Epidemiological trends of acute watery diarrhea (AWD) across all age groups at Cumilla General Hospital: Retrospective cross-sectional insights from AWD surveillance data of 2022 to 2024
Habib Md Ahashan, Sarker Mohammad Ferdous Rahman, Ahmed Tanvir, Hasan Md Rafiul, Islam Md Taufiqul, Khan Zahid Hasan, Amin Mohammad Ashraful, Ahmed Quazi Zaki, Hossain Rakib, Rahman Urmila, Shirin Tahmina, Qadri Firdausi, Khan Ashraful Islam · 2026
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Habib Md Ahashan and a large surveillance team chart, in a 2026 retrospective study, three years of acute watery diarrhea at Cumilla General Hospital in Bangladesh, from 2022 to 2024. The condition floods hospitals seasonally and can signal cholera, so the team mined routine surveillance records across all ages to find who arrives, when, and with what pre-treatment history.
The burden fell heaviest on children under five, who made up most cases. Only about five percent of tested cases proved positive for cholera on rapid tests, and limited culture capacity left the true cholera share uncertain. A striking practice pattern stood out: ninety percent of patients had already taken antibiotics before reaching the hospital, a habit that feeds resistance while rarely matching the actual cause. Case loads peaked in the monsoon and post-monsoon periods. The authors argue for stronger laboratory confirmation and tighter antibiotic discipline in diarrhea care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Habib Md Ahashan, Sarker Mohammad Ferdous Rahman, Ahmed Tanvir, Hasan Md Rafiul, Islam Md Taufiqul, Khan Zahid Hasan, Amin Mohammad Ashraful, Ahmed Quazi Zaki, Hossain Rakib, Rahman Urmila, Shirin Tahmina, Qadri Firdausi, Khan Ashraful Islam |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |