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Dr. Saif Ullah Munshi
Professor
Department of Virology
Email : saifmunshi@yahoo.com
Publication
1) SM Rashed Ul Islam, Tahmina Akther, Sharmin Sultana, Paroma Deb, Asish Kumar Ghosh, Md Abdullah Omar Nasif, Amirul Huda Bhuiyan, Munira Jahan, Afzalun Nessa, Saif Ullah Munshi, Shahina Tabassum, Challenges in the establishment of a biosafety testing laboratory for COVID-19 in Bangladesh, The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2023, 15 (12), 1833-1837
2) Munira Jahan, M Abdullah Omar Nasif, Raad Rahmat, SM Rashed Ul Islam, Saif Ullah Munshi, M Sharfuddin Ahmed, Genome Sequencing of Omicron Variants of SARS-CoV-2 Circulating in Bangladesh during the Third Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2023, 11 (7), e00381-22
3) SU Munshi, IB Naser, U Shahera, R Rahmat, Prevalence of Dengue Virus Serotypes of 2021 Dengue Outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh, International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, 2023, 43 (19), 18-20
4) MJR Khan, MA Bhuiyan, S Tabassum, SU Munshi, Use of whole blood and dried blood spot for detection of HIV-1 nucleic acids using reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification, Journal of Virological Methods, 2023, 312, 114642
5) Xing Yu Leung, Rakibul M Islam, Mohammadmehdi Adhami, Dragan Ilic, Lara McDonald, Shanika Palawaththa, Basia Diug, Saif U Munshi, Md Nazmul Karim, A systematic review of dengue outbreak prediction models: Current scenario and future directions, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023, 17 (2), e0010631
6) R Sultana, N Parvin, P Deb, SU Munshi, S Tabassum, Comparison of Interlukin-10, Tumor Necrosis Factor-? and Complement-3 Levels among Bangladeshi Pregnant Women with or without Hepatitis E Virus Infection, Journal of National Institute of Neurosciences Bangladesh, 2022, 8 (2), 157-161
7) N Mahboob, SU Munshi, S Tabassum, mRNA expression of genes involves in intrinsic apoptotic pathway during HIV infection and therapy and its relation in circulating CD4 T-Lymphocytes, Bangladesh Journal of Medicine, 2022, 33 (2), 176-185
8) Barnali Sen, Sabrina Afrin, Sharmin Zahan, Saif Ullah Munshi, Sifat Uz Zaman, Determination of Chikungunya Virus RNA by Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) Assay, Advances in Microbiology, 2022, 12 (7), 398-414
9) Saif Ullah Munshi, Monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries: Is there a pandemic threat like COVID-19?, Journal of Monno Medical College, 2022, 8(1), 1-2
10) SM Rashed Ul Islam, Tahmina Akther, Sharmin Sultana, Saif Ullah Munshi, Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a male with metabolic syndrome for 72 days: A case report, SM Rashed Ul Islam, Tahmina Akther, Sharmin Sultana, Saif Ullah Munshi, 2021, 9, 1-6
11) Tanzila Rawnuck, Zeba Un Naher, Saif Ullah Munshi, Shahina Tabassum, Md Selim Reza, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2050313X21989492, Maldives National University, 2021, 9 (1), 32-40
12) SM Rashed Ul Islam, Tahmina Akther, Md Abdullah Omar Nasif, Sharmin Sultana, Saif Ullah Munshi, [PDF] from sagepub.com Full View Acceptance of a symptom-based approach for COVID-19 rtRT-PCR testing to conserve resources in a lower middle-income setting, Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2021, 12, 1-5
13) SM Rashed Ul Islam, Tahmina Akther, Sharmin Sultana, Paroma Deb, Asish Kumar Ghosh, Md Abdullah Omar Nasif, Amirul Huda Bhuiyan, Munira Jahan, Afzalun Nessa, Saif Ullah Munshi, Shahina Tabassum, Experience in establishing a high-risk biocontainment facility in response to COVID-19 pandemic under resource constrain settings, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal, 2021, 14, 45-50
14) Munira Jahan, Arittra Bhattacharjee, Raad Rahmat, SM Rashedul Islam, Tahmina Akhter, Ishtiaque Ahammad, Mohammad Uzzal Hossain, Saif Ullah Munshi, M Salimullah, Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 viruses collected during the ending phase of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2021, 10 (29),
15) Trang Nguyen Hoa, Saif Ullah Munshi, Khanh Nguyen Ngoc, Chau Le Ngoc, Thanh Tran Thi Thanh, Tahmina Akther, Shahina Tabassum, Nilufa Parvin, Stephen Baker, Motiur Rahman, A tightly clustered hepatitis E virus genotype 1a is associated with endemic and outbreak infections in Bangladesh, Plos one, 2021, 16 (7), e0255054
16) T Rawnuck, MS Reza, MJR Khan, RA Khanam, SU Munshi, A Comparative Study of LAMP and PCR in Relation to Time and Cost, Journal of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, 2020, 12 (2), 72-75
