Mudassar Hussain

A Massive Cholera Outbreak in Shaheed Benazir Abad, Sindh, Pakistan

Sandeep Mehraj, Gordhan Dass, Mudassar Hussain, Amir Baig, Naveed Masood Memon, Aurangzeb Sand, Sohail Ahemd Memon, Mukhtiyar Channa & Hussian Jhatiyal · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2022

Background: A team of Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training fellows were deputed to investigate the cholera outbreak reported from Village Laiq Rahoo Taluka Daulat Pur of district Shaheed Benazir Abad on 14 June 2016 after reporting of 56 diarrheal cases from the district. M...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijtdh/2022/v43i930611

Optimization of Conditions for Biosorption of Chromium and Cadmium by Shell of Anodontoides ferussacianus

Suleman Shahzad, Atif Yaqub, Nazish Mazhar Ali, Mudassar Hussain, Usman Ahmad & Noman Shahzad · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2016

The biosorption of chromium [Cr (VI)] and cadmium [Cd (II)] ions using dead biomass of bivalve mollusk shell, Anodontoides ferussacianus was studied. Effect of various physico-chemical parameters was determined. Optimum pH was 4, temperature was 30°C, biosorbent concentration was...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JABB/2016/25229

Molecular Identification and Characterization of Heavy Metal Resistant Bacteria and Their Role in Bioremediation of Chromium

Nusrat Jahan, Muhammad Idrees, Muhammad Tariq Zahid, Nazish Mazhar Ali & Mudassar Hussain · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

In this study two bacterial strains Bacillus thuringiensis (Cr-S1) and Bacillus pumilus (Cr-S2) were isolated on Cr+6 enriched nutrient agar plates at the concentration of 100 µg/ml. Minimum inhibitory concentration of chromium for Cr-S1 was 500 µg/ml while for Cr-S2 was 400 µg/m...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22909