Published Articles

• Khalequzzaman M, Faruque FS, Mitra AK. Assessment of arsenic contamination of groundwater and health problems in Bangladesh. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2004 (in press)
• Bashar SK, Mitra AK. Effect of smoking on vitamin A, vitamin E, and other trace elements in patients with cardiovascular disease in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study. Nutrition Journal 2004;3:18. Available at: http://www.nutritionj.com/content/3/1/18.
• Mitra AK. Breast feeding support from volunteer counselors does not increase rates of breast feeding. Evidence-based Healthcare 2004;8(4): 202-204.
• Mitra AK, Khoury AJ, Hinton AW, Carothers C. Predictors of breastfeeding intention among low-income women. Maternal Child Health J 2004;8(2):65-70.
• Mitra AK, Faruque FS. Breast cancer incidence and exposure to environmental chemicals in 82 counties in Mississippi. Southern Med J 2004;97(3):259-263.
• Mitra AK. Vibrio vulnificus infection: Epidemiology, clinical presentations, and prevention (editorial). Southern Med J 2004;97(2)118-119.
• Mitra AK, Faruque FS, Avis AL. Breast cancer and environmental risks: Where is the link? J Environ Health 2004;66:24-32.
• Das HK, Mitra AK, Sengupta PK, et al. Arsenic concentrations in rice, vegetables, and fish in Bangladesh: A preliminary study. Environ Int 2004;30:383-387.
• Mitra AK, Khoury AJ, Carothers C, Foretich C. The Loving Support breastfeeding campaign: Awareness and practices of health care providers in Mississippi. J Obs Gyn Neonatal Nursing 2003;32:753-760. Available at: http://jognn.awhonn.org/cgi/content/abstract/32/6/753
• Mitra AK, Khoury AJ, Carothers C, Foretich C. Evaluation of a comprehensive Loving Support Program among state Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program breast-feeding coordinators. Southern Med J 2003;96:168-171.
• Rabbani GH, Saha SK, Akhtar M, Marni F, Mitra AK, Ahmed S, et al. Antioxidants in detoxification of arsenic-induced oxidative injury in rabbits: Preliminary results. J Environ Sci Health Part A 2003;38:273-287.
• Khoury AJ, Hinton A, Mitra AK, Carothers C, Foretich C. Improving breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, and practices of WIC clinic staff. Public Health Reports 2002;117:453-462.  Available at: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0835/is_5_117/ai_97177177
• Mitra AK, Bose BK, Kabir H, Das BK, Hussain M. Arsenic-related health problems among hospital patients in southern Bangladesh. J Health Pop Nutr 2002;20:198-204. Available at: http://www.icddrb.org/pub/publication.jsp?classificationID=30&pubID=213
• Mitra AK, Wahed MA, Chowdhury AK, Stephensen CB. Urinary retinol excretion in children with acute watery diarrhoea. J Health Pop Nutr 2002;20:12-17.  Available at: http://www.icddrb.org/pub/publication.jsp?classificationID=30&pubID=278
• Khoury AJ, Mitra AK, Hinton A, Carothers C, Sheil H. An innovative video succeeds in addressing barriers to breastfeeding among low-income women. J Hum Lact 2002;18(2):125-131. Available at: http://jhl.sagepub.com/content/vol18/issue2/
• Ashraf H, Mahanabis D, Mitra AK, Tzipori S, Fuchs GJ. Hyperimmune bovine colostrum in the treatment of shigellosis in children: A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial. Acta Paediatr 2001;90:1373-8.
• Rabbani GH, Islam S, Chowdhury AK, Mitra AK, Miller MJS, Fuchs G. Increased nitrite and nitrate concentrations in sera and urine of patients with cholera or shigellosis. Am J Gastroenterol 2001;96:467-472.
• Mitra AK, Hernandez CD, Hernandez CA, Siddiq Z. Management of diarrhoea in HIV-infected patients. Int J STD AIDS  2001;12:630-639.
• Mitra AK, Rahman MM, Fuchs GJ. Risk factors and gender differentials for death among children hospitalized with diarrhoea in Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr 2000;18:151-6.  Available at: http://www.icddrb.org/pub/publication.jsp?classificationID=30&pubID=371
• Mitra AK. Hepatitis C-related hepatocellular carcinoma: Prevalence around the world, factors interacting, and role of genotypes. Epidemiologic Rev 1999;21:180-7.
• Wahed MA, Mitra AK, Azad AK, Jahan F. Retinol concentrations in liver and serum among children who died in a diarrheal hospital in Bangladesh. Nutr Res 1999;19:1719-29.
• Islam MM, Mitra AK, Miah AH, Vermund SH. HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh: A national surveillance. Int J STD AIDS 1999;10:471-4.
• Rahman MM, Akramuzzaman SM, Mitra AK, Fuchs GJ, Mahalanabis D. Long-term  supplementation with iron does not enhance growth in malnourished Bangladeshi children. J Nutr 1999;129:1319-22.
• Mitra AK, Alvarez JO, Guay-Woodford L, Fuchs GJ, Wahed MA, Stephensen CB. Urinary retinol excretion and kidney function in children with shigellosis. Am J Clin Nutr 1998;68:1095-103.
• Mitra AK, Alvarez JO, Wahed MA, Fuchs GJ, Stephensen CB. Predictors of serum retinol in children with shigellosis. Am J Clin Nutr 1998;68:1088-94.