17) Saif Ullah Munshi, Outbreak of Covid19 Disease: Is It Resultant of Our Voraciousness?, Bangladesh Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020, 7, S63-S65
18) SM Rashed Ul Islam, Tahmina Akther, Mohammad Afzal Mahfuzullah, Md Abdullah Omar Nasif, Md Shafayet Jamil, Mymuna Binte Mosaddeque, Saif Ullah Munshi, Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in conjunctival swab of a COVID-19 patient: The first report from Bangladesh, SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2020, 8, 1-4
19) I Dhar, T Akther, K Bashar, S Tabassum, AJ Howlader, SU Munshi, Development of a cheap and simple artificial feeding device for studying dengue virus transmission in Aedes aegypti mosquito at the resource-poor setups, International Journal of Mosquito Research , 2019, 6 (5), 57-62
20) Afroza Akbar Sweety, Saif Ullah Munshi, Mohammad Zaid Hossain, Baishakhi Islam, Shahina Tabassum, Imtiaz Ahmed, Shahjalal Khan, AHM Ejrarul Alam Khan, Khan Abul Kalam Azad, Comparison of Immunofluorescence Assays Results for Diagnosis of Rickettsial Diseases Using Direct Serum and Filter Paper Serum Spots, Journal of Dhaka Medical College, 2019, 28 (2), 153-158
21) Akther Tahmina, AKM Muraduzzaman, SM Parvin, Tabssum Shahina, SU Munshi, Molecular & serological study of dengue virus-infected patients attending a tertiary hospital of Dhaka city, Bangladesh (2013 to 2016)., Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2019, 150 (1), 96-100
22) S Munshi, A Miti, M Karim, S Tabssum, Levels of tumor markers in human immunodeficiency virus patients: Results of a pilot study, Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal , 2018, 7 (5), 196-196
23) A Akram, SMR Islam, SU Munshi, S Tabassum, Detection of Hepatitis B Virus DNA among Chronic and potential Occult HBV patients in resource?limited settings by Loop?Mediated Isothermal Amplification assay, Journal of viral hepatitis, 2018, 25 (11), 1306-1311
24) B Tanzem, S Tabassum, SU Munshi, M Jahan, Hepatitis B Virus Subtype Distribution in Bangladeshi Chronic Carriers, Northern International Medical College Journal, 2018, 9 (2), 286-290
25) ST Tahmina Akther, Biswajit Paul, Saif Ullah Munshi, Diagnosis of Dengue Virus Infection in Oral Fluid using Immunochromatographic Tests, Bangladesh Journal of Medical Microbiology , 2017, 11(1), 14-18
26) Saif Ullah Munshi, Thanh Thi Thanh Tran, Truc Nhu Thanh Vo, Shahina Tabassum, Nahida Sultana, Trang Hoa Nguyen, Munira Jahan, Chau Ngoc Le, Stephen Baker, Motiur Rahman, Molecular characterization of hepatitis B virus in Bangladesh reveals a highly recombinant population, PLoS One , 2017, 12 (12), e0188944
27) Tilovatul Khondaker, Nazia Hasan Khan, Arifa Akram, Nusrat Mannan, Saif Ullah Munshi, Use of low quality in Vitro Diagnostics in resource poor countries: who will bell the cat?, Bangladesh Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2016, 10, 1-2
28) Saif U Munshi, Tajudeen O Oyewale, Shahnaz Begum, Ziya Uddin, Shahina Tabassum, Operational feasibility of using whole blood in the rapid HIV testing algorithm of a resource-limited settings like Bangladesh, Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2016, 11, S13
29) Umme Shahera, Saifullah Munshi, Munira Jahan, Afzalun Nessa, Shahinul Alam, Shahina Tabassum, IP-10, p53, and Foxp3 expression in hepatocytes of chronic hepatitis B patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, Euroasian journal of hepato-gastroenterology, 2016, 6 (2), 149
30) Umme Shahera, Shahinul Alam, Munira Jahan, Afzalun Nessa, Saifullah Munshi, Shahina Tabassum, Correlation of IP-10 gene expression with Serum alanine transaminase (ALT) levels and Hepatitis B viral load in cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients., Bangladesh Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2016, 10,
31) Munshi, SU; Anwar, A; Tabassum, S; , False positive human immunodeficiency virus antibody test in chronic hepatitis B patient, Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2015, 32, 344
32) Shahina Tabassum S.M. Rashed u Islam, SU MUnshi, Unexpected diagnostic findings in some HIV positive individuals in Bangladesh, Indian J Med Res, 2015, 141, 119-121
33) Munshi, Saif Ullah; Panda, Harekrushna; Holla, Prasida; Rewari, Bharat Bhushan; Jameel, Shahid; , MicroRNA-150 Is a Potential Biomarker of HIV/AIDS Disease Progression and Therapy, PLOS ONE, 2014, 9, e95920
34) Munshi, SU; Rewari, BB; Bhavesh, NS; Jameel, S; , Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Based Profiling of Biofluids Reveals Metabolic Dysregulation in HIV-Infected Persons and Those on Anti-Retroviral Therapy, PLOS ONE, 2013, 8, e64298.
