By Dr Amit Saha

Journal articles

Pérez Chacón G; Saha A; Phillips E; Guy R; Applegate TL; Causer L; Mcgregor S; Hengel B, 2024, 'Syphilis point-of-care tests: an Australian perspective', Microbiology Australia, 45, pp. 127 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MA24036

Causer LM; Ward J; Smith K; Saha A; Andrewartha K; Wand H; Hengel B; Badman SG; Tangey A; Matthews S; Mak D; Gunathilake M; Moore E; Speers D; Persing D; Anderson D; Whiley D; Maher L; Regan D; Donovan B; Fairley C; Kaldor J; Shephard M; Guy R, 2024, 'Clinical effectiveness and analytical quality of a national point-of-care testing network for sexually transmitted infections integrated into rural and remote primary care clinics in Australia, 2016–2022: an observational program evaluation', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101110

Dyda A; Broome A; Rawlinson W; Mahimbo A; Saha A; Kefalas B; Seale H; Macintyre CR; Zwar N; Gidding HF; Heywood AE, 2024, 'Measles, mumps, rubella and varicella antibodies among international and domestic university students', Journal of Travel Medicine, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taae004

Saha A; Andrewartha K; Badman SG; Tangey A; Smith KS; Sandler S; Ramsay S; Braund W; Manoj-Margison S; Matthews S; Shephard MDS; Guy R; Causer L, 2023, 'Flexible and Innovative Connectivity Solution to Support National Decentralized Infectious Diseases Point-of-Care Testing Programs in Primary Health Services: Descriptive Evaluation Study', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/46701

Islam MT; Zion MMI; Khan MA; Khan ZH; Ahmmed F; Ahmed S; Ahmed A; Akter A; Chowdhury F; Saha A; Saha NC; Kim DR; Excler JL; Lynch J; Clemens JD; Qadri F; Khan AI, 2022, 'Causes of death through verbal autopsy: Findings from a sub-study of single dose oral cholera vaccination in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh', Journal of Global Health Reports, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.29392/001c.35322

Heywood A; Dyda A; Hu W; Saha A; Mahimbo A; Gidding H; Kefalas B; Seale H; Macintyre CR; Zwar N; Rawlinson W, 2021, 'Seroprevalence of hepatitis B antibodies among international and domestic university students', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 28, pp. 1400 - 1412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13580

Chac D; Bhuiyan TR; Saha A; Alam MM; Salma U; Jahan N; Chowdhury F; Khan AI; Ryan ET; LaRocque R; Harris JB; Qadri F; Weil AA, 2021, 'Gut microbiota and development of vibrio cholerae-specific long-term memory b cells in adults after whole-cell killed oral cholera vaccine', Infection and Immunity, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00217-21

Hengel B; Causer L; Matthews S; Smith K; Andrewartha K; Badman S; Spaeth B; Tangey A; Cunningham P; Saha A; Phillips E; Ward J; Watts C; King J; Applegate T; Shephard M; Guy R, 2021, 'A decentralised point-of-care testing model to address inequities in the COVID-19 response', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. e183 - e190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30859-8

Khan AI; Khan IA; Siddique SA; Rahman A; Islam MT; Bhuiya MAI; Saha NC; Biswas PK; Saha A; Chowdhury F; Qadri F, 2019, 'Feasibility, coverage and cost of oral cholera vaccination conducted by icddr,b using the existing national immunization service delivery mechanism in rural setting Keraniganj, Bangladesh', Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 15, pp. 1302 - 1309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1528833

Khan AI; Ali M; Lynch J; Kabir A; Excler JL; Khan MA; Islam MT; Akter A; Chowdhury F; Saha A; Khan IA; Desai SN; Kim DR; Saha NC; Singh AP; Clemens JD; Qadri F, 2019, 'Safety of a bivalent, killed, whole-cell oral cholera vaccine in pregnant women in Bangladesh: Evidence from a randomized placebo-controlled trial', BMC Infectious Diseases, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4006-3

Khan IA; Khan AI; Rahman A; Siddique SA; Islam MT; Bhuiyan MAI; Chowdhury AI; Saha NC; Biswas PK; Saha A; Chowdhury F; Clemens JD; Qadri F, 2019, 'Organization and implementation of an oral cholera vaccination campaign in an endemic urban setting in Dhaka, Bangladesh', Global Health Action, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2019.1574544

Saha A; Hayen A; Ali M; Rosewell A; MacIntyre CR; Clemens JD; Qadri F, 2018, 'Socioeconomic drivers of vaccine uptake: An analysis of the data of a geographically defined cluster randomized cholera vaccine trial in Bangladesh', Vaccine, 36, pp. 4742 - 4749, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.04.084

Qadri F; Ali M; Lynch J; Chowdhury F; Khan AI; Wierzba TF; Excler JL; Saha A; Islam MT; Begum YA; Bhuiyan TR; Khanam F; Chowdhury MI; Khan IA; Kabir A; Riaz BK; Akter A; Khan A; Asaduzzaman M; Kim DR; Siddik AU; Saha NC; Cravioto A; Singh AP; Clemens JD, 2018, 'Efficacy of a single-dose regimen of inactivated whole-cell oral cholera vaccine: results from 2 years of follow-up of a randomised trial', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18, pp. 666 - 674, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30108-7

Saha A; Hayen A; Ali M; Rosewell A; Clemens JD; Raina MacIntyre C; Qadri F, 2017, 'Socioeconomic risk factors for cholera in different transmission settings: An analysis of the data of a cluster randomized trial in Bangladesh', Vaccine, 35, pp. 5043 - 5049, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.07.021

Khan AI; Ali M; Chowdhury F; Saha A; Khan IA; Khan A; Akter A; Asaduzzaman M; Islam MT; Kabir A; You YA; Saha NC; Cravioto A; Clemens JD; Qadri F, 2017, 'Safety of the oral cholera vaccine in pregnancy: Retrospective findings from a subgroup following mass vaccination campaign in Dhaka, Bangladesh', Vaccine, 35, pp. 1538 - 1543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.01.080

Saha A; Rosewell A; Hayen A; MacIntyre CR; Qadri F, 2017, 'Improving immunization approaches to cholera', Expert Review of Vaccines, 16, pp. 235 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2017.1249470

Akhtar M; Qadri F; Bhuiyan TR; Akter S; Rafique TA; Khan A; Islam LN; Saha A; Svennerholm AM; Lundgren A, 2017, 'Kinetics of antibody-secreting cell and fecal IgA responses after oral cholera vaccination in different age groups in a cholera endemic country', Vaccine, 35, pp. 321 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.11.055

Uddin MI; Islam S; Nishat NS; Hossain M; Rafique TA; Rashu R; Hoq MR; Zhang Y; Saha A; Harris JB; Calderwood SB; Bhuiyan TR; Ryan ET; Leung DT; Qadri F, 2016, 'Biomarkers of Environmental Enteropathy are Positively Associated with Immune Responses to an Oral Cholera Vaccine in Bangladeshi Children', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005039

Saha A; Tighe MP; Batra A, 2016, 'How to use faecal calprotectin in management of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease', ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD-EDUCATION AND PRACTICE EDITION, 101, pp. 124 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2014-307941

Qadri F; Wierzba TF; Ali M; Chowdhury F; Khan AI; Saha A; Khan IA; Asaduzzaman M; Akter A; Khan A; Begum YA; Bhuiyan TR; Khanam F; Chowdhury MI; Islam T; Chowdhury AI; Rahman A; Siddique SA; You YA; Kim DR; Siddik AU; Saha NC; Kabir A; Cravioto A; Desai SN; Singh AP; Clemens JD, 2016, 'Efficacy of a single-dose, inactivated oral cholera vaccine in Bangladesh', New England Journal of Medicine, 374, pp. 1723 - 1732, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1510330

