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Faculty Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences Parasitology Faculty Members Dr. Tilak Chandra Nath

Dr. Tilak Chandra Nath

Associate Professor

Postdoc, Ph.D., MPH, MSc, DVM

Research interests: Helminths Bioinformatics, Taxonomy, Molecular Parasitology, One Health, Implementation Research

tilak.parasitology@sau.ac.bd

tilak1986.dvm@gmail.com
+8801917379549
Dept. of Parasitology

Publication Profile

  • Health research mentorship in low-income and middle-income countries: a global qualitative evidence synthesis of data from a crowdsourcing open call and scoping review. Kpokiri, E. E., Nath, T. C., J., Kaba, M., Abdissa, A., Tucker, J. D. BMJ Global Health, 9(1), e011166. 2024.
  • The first human case of rhabditiasis in Bangladesh. Nath, T.C., Bhuiyan, J.U. IDCases. e01907. 2023.
  • Morpho-molecular investigation of ectoparasitic infestation of companion animals in Sylhet city, Bangladesh. Nyema, J., Nath, T.C., Bhuiyan, M.J.U., Lee, D. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 47, 100953. 2024.
  • Molecular evidence of hookworms in the public environment of Bangladesh. Nath, T.C., Eom, K.S., Choe, S. et al. - Scientific Reports 13, 133 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26813-8
  • Insights to helminth infections in food and companion animals in Bangladesh: Occurrence and risk profiling. Nath TC, Eom KS, Choe S, Bia MM, Kang Y, Kim S, Islam S, Saha E, Park H, Lee D. Parasite Epidemiology and Control. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2022.e00245
  • Perceptions and practices of urban slum-dwelling women concerning soil-transmitted helminths infections in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study. Mukutmoni M, Liza FT, Parvin RA, Nath TC. 2023- Parasite Epidemiology and Control 2023; e00291.
  • Rahman, R., Nyema, J., Islam, K. M., Nath, T. C., Islam, S. 2023. An Update on Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infection in Captive Wild Animals in Bangladesh. Journal of Parasitology Research, 2023, 3692471.
  • An update of intestinal helminth infections among urban slum communities in Bangladesh. Nath TC, Eom KS, Choe S, Bia MM, Kang Y, Kim S, Islam S, Saha E, Park H, Lee D. IJID Regions 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.08.004) (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772707622000984)
  • Insights to geohelminths contamination in Bangladesh: feasibility of a modified diagnostic method and prevalence study. Nath TC, Lee D, Park H, Islam S, Sabuj SS, Hossain A, Ndosi BA, Kang Y, Bia MM, Kim S, Choe S, Eom KS. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021; 110:449-456 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.08.006
  • Current Status of Fasciolosis of Goat in Sylhet, Bangladesh: An Integrated Morphomolecular Study. Shykat, C.A., Islam S., Ahmed F, Islam K.M., Bhuiyan J.U., Nath T.C. Journal of Parasitology Research. Hindawi. Volume 2022, Article ID 6159388. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/6159388
  • Morphometrical and Molecular Characterization of Oesophagostomum columbianum (Chabertiidae: Oesophagostominae) and Haemonchus contortus (Trichostrongylidae: Haemonchinae) Isolated from Goat (Capra hircus) in Sylhet, Bangladesh Nath TC, Lee D, Park H, Bhuiyan MJU, Islam KM, Mohanto UK, Choe S, Jeon HY, Eom KS. (2021) Hindawi-Journal of Parasitology Research Volume 2021, Article ID 8863283
  • Feasibility of community-based health education intervention to control non-communication diseases in Bangladesh: An implementation research. Clinica Chimica Acta, 2022;530(1):S373. Nath, T.C., Islam, S., Nag, K., Das, S. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2022.04.952.
  • Barriers and gaps in utilization and coverage of mass drug administration program against soil-transmitted helminth infection in Bangladesh: An implementation research Nath TC, RS Padmawati, EH Murhandarwati. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2018 doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2018.10.002
  • Faunal diversity of ticks in animals and environment in eastern Bangladesh. Islam S, Al-Amin HA, Sazed SA, Islam KM, Bhuiyan MJU, Alam S, Nath TC. - Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 2022:100736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2022.100736
  • Integration of health education intervention to improve the compliance to mass drug administration for soil-transmitted helminths infection in Bangladesh: An implementation research. Nath TC, Adnan MA, Sultana N, Husna A, Park H, Lee D, Choe S, Jeon HY, Eom KS. (2020) Parasite Epidemiology and Control, e00165. doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2020.e00165.
  • Prevalence of gastro-intestinal parasites of calves in Mirsarai Upazilla of Chittagong district of Bangladesh Nath TC, MJU Bhuiyan, MS Alam - Bangladesh Journal of Animal Science, 2013
  • Insight into One Health Approach: Endoparasite Infections in Captive Wildlife in Bangladesh. Pathogens. Nath TC, Eom KS, Choe S, Hm S, Islam S, Ndosi BA, Kang Y, Bia MM, Kim S, Eamudomkarn C, Jeon H-K, Park H, Lee D. Pathogens. 2021; 10(2):250. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10020250
  • Implementation research: The implementation of mass drug administration for the elimination of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Bangladesh. Nath TC, Bhuiyan, J., Park, H., Lee, D., Jeon, H., & Eom, K. S. (2020). SAGE Research Methods Cases. 10.4135/9781529743845
  • Mitochondrial Genome of Spirometra theileri Compared with Other Spirometra Species. Ndosi BA, Park H, Lee D, Choe S, Tilak Chandra Nath, Eamudomkarn C, Jeon HK, Eom KS. (2021). The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2021;59(2):139-148. doi: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2021.59.2.139
  • Identity of Spirometra theileri from a Leopard (Panthera pardus) and Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in Tanzania. Jeon, H., Nath, T. C., Park, H., Lee, D., & Eom, K. S. Korean J Parasitol Vol. 57, No. 6: 639-645, December 2019 doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2019.57.6.639
  • Genotypes of Echinococcus Species from Cattle in Tanzania Bia MM, Choe S, Ndosi BA, Tilak Chandra Nath, Park H, Eamudomkarn C, Jeon HK, Lee D, Eom KS. (2021). The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2021;59(5):457-64. doi: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2021.59.5.457
  • Elimination of soil-transmitted helminthiasis infection in Bangladesh: knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding mass drug administration. Journal go Global Health. 2018. Nath TC, RS Padmawati, EH Murhandarwati. https://doi.org/10.29392/joghr.2.e2018017.
  • Morphological and Molecular Identification of Spirometra Tapeworms (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) from Carnivorous Mammals in the Serengeti and Selous Ecosystems of Tanzania The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2020;58(6):653-660. doi: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2020.58.6.653
  • First Infestation Case of Sarcoptic Mange from a Pet Rabbit Oryctolagus Cuniculusin Republic of Korea. Choe S, Kim S, Nath TC, Ndosi BA, Lee D, Park H, Eamudomkarn C, Jeon HK, Eom KS. (2020). Korean J Parasitol. 58 (3): 315-319. doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2020.58.3.315
  • Morphometrical and Molecular Characterization of Oesophagostomum columbianum (Chabertiidae: Oesophagostominae) and Haemonchus contortus (Trichostrongylidae: Haemonchinae) Isolated from Goat (Capra hircus) in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Tilak Chandra Nath, Park H, Lee D, Choe S, Jeon HY, Eom KS (2020).- Journal of Parasitology Research.
  • Prospects and problems of implementation research on soil transmitted helminthes (STHs) infection in Bangladesh Nath TC. Berita Kedokteran Masyarakat. 2018. 34 (5), 217-220
  • Identification of Taphrobothrium japonense Luhe, 1899. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10890.70083
  • Common infectious diseases of goats in Chittagong district of Bangladesh Nath TC, MJU Bhuiyan, MA Mamun, R Datta… - Int. J. Sci. Res. Agric. Sci, 2014
  • Cross sectional epidemiological investigation on the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites of small ruminants in Sullah Upazilla of Sunamgonj District M Hossain, MJ Bhuiyan, MS Alam, KM Islam, TC Nath… - Bangladesh. J. Adv. Parasitol, 2015
  • Haemoprotozoa infection of domestic birds in hilly Areas of Bangladesh TC Nath, MJU Bhuiyan - Independent Journal of Management & Production, 2017
  • A study on the presence of leucocytozoonosis in pigeon and chicken of hilly districts of Bangladesh TC Nath, MJU Bhuiyan, MS Alam - Biol Sci Pharmacol Res, 2014

