e0152131.
Sharmin S, Viennet E, Glass K, Harley D. The emergence of dengue in Bangladesh: epidemiology, challenges and future disease risk.Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2015;109(10):619-27.
Bhatt Set al. The global distribution and burden of dengue.Nature. 2013;496(7446):504-7.
Khatun S et al. An Outbreak of Chikungunya in Rural Bangladesh, 2011.PLoSNegl Trop Dis.2015;9(7):e0003907.
Islam MS et al.Risk practices for animal and human anthrax in Bangladesh: an exploratory study.Infect EcolEpidemiol. 2013;3.
http://www.who.int/emergencies/mers-cov/en/