Saha A; Khan A; Salma U; Jahan N; Bhuiyan TR; Chowdhury F; Khan AI; Khanam F; Muruganandham S; Reddy Kandukuri S; Singh Dhingra M; Clemens JD; Cravioto A; Qadri F, 2016, 'The oral cholera vaccine Shanchol™ when stored at elevated temperatures maintains the safety and immunogenicity profile in Bangladeshi participants', Vaccine, 34, pp. 1551 - 1558, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.02.020

Qadri F; Ali M; Chowdhury F; Khan AI; Saha A; Khan IA; Begum YA; Bhuiyan TR; Chowdhury MI; Uddin MJ; Khan JAM; Chowdhury AI; Rahman A; Siddique SA; Asaduzzaman M; Akter A; Khan A; You YA; Siddik AU; Saha NC; Kabir A; Riaz BK; Biswas SK; Begum F; Unicomb L; Luby SP; Cravioto A; Clemens JD, 2015, 'Feasibility and effectiveness of oral cholera vaccine in an urban endemic setting in Bangladesh: A cluster randomised open-label trial', The Lancet, 386, pp. 1362 - 1371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61140-0

Sarker AR; Islam Z; Khan IA; Saha A; Chowdhury F; Khan AI; Cravioto A; Clemens JD; Qadri F; Khan JAM, 2015, 'Estimating the cost of cholera-vaccine delivery from the societal point of view: A case of introduction of cholera vaccine in Bangladesh', Vaccine, 33, pp. 4916 - 4921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.07.042

Chowdhury F; Khan IA; Patel S; Siddiq AU; Saha NC; Khan AI; Saha A; Cravioto A; Clemens J; Qadri F; Ali M, 2015, 'Diarrheal illness and healthcare seeking behavior among a population at high risk for diarrhea in Dhaka, Bangladesh', PLoS ONE, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130105

Uddin MJ; Wahed T; Saha NC; Kaukab SST; Khan IA; Khan AI; Saha A; Chowdhury F; Clemens JD; Qadri F, 2014, 'Coverage and acceptability of cholera vaccine among high-risk population of urban Dhaka, Bangladesh', Vaccine, 32, pp. 5690 - 5695, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.08.021

Bhuiyan TR; Choudhury FK; Khanam F; Saha A; Sayeed MA; Salma U; Qadri F; Lundgren A; Svennerholm AM; Sack DA, 2014, 'Response on letter by Arya et al.: "Evaluation of immune responses to an oral typhoid vaccine, Ty21a, in children from 2 to 5 years of age in Bangladesh."', Vaccine, 32, pp. 4014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.03.099

Bhuiyan TR; Choudhury FK; Khanam F; Saha A; Sayeed MA; Salma U; Lundgren A; Sack DA; Svennerholm AM; Qadri F, 2014, 'Evaluation of immune responses to an oral typhoid vaccine, Ty21a, in children from 2 to 5 years of age in Bangladesh', Vaccine, 32, pp. 1055 - 1060, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.01.001

Charles RC; Hilaire IJ; Mayo-Smith LM; Teng JE; Jerome JG; Franke MF; Saha A; Yu Y; Kováč P; Calderwood SB; Ryan ET; LaRocque RC; Almazor CP; Qadri F; Ivers LC; Harris JB, 2014, 'Immunogenicity of a Killed Bivalent (O1 and O139) Whole Cell Oral Cholera Vaccine, Shanchol, in Haiti', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002828

Khan IA; Saha A; Chowdhury F; Khan AI; Uddin MJ; Begum YA; Riaz BK; Islam S; Ali M; Luby SP; Clemens JD; Cravioto A; Qadri F, 2013, 'Coverage and cost of a large oral cholera vaccination program in a high-risk cholera endemic urban population in Dhaka, Bangladesh', Vaccine, 31, pp. 6058 - 6064, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.10.021

Saha A; Qadri F, 2013, 'Infection: mass vaccination is feasible in response to cholera epidemics', Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 10, pp. 700 - 701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2013.217

Sarker AR; Islam Z; Khan IA; Saha A; Chowdhury F; Khan AI; Qadri F; Khan JAM, 2013, 'Cost of illness for cholera in a high risk urban area in Bangladesh: An analysis from household perspective', BMC Infectious Diseases, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-518