• Mitra AK, Alvarez JO, Stephensen CB. (Research Letter). Increased urinary retinol loss in children with severe infections. Lancet 1998;351:1033-4.
• Shah D, Mitra AK, Di Bisceglie AM. Hepatitis G virus infection around the world: Prevalence, mode of transmission, risk factors, and association with hepatitis. Viral Hepatitis Rev 1997;3:179-88.
• Jolly PE, Moon TD, Mitra AK, del Rosario GR, Blount S, Clemons TE. Vitamin A depletion in hospital and clinic patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome--A preliminary report. Nutr Res 1997;17:1427-41.
• Mitra AK, Akramuzzaman SM, Fuchs GJ, Rahman MM, Mahalanabis D. Long-term oral supplementation with iron is not harmful for young children in a poor community of Bangladesh. J Nutr 1997;127:1451-5. Available at: http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/abstract/127/8/1451
• Rahman MM, Mitra AK, Mahalanabis D, Wahed MA, Khatun M, Majid N. Absorption of nutrients from an energy-dense diet liquefied with amylase from germinated wheat in infants with acute diarrhea. J Pediatr Gastroentol Nutr 1997;24:119-23.
• Kabir I, Khan WA, Haider R, Mitra AK, Alam AN. Erythromycin and trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole in the treatment of cholera in children. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 1996;14:243-7.
• International Working Group on Persistent Diarrhoea. Evaluation of an algorithm for the treatment of persistent diarrhoea: A multicentre study. Bull WHO 1996;74:479-89.
• Mitra AK, Rabbani F. The importance of breastfeeding in minimizing mortality and morbidity from diarrhoeal diseases: The Bangladesh perspective. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 1995;13:1-7.
• Mitra AK, Mahalanabis D, Ashraf H, Unicomb L, Eeckels R, Tzipori S. Hyperimmune cow colostrum reduces diarrhoea due to rotavirus: A double-blind, controlled clinical trial. Acta Paediatr 1995;84:996-1001.
• Mitra AK, Rahman MM, Mahalanabis D, Patra FC, Wahed MA. Evaluation of an energy-dense meal liquefied with amylase of germinated wheat in children with acute watery diarrhoea: a randomized controlled clinical trial. Nutr Res 1995;15:939-51.
• Roy SK, Rahman MM, Mitra AK, Ali M, Alam AN, Akbar MS. Can mothers identify malnutrition in their children? Health Pol Plann 1993;8:143-9.
• Ansaruzzaman M, Kibriya AKMG, Mitra AK, Sack RB, Albert MJ. Isolation of Shigella dysenteriae serotypes 11, 12 and 13 from patients with diarrhea in Bangladesh. J Clin Microbiol 1993;31:1392-3.
• Rahman M, Roy SK, Ali M, Mitra AK, Alam AN, Akbar M. Maternal nutrition status as a determinant of child health. J Trop Pediatr 1993;39:86-8.
• Mitra AK, Albert MJ, Alam AN. Bacteraemia and meningitis among hospital patients with diarrhoea. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1993;87:560-3.
• Mitra AK. An approach to protect workers’ health. Bangladesh Priv Med Prac J 1992;2:204-6.
• Albert MJ, Alim ARMA, Ansaruzzaman M, Mitra AK. Fluorescent antibody staining test for rapid diagnosis of Shigella dysenteriae 1 infection. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 1992;15:359-61.
• Baqui AH, Yunus M, Zaman K, Mitra AK, Hossain KMB. Surveillance of patients attending a rural diarrhoea treatment centre in Bangladesh. Trop Geogr Med 1991;43:17-22.
• Mitra AK, Khan MR, Alam AN. Complications and outcome of patients admitted to the intensive care unit of a diarrhoeal hospital. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1991;85:685-7.
• Mitra AK, Islam M. Report of clinicopathological conference of the International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (Case 1-1991). J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 1991;9:38-43.
• Mitra AK, Kabir I, Khan MR. Severe urticarial eruption in an infant. Indian Pediatr 1991;28:787-9.
• Mitra AK. Shigellosis: A continuing health problem in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Priv Med Prac J 1990;1:91-6.
• Mitra AK, Engleberg NC, Glass RI, Chowdhury MK. Fatal dysentery in rural Bangladesh. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 1990;8:12-17.
• Mitra AK, Kabir I, Hossain MA. (Letter). Pivmecillinam-resistant Shigella dysenteriae type 1 infection in Bangladesh. Lancet 1990;335:1461-2.
• Mitra AK, Rabbani GH. A double-blind controlled trial of Bioflorin (Streptococcus faecium SF68) in adults with diarrhoea due to Vibrio cholerae and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. Gastroenterology 1990;99:1149-52.
• Siddique AK, Islam Q, Akram K, Mazumder Y, Mitra A, Eusof A. Cholera epidemic and natural disaster: Where is the link. Trop Geogr Med 1989;41:377-82.
• Mitra AK, Khan MR, Alam AN. A case of meningococcaemia with Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome in Bangladesh. Bangladesh J Child Health 1989;13:136-9.
• Baqui AH, Zaman K, Yunus M, Mitra AK, Hossain KMB, Banu H. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of shigellosis in rural Bangladesh. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res 1988;6:21-8.

