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- Research Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
- Email:anwarhuq@wam.umd.edu
Vitae
Education
University of Karachi M.S. 1973 Marine Zoology
University of Maryland Ph.D. 1984 Microbiology
Professional Experience
1995-Present Research Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology,
University of Maryland, College Park
1989-1995 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland
1987-1992 Head, Research Microbiology Branch of International Center for Diarrheal Disease
Research, Bangladesh, (ICDDR,B).
1986-1989 Head, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, ICDDR,B.
1987-1992 Associate Scientist, ICDDR,B.
1984-1987 Assistant Scientist and Manager, Laboratory Services Department, ICDDR,B.
1980-1984 Faculty Research Assistant, University of Maryland
1976-1980 Research Officer, ICDDR,B
1975-1976 Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins University, ICMRT.
Research Focus
Microbial ecology, environmental transmission of human pathogen particularly V.
cholerae and related organisms. Factors effecting their survival and multiplication in the
environment and detection of these pathogens when they occur in viable but nonculturable
state.
 | Selected Publications
 | Colwell, R.R., R. Seidler, J. Kaper, S.W. Joseph, S. Garges, H. Lockman, D.
Maneval, H. Bradford, N. Roberts, E. Remmers, I. Huq. 1981. Occurrence of V. cholerae
serotype 01 in Maryland and Louisiana Estuaries. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 41:555-558. |
| Huq, A., E.B. Small, P.A. West, M.I. Huq, R. Rahman, R.R. Colwell. Ecology of V.
Cholerae with special reference to planktonic crustacean copepods. App. Environ.
Microbiol. 48:420-424. |
| Huq, A. 1986. Vibrios in abundance: a growing genus. J. Diarrhoeal Dis. Res.
4(4):209-210. |
| Huq, A., R.R. Colwell, R. Rahman, A. Ali, M.A.R. Chowdhur, Salina Parveen, D.A.
Sack and E. Russek-Cohen. 1990. Occurrence of V. cholerae in the Aquatic Environment
Measured by Fluorescent Antibody and Culture Method. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:2370-73. |
| Colwell, R.R., J.A.K. Hasan, A. Huq, L. Loomis, Mark L. Tamplin, R.J. Seibling,
M.Torres, S. Galvez, S. Islam and D. Bernstein. 1992. Development and evaluation of a
rapid, simple and sensitive monoclonal antibody-based co-agglutination test for direct
detection of V. cholerae 01. FEMS Microbiol. Letters. 97:215-220. |
| Huq, A., J.A.K. Hasan, G. Losonsky and R.R. Colwell. 1994. Occurrence of
toxigenic V. cholerae 01 and V. chlorae non 01 in professional divers and dive sites in
the United States, Ukraine, and Russia. FEMS Microbiol. Letters. 120:137-142. |
| Huq, A., R.R. Colwell, M.A.R. Chowdhury, B.Xu, S.M. Moniruzzaman, M.S. Islam, M.
Yunus and M.J. Albert. 1995. Co-existence of V. chlorae 01 and 0139 Bengal in plankton in
Bangladesh. The Lancet. 345:1249. |
| Huq, A., and R.R. Colwell. 1995. Vibrios in marine and estuarine environment.
J.Mar. Biotechnol. 3:60-63. |
| Huq, A., and R.R. Colwell. 1996. Environmental factors associated with emergence
of disease: special reference to cholera. Eastern Mediterranean Hlt. J. Submitted. |
| Huq, A., and R.R. Colwell. 1995. Vibrios in the Environment: Tracking of Vibrio
cholerae. In Marine Ecosystem and Health. P.A. Epstein (ed.). Blackwell Scientific
Publications. Submitted
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Current and Pending Support
Current
Simple filtration procedures for the control and prevention of cholera. Funded
by: Thrasher Research Fund; total funding amount: $92,180. 1/1/94-6/30/96.
Molecular probes for detection for detection of infectious agents In Situ. Funded by:
Maryland Industrial Partnership; total funding amount: $71, 688. 2/1/94-3/31/96.
Studies on the utilization of some dairy wastes. Funded by: Egyptian Embassy; total
funding amount: $17,800. 3/1/94-3/31/96.
Isolation and characterization of bacterial strains for marine pharmaceuticals from corals
in the Red Seas in the United States. Funded by: NOAA/Sea Grant; total funding amount:
$49,950. 9/1/95-12/31/96.
Remote sensing and cholera outbreak. Funding by: NIH-NIAID; total funding: $36,750.
9/1/95-6/30/96.
Pending
Molecular microbial ecology of epidemic cholera vibrios. Funding requested: NIH;
total funding amount: $620,940. 7/1/96-6/30/99.
Clinical Environmental and molecular epidemiology of cholera. Funding requested: NIH;
total funding amount: $663,518. 7/1/96-6/30/2001.
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