Sifat Sharmin

Association of Sustained Immunotherapy With Disability Outcomes in Patients With Active Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis.

Nathaniel Lizak, Charles B Malpas, Sifat Sharmin, Eva Kubala Havrdova, Dana Horakova, Guillermo Izquierdo, Sara Eichau, Alessandra Lugaresi, Pierre Duquette, Marc Girard, Alexandre Prat, Catherine Larochelle, Maria Trojano, Francois Grand'Maison, Pierre Grammond, Patrizia Sola, Diana Ferraro, Raymond Hupperts, Roberto Bergamaschi, Cavit Boz, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  JAMA Neurology

Importance: It is unclear whether relapses and disease-modifying therapies are associated with the rate of disability accumulation..

Disability outcomes of early cerebellar and brainstem symptoms in multiple sclerosis

Le Minh, Charles Malpas, Sifat Sharmin, Dana Horakova, Eva Havrdova, Maria Trojano, Guillermo Izquierdo, Sara Eichau, Serkan Ozakbas, Alessandra Lugaresi, Alexandre Prat, Marc Girard, Pierre Duquette, Catherine Larochelle, Raed Alroughani, Roberto Bergamaschi, Patrizia Sola, Diana Ferraro, Pierre Grammond, Francois Grand' Maison, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Multiple Sclerosis Journal

BACKGROUND: Cerebellar and brainstem symptoms are common in early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS) yet their prognostic values re..

Trajectories of Mini-Mental State Examination Scores over the Lifespan in General Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis

Julius M Nagaratnam, Sifat Sharmin, Aaron Diker, Wen Kwang Lim, Andrea B Maier

Journal article  |  2020  |  Clinical Gerontologist

Objectives: Over the lifespan cumulative changes to the brain lead to cognitive decline and eventually to dementia in 20-25% of ad..

Early clinical markers of aggressive multiple sclerosis

Charles B Malpas, Ali Manouchehrinia, Sifat Sharmin, Izanne Roos, Dana Horakova, Eva Kubala Havrdova, Maria Trojano, Guillermo Izquierdo, Sara Eichau, Roberto Bergamaschi, Patrizia Sola, Diana Ferraro, Alessandra Lugaresi, Alexandre Prat, Marc Girard, Pierre Duquette, Pierre Grammond, Francois Grand'Maison, Serkan Ozakbas, Vincent Van Pesch, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Brain

Patients with the 'aggressive' form of multiple sclerosis accrue disability at an accelerated rate, typically reaching Expanded Di..

The histopathological staging of tau, but not amyloid, corresponds to antemortem cognitive status, dementia stage, functional abilities and neuropsychiatric symptoms

Charles B Malpas, Sifat Sharmin, Tomas Kalincik

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Neuroscience

Purpose: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterised by two cardinal pathologies, namely the extracellular accumulation amyloid-rela..

Timing of high-efficacy therapy for multiple sclerosis: a retrospective observational cohort study

Anna He, Bernd Merkel, James William L Brown, Lana Zhovits Ryerson, Ilya Kister, Charles B Malpas, Sifat Sharmin, Dana Horakova, Eva Kubala Havrdova, Tim Spelman, Guillermo Izquierdo, Sara Eichau, Maria Trojano, Alessandra Lugaresi, Raymond Hupperts, Patrizia Sola, Diana Ferraro, Jan Lycke, Francois Grand'Maison, Alexandre Prat, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Lancet Neurology

BACKGROUND: High-efficacy therapies in multiple sclerosis are traditionally used after unsuccessful treatment with first-line dise..

The histopathological staging of tau, but not amyloid, corresponds to antemortem cognitive status, dementia stage, functional abilities, and neuropsychiatric symptoms

Charles Malpas, Sifat Sharmin, Tomas Kalincik

Journal article  |  2019

Abstract Objective Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterised by two cardinal pathologies, namely the extracellular accumulation am..

Orthostatic hypotension and cognition in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Rebecca Iseli, Truc Vo Nguyen Vi, Sifat Sharmin, Esmee M Reijnierse, Wen Kwang Lim, Andrea B Maier

Journal article  |  2019  |  Experimental Gerontology

Orthostatic Hypotension and Falls in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Arjen Mol, Thanh Silvie Bui Hoang Phuong, Sifat Sharmin, Esmee M Reijnierse, Richard JA van Wezel, Carel GM Meskers, Andrea B Maier

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION

Geostatistical mapping of the seasonal spread of under-reported dengue cases in Bangladesh

Sifat Sharmin, Kathryn Glass, Elvina Viennet, David Harley

Journal article  |  2018  |  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Comparing indigenous mortality across urban, rural and very remote areas: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Edward Carson, Sifat Sharmin, Andrea B Maier, Johannes J Meij

Journal article  |  2018  |  International Health

Orthostatic hypotension and its association with cognitive impairment in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Iseli, Vi Nguyen, E Reijnierse, S Sharmin, K Lim, A Maier

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING

A Bayesian approach for estimating under-reported dengue incidence with a focus on non-linear associations between climate and dengue in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Sifat Sharmin, Kathryn Glass, Elvina Viennet, David Harley

Journal article  |  2018  |  Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Determining the relation between climate and dengue incidence is challenging due to under-reporting of disease and consequent bias..

The emergence of dengue in Bangladesh: epidemiology, challenges and future disease risk.

Sifat Sharmin, Elvina Viennet, Kathryn Glass, David Harley

Journal article  |  2015  |  Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Dengue occurred sporadically in Bangladesh from 1964 until a large epidemic in 2000 established the virus. We trace dengue from th..

A stochastic model for early identification of infectious disease epidemics with application to measles cases in Bangladesh.

Sifat Sharmin, Md Israt Rayhan

Journal article  |  2015  |  Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health

In this article, a stochastic modeling approach was employed for the detection of epidemics in advance that was based on a negativ..

Interaction of Mean Temperature and Daily Fluctuation Influences Dengue Incidence in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Sifat Sharmin, Kathryn Glass, Elvina Viennet, David Harley

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Local weather influences the transmission of the dengue virus. Most studies analyzing the relationship between dengue and climate ..

Profile: the Chakaria Health and Demographic Surveillance System.

Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi, Abdullah Al Mamun, Ashish Paul, Sharif Al Hasan, Shahidul Hoque, Sifat Sharmin, Farhana Urni, Imran Reza Khan, Shehrin Shaila Mahmood, Sabrina Rasheed, Mohammad Iqbal, Ariful Moula, Mijanur Rahman, Abbas Bhuiya

Journal article  |  2012  |  International Journal of Epidemiology

Chakaria Health and Demographic Surveillance System (CHDSS), located on the south-eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal, was establis..

Spatio-temporal modeling of infectious disease dynamics

S Sharmin, MI Rayhan

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Applied Statistics

Modelling of infectious diseases for providing signal of epidemics: a measles case study in Bangladesh.

Sifat Sharmin, Israt Rayhan

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

The detection of unusual patterns in the occurrence of diseases is an important challenge to health workers interested in early id..