Special Publication

• Supercourse. Epidemiology, the Internet, and Global Health. December 2000. [Lecture on Diarrhoeal Disease for the Supercourse, World Health Organization, available on CD]
• Khoury A.J., Hinton A, Mitra A, Sheil H, Moazzem, W. Evaluation of Mississippi's Breastfeeding Promotion Program. Hattiesburg, MS: University of Southern Mississippi, 2001.
• Khoury AJ, Hinton A, Mitra A. Evaluation of the Mississippi WIC Breastfeeding Promotion Video Project. Report to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Hattiesburg, MS: University of Southern Mississippi, 1999.

Book Chapter

• Baqui AH, Black RI, Mitra AK, et al. Diarrhoeal diseases: the Matlab experience. In: Matlab: Women, Children and Health. Fauveau V (ed), ICDDR,B. 1994.
• Mitra AK. Bangladesh. In: Pocket Guide to Cultural Health Assessment.  D’Avanzo CE and Geissler (eds), 3^rd edition. Mosby: St Louis, MO. 2003.
• Rabbani GH, Saha SK, Marni F, Akhtar M, Alauddin M, Mitra AK, et al. Antioxidants in detoxification of arsenic-induced oxidative injury in rabbits. In: Ahmed MF, Tanveer SA, Badruzzaman ABM (eds), Bangladesh Environment. Vol 1. Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp 372-384, 2002.

Thesis

• Effect of Shigellosis on Serum Concentration and Urinary Excretion of Retinol. The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 1997.