Citation indices

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  • orcid.org/0000-0001-8260-0728
  • Scopus: 57204436018
  • https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1234730/bio
  • https://www.mendeley.com/profiles/tilak-chandra-nath/
  • https://sciprofiles.com/profile/194920
  • https://scholar.google.co.kr/citations?user=bJsu_bUAAAAJ&hl=ko
  • https://theglobalacademy.ac/sylhet-agricultural-university/dr-tilak-chandra-nath/

Peer Reviewed Selected Articles

  • Health research mentorship in low-income and middle-income countries: a global qualitative evidence synthesis of data from a crowdsourcing open call and scoping review. Kpokiri, E. E., Nath, T. C., J., Kaba, M., Abdissa, A., Tucker, J. D. BMJ Global Health, 9(1), e011166. 2024.
  • Molecular evidence of hookworms in the public environment of Bangladesh. Nath, T.C., Eom, K.S., Choe, S. et al. - Scientific Reports 13, 133 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26813-8
  • The first human case of rhabditiasis in Bangladesh. Nath, T.C., Bhuiyan, J.U. IDCases. e01907. 2023.
  • Morpho-molecular investigation of ectoparasitic infestation of companion animals in Sylhet city, Bangladesh. Nyema, J., Nath, T.C., Bhuiyan, M.J.U., Lee, D. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 47, 100953. 2024.
  • Rahman, R., Nyema, J., Islam, K. M., Nath, T. C., Islam, S. 2023. An Update on Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infection in Captive Wild Animals in Bangladesh. Journal of Parasitology Research, 2023, 3692471.
  • Perceptions and practices of urban slum-dwelling women concerning soil-transmitted helminths infections in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study. Mukutmoni M, Liza FT, Parvin RA, Nath TC. 2023- Parasite Epidemiology and Control 2023; e00291.
  • Insights to geohelminths contamination in Bangladesh: feasibility of a modified diagnostic method and prevalence study. TC Nath, Lee D, Park H, Islam S, Sabuj SS, Hossain A, Ndosi BA, Kang Y, Bia MM, Kim S, Choe S, Eom KS. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021; 110:449-456 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.08.006
  • Barriers and gaps in utilization and coverage of mass drug administration program against soil-transmitted helminth infection in Bangladesh: An implementation research TC Nath, RS Padmawati, EH Murhandarwati . Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2018 PMID: 30385237 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.10.002
  • An update of intestinal helminth infections among urban slum communities in Bangladesh. Nath TC, Eom KS, Choe S, Bia MM, Kang Y, Kim S, Islam S, Saha E, Park H, Lee D. IJID Regions 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.08.004) (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772707622000984)
  • Faunal diversity of ticks in animals and environment in eastern Bangladesh. Islam S, Al-Amin HA, Sazed SA, Islam KM, Bhuiyan MJU, Alam S, Nath TC. - Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports, 2022:100736.
  • Current Status of Fasciolosis of Goat in Sylhet, Bangladesh: An Integrated Morphomolecular Study. Shykat, C.A., Islam S., Ahmed F, Islam K.M., Bhuiyan J.U., Nath T.C. Journal of Parasitology Research. Hindawi. Volume 2022, Article ID 6159388. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/6159388
  • Integration of health education intervention to improve the compliance to mass drug administration for soil-transmitted helminths infection in Bangladesh: An implementation research. Tilak Chandra Nath, Adnan MA, Sultana N, Husna A, Park H, Lee D, Choe S, Jeon HY, Eom KS. (2020). Parasite Epidemiology and Control, e00165. DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2020.e00165.
  • Insights to helminth infections in food and companion animals in Bangladesh: Occurrence and risk profiling. Tilak Chandra Nath, Eom KS, Choe S, Bia MM, Kang Y, Kim S, Islam S, Saha E, Park H, Lee D (2022) Parasite Epidemiology and Control. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2022.e00245
