Kabirul Bashar Ph.D. Professor, Department of Zoology
PROFILE
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Professor Dr. Kabirul Bashar is a renowned Medical Entomologist, Scientist, and popular public speaker on Dengue, Chikungunya, Malaria, and Filariasis in Bangladesh. Dr. Bashar is also working as International Exchange Adviser and Collaborative Professor at Kanazawa University, Japan. He was the consultant of WHO, the Global Fund and National Malaria and Dengue Control Program, and several multinational companies. He is the editorial board member of many international journals.
Kabirul Bashar’s lab focuses on Insect-borne disease transmission, with studies both in the lab as well as in the field. He has worked on research related to the entomology and epidemiology of diseases like Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, Malaria and Filariasis including vector species compositions, vector bionomics, control strategies, intervention evaluation, vector population biology, and, human behavior and epidemiology spanning laboratory to field conditions. Research is directed towards collecting evidence that both explicates the understanding of, and, directs decision-making, strategies, and policy toward protecting the world’s most vulnerable people from these diseases.
Diseases like dengue and malaria are transmitted by species of Anopheles mosquitoes that vary markedly in biological attributes - including when, where and how they blood feed, and, responses to insecticides. Such variation in behavior impacts the effectiveness of interventions such as Insecticide Treated bed nets (ITNs), indoor residual spraying (IRS), Spatial Repellants (SRs) and larval breeding source treatments or modifications. The accurate identification of local mosquito species and their behaviors, their contribution to disease transmission, how these behaviors overlap with intervention functionality, as well as human behavior, is vital for strategic selection of interventions to diminish disease burden. The range of local drivers of malaria transmission combined with the diversity of Anopheles species capable of transmitting malaria increases the complexity of malaria transmission and prevention. A specific focus is drivers of residual transmission – transmission of the disease occurring outside the scope of protection of current interventions.
The Bashar lab research supports several national and international organizations on dengue and malaria programs in making evidence-driven decisions on vector control strategy and intervention selection, to include operational approaches and priority indicators to expand understanding of native vector bionomics (e.g. indoor versus outdoor biting), detect gaps in protection with current vector control interventions (e.g. low coverage of LLINs, insecticide resistance, outdoor biting), and explore drivers of transmission (e.g. rainfall, human movement, increased vulnerability and/or receptivity) in combination with epidemiological and other meta-data. In succession, this data will help programs tailor solutions, reduce vector populations and human-vector contact, and drive down transmission using a minimum capacity-based dataset toward maximum impact.
Over the last 24 years, his lab has conducted research in many countries, including Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Italy, and Canada. In short, his lab studies disease transmission dynamics from a global perspective – investigating mosquito vector species, their bionomics, and the effects of both human and vector behaviors on disease transmission and intervention effectiveness - all towards evidence-based decisions to protect humans. The Bashar lab conducts research, training, and service with academic, NGO, and country ministry of health and Education programs towards advancing health standards for everyone – especially people disproportionately impacted by preventable diseases.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Medical Entomology, Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, Kala-azar Vector Management, Insect Ecology, Environmental Health, Pesticide efficacy and Registance
JOURNAL PAPER
Changing patterns of climatic risk factors for the transmission of dengue fever in Bangladesh: count model approach,Association of climate factors with dengue incidence in Bangladesh, Dhaka City: A count regression approach,
Kabirul Bashar, Nobuko Tuno, Seasonal abundance of Anopheles mosquitoes and their association with meteorological factors and malaria incidence in Bangladesh, Parasites and Vectors, 7, 442,
Md. Rakib Hasan, Nizam Uddin, Md. Mahadi Hasan, Md. Monir Hossain, Mohammad Mostafa Kamal, Kaniz Fatema, H. M. Lutfor Rahman Mazumder, K Bashar, Md. Sohel Rana, Larvicidal and insecticidal effects of different extracts of Mallotus repandus (willd.) Muell.- Arg. leaf and stem against Culex quinquefasciatus Say (diptera: culicidae) and Sitophilus oryzae Linn. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Int. J. of Pharm, 5, 1, pp.127-131,
M Hossain, K Bashar, KMZ Rahman, MA Razzak, AJ Howlader, Biting rhythms of some vector and non-vector mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Bangladesh, J. Mosq. Res, 5, 8, pp.1-5,
MA Aziz, K Bashar, MMH Chowdhury, A Faruque, Antibacterial, toxicity and larvicidal potentiality of Microcos paniculata barks, Pharmacology online, 1, pp.109-120,
Atia Arefin, Kabirul Bashar, Mamtaz Marium Asha’ Farah Parisha Bhuiyan,, Mashuda Khanom Tithi, and Md Monoarul Haque, Internet Dependency and Its Association with Depression among the Students of North South University of Bangladesh, EC Psychology and psychiatry, 1, 2, pp.44-48, 2016.
Bashar et al, Species composition and habitat characterization of mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae in semi-urban areas of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Pathogen and Global Health, 110, 2, pp.48-61,
F F Rain, A J Howlader, K Bashar, Diversity and abundance of spider fauna at different habitats of Jahangirnagar University Campus, Bangladesh, Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 4, 5, pp.87-93, 2016.
F F Rain, A J Howlader, K Bashar, A Faunistic Study of Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) in Jahangirnagar University campus, International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies, 3, 5, pp.124-129, 2016.
4. A Sultana, S Hasan, M Hossain, A Alim, MA Mamun, K Bashar, Larval breeding habitats and ecological factors influence the species composition of mosquito (diptera : culicidae) in the parks of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Bangadesh, Bangladesh J. Zool, 45, 2, pp.111-122, 2018.
I Dhar, T Akter, K Bashar, S Tabassum, AJ Howlader and 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, Int J of Mosquito Research, 6, 5, pp.57-62,
2. Siddiki, A.M.A.M.Z.,Sarker, M.S., Mazumder, S., Bhuiya, B.A., Bashar, K., Kamal, T. & Hossain, M.A., Morphotaxonomic and DNA barcoding analyses of mosquitoes collected from Chattogram Metropolitan area, Bangladesh Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 7, 1, pp.1-8, 2019.
Kabirul Bashar, Shohel Mahmud, Asaduzzaman, Eilma Akhond Tusty, Afroza Bintey Zaman, Knowledge and beliefs of the city dwellers regarding dengue transmission and their relationship with prevention practices in Dhaka city, Bangladesh, Public Health in Practice, 1, 100051, 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100051
Contact
Kabirul Bashar Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Zoology
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: +8801711130312
Work Phone: +8801971130312
Email: bkabirul@juniv.edu
, bkabirul@gmail.com