35) SU Munshi, Pandemic Influenza Virus: An expected rival encountered with empty arsenal, Journal of Science Foundation, 2013, 11, 35
36) Karim, Md. Nazmul; Munshi, SU; Anwar, Nazneen; Alam, Md. Shah; , Climatic factors influencing dengue cases in Dhaka city: a model for dengue prediction, Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR), 2012, 136, 32
37) Ahmed, M; Munshi, SU; Andalib, S; Tabassum, S; Islam, MN; , Testing Hepatitis A virus antibody in oral fluid among the prospective vaccinees foster the need of new oral HAV rapid test, Indian journal of medical microbiology, 2011, 29, 72
38) Munshi, SU; Taneja, S; Bhavesh, NS; Shastri, J; Aggarwal, R; Jameel, S; , Metabonomic analysis of hepatitis E patients shows deregulated metabolic cycles and abnormalities in amino acid metabolism, Journal of viral hepatitis, 2011, 18, e591–e602
39) Green, Victoria A; Munshi, Saif U; Marakalala, Mohlopheni J; Mourão, Marina M; , Molecular mechanisms of viral infection and propagation: An overview of the second Advanced Summer School in Africa, IUBMB life, 2010, 62, 573
40) Ahmed, M; Munshi, SU; Nessa, A; Ullah, MS; Tabassum, S; Islam, MN; , High prevalence of hepatitis A virus antibody among Bangladeshi children and young adults warrants pre-immunization screening of antibody in HAV vaccination strategy, Indian journal of medical microbiology, 2009, 27, 48
41) Munshi, SU; Ahmed, J; Ahmed, M; Nessa, A; Tabassum, S; , Combination of three rapid tests: An alternative approach to confirmatory laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection in Bangladesh, Indian journal of medical microbiology, 2009, 27, 170
42) Nessa, A; Islam, MN; Tabassum, S; Munshi, SU; Ahmed, M; Karim, R; , Seroprevalence of rubella among urban and rural Bangladeshi women emphasises the need for rubella vaccination of pre-pubertal girls, Indian journal of medical microbiology, 2008, 26, 94
43) Munshi, SU; Hoque, MM; Mondol, MEA; Jalaluddin, M; Tabassum, S; Islam, MN; , HBV, HCV and syphilis co-infections in human immunodeficiency virus positive Bangladeshi patients: observation at two reference laboratories, Indian journal of medical microbiology, 2008, 26, 282
44) Chowdhury MZU, Alamgir ASM, Munshi S U, The impending threat of an influenza pandemic. , Bangladesh J Med Microbiol. , 2007, 1, 1
45) Nessa A., Tabassum S, Munshi S U, Islam M N. , Association of HLA -A1 and HLA -B8 Antigens with Natural Rubella Infection in Bangladeshi Females. , Bangladesh J Med Microbiol. , 2007, 1, 13
46) Islam M. R, Haque M E, Munshi S U, Fareque M H , Persistence of Actively acquired and maternally derived antibody in vaccinated goat and their kids against Peste Des Ruminants virus. , Journal of Bangladesh Agricultural University, 2007, 5, 91
47) Rahman Sufi Z, Azam Md. Golam, Rahman Md. Anisur, Arifin M S, Alam M,Bhuiyan T M, Munshi S U ,Hassan M .S . , Immunoglobulin G antibody response to Helicobacter pylori antigens in adult dyspeptic patients and its correlation with gastro-duodenal diseases, Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 2007, 13, 45
48) Munshi SU, Islam, MN, Tabassum S , Quantification of HIV-1 RNA by Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Amplification (NASBA) assay using Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) in clinical samples and it’s future in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Medical Journal, 2006, 35, 49
49) Munshi S U. , Dengue infection Management strategy: Is it a hard nut to crack? , Jalabad Medical Journal , 2006, 3, 51
50) Munshi S U, Islam, MN., Tabassum S. Chandan K Roy , Study of serum complement 3 level in primary and secondary dengue infections., Bangladesh Medical Journal, 2005, 34, 22
51) Munshi S U and Chowdhury Z , Pathogenesis of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever / Dengue Shock Syndrome: An Update, Bangladesh Medical Journal, 2005, 34, 52
52) Munshi S U, Islam, MN, Tabassum S. Noved AF and Islam, R, Study of antibody response against dengue virus by Western blot in acute primary and secondary dengue infections. , Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 2004, 10, 19