  • Morphometrical and Molecular Characterization of Oesophagostomum columbianum (Chabertiidae: Oesophagostominae) and Haemonchus contortus (Trichostrongylidae: Haemonchinae) Isolated from Goat (Capra hircus) in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Tilak Chandra Nath, Lee D, Park H, Bhuiyan MJU, Islam KM, Mohanto UK, Choe S, Jeon HY, Eom KS. (2021) Hindawi-Journal of Parasitology Research Volume 2021, Article ID 8863283 https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8863283
  • Insight into One Health Approach: Endoparasite Infections in Captive Wildlife in Bangladesh. Nath TC, Eom KS, Choe S, Hm S, Islam S, Ndosi BA, Kang Y, Bia MM, Kim S, Eamudomkarn C, Jeon H-K, Park H, Lee D. Pathogens. 2021; 10(2):250. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10020250
  • Identity of Spirometra theileri from a Leopard (Panthera pardus) and Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in Tanzania. Jeon, H., Nath, T., Park, H., Lee, D., & Eom, K. S. (2019). Korean J Parasitol Vol. 57, No. 6: 639-645, December 2019. PMCID: PMC6960250 DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2019.57.6.639
  • Elimination of soil-transmitted helminthiasis infection in Bangladesh: knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding mass drug administration TC Nath, RS Padmawati, MS Alam, S Das. Journal of Global Health Reports, 2018 DOI: 10.29392/JOGHR.2.E2018001 Corpus ID: 116447891
  • Mitochondrial Genome of Spirometra theileri Compared with Other Spirometra Species. Ndosi BA, Park H, Lee D, Choe S, Tilak Chandra Nath, Eamudomkarn C, Jeon HK, Eom KS. (2021). The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2021;59(2):139-148. doi: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2021.59.2.139
  • Elimination of soil-transmitted helminthiasis infection in Bangladesh: knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding mass drug administration. Journal go Global Health. 2018. https://doi.org/10.29392/joghr.2.e2018017. Nath TC, RS Padmawati, MS Alam, S Das
  • First Infestation Case of Sarcoptic Mange from a Pet Rabbit Oryctolagus Cuniculusin Republic of Korea. Choe S, Kim S, Tilak Chandra Nath, Ndosi BA, Lee D, Park H, Eamudomkarn C, Jeon HK, Eom KS. (2020). Korean J Parasitol. 58 (3): 315-319. PMID: 32615745; doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2020.58.3.315
  • Implementation research: The implementation of mass drug administration for the elimination of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Bangladesh. Nath, T., Bhuiyan, J., Park, H., Lee, D., Jeon, H., & Eom, K. S. (2020). SAGE Research Methods Cases. DOI: 10.4135/9781529743845

Articles (Other)

  • Kpokiri, E., Kaba, M., Abdissa, A., Nath, T.C., Tucker, J., et al. Health research mentorship in low- and middle-income countries (HERMES): a TDR Global practical guide to spur mentorship institutionalization. Geneva: World Health Organization. 2022.
  • Nath T.C., Alam, M.S. Manual on Laboratory Diagnosis of Malaria. Department of Parasitology. SAU. 2023.
  • Nath T.C. A letter to my mentor. CBNU Press. 2023

Proceeding Papers

  • Taeniasis in Bangladesh: current situation and future perspectives. TaRG Symposium 2022, Denmark. Invited Speaker.
  • DYNAMICS OF HELMINTHS IN HUMANS, ANIMALS, AND ENVIRONMENT IN BANGLADESH. ICOPA 2022, Denmark. Invited Speaker.
  • What does the incidence of helminthiasis diagnosis tell us about underlying incidence and progress toward elimination? ICTMM 2020, Thailand. Invited Speaker.
  • PARANOMICS: Discovering Economy and Developing Parasite Biobank in Bangladesh. ISPR 2022, Korea. Invited Speaker.
  • Coprological investigation of gastrointestinal parasites in captive Asiatic black bears (Ursus tibetans) from three bile farms in South Korea. 15th Society of Conservation Medicine, Thailand.