Leung DT; Uddin T; Xu P; Aktar A; Johnson RA; Rahman MA; Alam MM; Bufano MK; Eckhoff G; Wu-Freeman Y; Yu Y; Sultana T; Khanam F; Saha A; Chowdhury F; Khan AI; Charles RC; LaRocque RC; Harris JB; Calderwood SB; Kováč P; Qadri F; Ryan ET, 2013, 'Immune responses to the O-specific polysaccharide antigen in children who received a killed oral cholera vaccine compared to responses following natural cholera infection in Bangladesh', Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 20, pp. 780 - 788, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00035-13

Wahed T; Kaukab SST; Saha NC; Khan IA; Khanam F; Chowdhury F; Saha A; Khan AI; Siddik AU; Cravioto A; Qadri F; Uddin J, 2013, 'Knowledge of, attitudes toward, and preventive practices relating to cholera and oral cholera vaccine among urban high-risk groups: Findings of a cross-sectional study in Dhaka, Bangladesh', BMC Public Health, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-242

Saha A; Chowdhury MI; Nazim M; Alam MM; Ahmed T; Hossain MB; Hore SK; Sultana GNN; Svennerholm AM; Qadri F, 2013, 'Vaccine specific immune response to an inactivated oral cholera vaccine and EPI vaccines in a high and low arsenic area in Bangladeshi children', Vaccine, 31, pp. 647 - 652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.11.049

Arifuzzaman M; Rashu R; Leung DT; Hosen MI; Bhuiyan TR; Bhuiyan MS; Rahman MA; Khanam F; Saha A; Charles RC; LaRocque RC; Weil AA; Clements JD; Holmes RK; Calderwood SB; Harris JB; Ryan ET; Qadri F, 2012, 'Antigen-specific memory T cell responses after vaccination with an oral killed cholera vaccine in Bangladeshi children and comparison to responses in patients with naturally acquired cholera', Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 19, pp. 1304 - 1311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00196-12

Leung DT; Rahman MA; Mohasin M; Patel SM; Aktar A; Khanam F; Uddin T; Riyadh MA; Saha A; Alam MM; Chowdhury F; Khan AI; Charles R; LaRocque R; Harris JB; Calderwood SB; Qadri F; Ryan ET, 2012, 'Memory B cell and other immune responses in children receiving two doses of an oral killed cholera vaccine compared to responses following natural cholera infection in Bangladesh (Clinical and Vaccine Immunology (2012) 19, 5, (690-698))', Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 19, pp. 1337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00299-12

Leung DT; Rahman MA; Mohasin M; Patel SM; Aktar A; Khanam F; Uddin T; Riyadh MA; Saha A; Alam MM; Chowdhury F; Khan AI; Charles R; LaRocque R; Harris JB; Calderwood SB; Qadri F; Ryan ET, 2012, 'Memory B cell and other immune responses in children receiving two doses of an oral killed cholera vaccine compared to responses following natural cholera infection in Bangladesh', Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 19, pp. 690 - 698, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.05615-11

Saha A; Chowdhury MI; Khanam F; Bhuiyan MS; Chowdhury F; Khan AI; Khan IA; Clemens J; Ali M; Cravioto A; Qadri F, 2011, 'Safety and immunogenicity study of a killed bivalent (O1 and O139) whole-cell oral cholera vaccine Shanchol, in Bangladeshi adults and children as young as 1 year of age', Vaccine, 29, pp. 8285 - 8292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.08.108

Matsuda F; Chowdhury MI; Saha A; Asahara T; Nomoto K; Tarique AA; Ahmed T; Nishibuchi M; Cravioto A; Qadri F, 2011, 'Corrigendum to "Evaluation of a probiotics, Bifidobacterium breve BBG-01, for enhancement of immunogenicity of an oral inactivated cholera vaccine and safety: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in Bangladeshi children under 5 years of age" [Vaccine 29 (2011) 1855-1858]', Vaccine, 29, pp. 6068, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.06.108

Matsuda F; Chowdhury MI; Saha A; Asahara T; Nomoto K; Tarique AA; Ahmed T; Nishibuchi M; Cravioto A; Qadri F, 2011, 'Evaluation of a probiotics, Bifidobacterium breve BBG-01, for enhancement of immunogenicity of an oral inactivated cholera vaccine and safety: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in Bangladeshi children under 5 years of age', Vaccine, 29, pp. 1855 - 1858, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.12.133

Bhuiyan TR; Saha A; Lundgren A; Qadri F; Svennerholm AM, 2010, 'Immune responses to Helicobacter pylori infection in Bangladeshi children during their first two years of life and the association between maternal antibodies and onset of infection', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 202, pp. 1676 - 1684, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/657085

Larson CP; Nasrin D; Saha A; Chowdhury MI; Qadri F, 2010, 'The added benefit of zinc supplementation after zinc treatment of acute childhood diarrhoea: A randomized, double-blind field trial', Tropical Medicine and International Health, 15, pp. 754 - 761, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02525.x

Sheikh A; Shamsuzzaman S; Ahmad SM; Nasrin D; Nahar S; Alam MM; Al Tarique A; Begum YA; Qadri SS; Chowdhury MI; Saha A; Larson CP; Qadri F, 2010, 'Zinc influences innate immune responses in children with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-induced diarrhea', Journal of Nutrition, 140, pp. 1049 - 1056, http://dx.doi.org/10.3945/jn.109.111492

Hossain MZ; Atiqullah S; Saha AC; Chowdhury AJ; Jahangir KM; Faiz MA, 2010, 'A fatal cobra-bite in a snake expert.', Mymensingh medical journal : MMJ, 19, pp. 303 - 307

Sheikh A; Bhuiyan MS; Khanam F; Chowdhury F; Saha A; Ahmed D; Jamil KMA; LaRocque RC; Harris JB; Ahmad MM; Charles R; Brooks WA; Calderwood SB; Cravioto A; Ryan ET; Qadri F, 2009, 'Salmonella enterica serovar typhi-specific immunoglobulin A antibody responses in plasma and antibody in lymphocyte supernatant specimens in Bangladeshi patients with suspected typhoid fever', Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 16, pp. 1587 - 1594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00311-09

Bhuiyan TR; Qadri F; Saha A; Svennerholm AM, 2009, 'Infection by Helicobacter pylori in Bangladeshi children from birth to two years: Relation to blood group, nutritional status, and seasonality', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 28, pp. 79 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e31818a5d9d

Sears CL; Islam S; Saha A; Arjumand M; Alam NH; Faruque ASG; Salam MA; Shin J; Hecht D; Weintraub A; Sack RB; Qadri F, 2008, 'Association of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis infection with inflammatory diarrhea', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 47, pp. 797 - 803, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/591130

Qadri F; Saha A; Ahmed T; Al Tarique A; Begum YA; Svennerholm AM, 2007, 'Disease burden due to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in the first 2 years of life in an urban community in Bangladesh', Infection and Immunity, 75, pp. 3961 - 3968, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00459-07

Qadri F; Chowdhury MI; Faruque SM; Salam MA; Ahmed T; Begum YA; Saha A; Al Tarique A; Seidlein LV; Park E; Killeen KP; Mekalanos JJ; Clemens JD; Sack DA, 2007, 'Peru-15, a live attenuated oral cholera vaccine, is safe and immunogenic in Bangladeshi toddlers and infants', Vaccine, 25, pp. 231 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.08.031

Qadri F; Chowdhury MI; Faruque SM; Salam MA; Ahmed T; Begum YA; Saha A; Alam MS; Zaman K; Seidlein LV; Park E; Killeen KP; Mekalanos JJ; Clemens JD; Sack DA, 2005, 'Randomized, controlled study of the safety and immunogenicity of Peru-15, a live attenuated oral vaccine candidate for cholera, in adult volunteers in Bangladesh', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 192, pp. 573 - 579, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/432074

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