Conference Proceedings

  • Talk; Field sampling of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for correlated morphological and parasitological studies in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh. 4th International Symposium on Parasite Resource (ISPR2023); Cheongju, Korea; 23-25 October 2023.
  • Talk; The first human case of rhabditiasis in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Society of Parasitologists Congress (BSP2023); Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh; 12-14 October 2023.
  • Talk; Molecular proof of Ancylostoma and Strongyloides species in humans and dogs in Bangladesh; Molecular Helminthology; University Wisconsin Madison, USA; 26-29 June 2023.
  • Talk; Paranomics: Discovering Economy and Developing Parasite Biobank in Bangladesh; BCSIR Congress 2022; Dhaka, Bangladesh; 8-10 March 2023.
  • Talk; Ancylostoma ceylanicum in Bangladesh: a neglected zoonosis; Bangladesh Society of Zoology Conference, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; 28-29 January 2023.
  • Talk; Towards eliminating soil-transmitted helminthiases in Bangladesh: risk profiling and performance evaluation of diagnostic methods. 20th International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria (ICTMM2022); Bangkok, Thailand; 24-28 October 2022.
  • Talk; Dynamics of helminthic infections in epidemic and epizootic systems of Bangladesh. 15th International Congress on Parasitology (ICOPA2022); Copenhagen, Denmark; 21-26 August 2022.
  • Talk; Taeniasis in Bangladesh: current situation and future perspectives. 3rd Taenia asiatica Research Group (TaRG2022) Symposium, Denmark; 20 August 2022.
  • Talk; Health research mentorship in low- and middle-income countries-Bangladesh Perspectives; AHRI and TDR Global Research Mentorship Conference 2022; Armauer Hassen Research Institute (AHRI), Ethiopia; 23-24 June 2022.
  • Talk; Elimination of soil-transmitted helminthiasis infection in Bangladesh: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding mass drug administration; Korean Congress of Parasitology (KCP-2021); Seoul, Korea; 26-29 August 2021.
  • Talk; Occurrence and Risk Profiling of Intestinal Helminths Infection: Investigating Bangladesh Situation; The 2nd International Conference on Parasitology-2021, Khon Kaen University, Thailand; 3-4 August 2021.
  • Poster; Agriostomum eomi n. sp (Nematoda: Ancylostomatidae) isolated from Black Bengal goat; Korean Congress of Parasitology (KCP-2021), Korea; 22-25 September 2020.
  • Poster; Morphometric and Molecular Characterization of Oesophagostomum columbianum and Haemonchus contortus in Sylhet, Bangladesh. International Conference of the Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (KSMCB-2020); Jeju, Korea. 22-25 June, 2020.
  • Talk; One Health Approach: A Proposed Framework for Combating Parasitic Diseases in Poor Resource Setting; 38th European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases Meeting (ESPID2020); 26-29 October 2020.
  • Poster; Elimination of soil-transmitted helminthiasis infection in Bangladesh: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding mass drug administration; International Workshop on Social Determinant of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam; 15-18 December, 2019.
  • Poster; Prospects and problems of implementation research on soil transmitted helminthes infection in Bangladesh. International Conference on Health Science (ICHS2017), Yogyakarta, Indonesia; 3-4 April 2017.

Books

  • A TDR Global practical guide to spur mentorship institutionalization Health research mentorship in low-and middle-income countries (HERMES) Publisher: World Health Organization ISBN: 978-92-4-005867-5; 978-92-4-005868-2
  • Implementation research: The implementation of mass drug administration for the elimination of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Bangladesh. Published by: SAGE Research Methods Cases. doi:10.4135/9781529743845
  • Manual on Laboratory Diagnosis of Malaria. Publisher: AMMnet, 2023.