• DIRECTOR'S LABORATORY
• DEPARTMENT OF TROPICAL MEDICINE
• DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
• DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE
• DEPARTMENT OF SUPPORT SERVICES

DIRECTOR'S LABORATORY

Mohamed Kamel Abd. Ghani, Faridah HA, Norazah A, Noor Rain A , Hay J, Seal D. (2000). A case of waterborne contact lens assorciated Acanthamoeba keratitis from Malaysia: successful treatment with Chlorhexidine and Propamidine. Int Med J 1(7) : 63-65.

DEPARTMENT OF TROPICAL MEDICINE

Division of Bacteriology

Rohani MY, Raudzah A, Lau MG, Zaidatul AAR, Salbiah MN, Keah KC, Noraini A, Zainuldin T (2000). Susceptibility pattern of Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Malaysia hospitals. Int J Antimicrob Agent 13(3): 209-213.

 Tay ST, Ho TM, Rohani MY, Shamala D (2000). Antibody prevalence of Orientia tsutsugamushi , Rickettsia typhi , TT118 spotted fever group rickettsiae among febrile patients in rural areas of Malaysia. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med and Hyg 94: 280-284.

Division of Medical Entomology

Ee GCL, Lee HL, Taufig-Yap YH (2000). Sarawak plants as natural larvicides. Trop Biomed 17: 35-38.

Khadri Shahar M, Lee HL (2000). Field effectiveness of a gel bait formulation against domicilliary cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattidae, Blattelidae). Trop Biomed 17: 21-26

Nazni, WA, Kamaludin MY, Lee, HL T Rogayah, Sadiyah I (2000). Changes in non-specific esterases and glutathione - s - transferases levels in life stages of the house fly Musca domestica . Trop Biomed 17: 69-79.

Nazni, WA., Kamaludin MY., Lee HL., T Rogayah, TAR & Sa'diyah I (2000). Oxidase activity in relation to insecticide resistance in vectors of public health importance. Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 17(2): 69-79

Rohani A, Lokman Hakim S, Hassan AR, Chan ST, Ong YF, Abdullah AG, Lee HL (2000). Bionomics of Anopheles balabacensis Bais, the principal malaria vector in Ranau, Sabah. Trop Biomed 17: 31-38.

Vythilingam I, Chan ST, Eng KL, Chiang GL (2000). Mosquito fauna of the Aborigine resettlement in Pos Betau, Pahang, Malaysia. Trop Biomed 17 (1) 63-67

Vythilingam I, Achmad S, Nazni WA (2000). A comparative study to determine the efficacy of factory and laboratory impregnated bednets. Trop Biomed 17 (2): 87-91.

Zeti Azura M H, Ibrahim J, Alma A and Nazni W A (2000). Adulticidal Activity of the Methanol Extracts of Some Tunicate Species against Aedes aegypti and Anopheles maculatus. Pharmaceutical Biology 39(3):213-217

Division of Parasitology

Noradziah AKJ, Suraiya H, Malihan N, Hakim SL (2000). Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis. Malaysian J Dermatol 13: 43-46.

Division of Virology

Kobayashi N, Ravindran T, Sugimoto C, Oda K, Zainah S, Balasubramanaim V, Sinniah M, Igarashi A (1999). Type-3 Dengue Viruses Responsible for the Dengue Epidemic in Malaysia during the Period 1993 – 1994. Amer J Trop Med Hyg 60(6), 904-909 .

 Jahii EL, Bahaman LM, Sinniah M, Mutalib AR, Mohd-Azmi ML (1999). Occurrence of Human Leptospirosis in Malaysia: A Retrospective Study. J Trop Biomed 16: 1-5.

Saraswathy TS, Ng KP, Sinniah M. Human Immunodeficency Virus Type, Subtypes Among Malaysian Intravenous Users. Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Pub Hlth 31(2) : 283-286.

Sinniah M. Mosquito borne Viral Diseases. In: “Mosquitoes and mosquito – borne diseases” Ed: Ng FSP and Yong HS . Published by Academy of Sciences Malaysia, 2000.

Principles and Guide to Ethical Use of Laboratory Animals. Ed: Mangalam Sinniah & Fuzina Hussein. Prepared & Published by Animal Care and Use Committee, Ministry of Malaysia, 2000.

 Hospital Disinfection Policy 2001. Review and updated version was prepared in 2000 by the Disinfectant Review Subcommittee, KKM, chaired by Dr. Mangalam Sinniah. Ed: Mangalam Sinniah & Rohani Yassin

DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Division of Biochemistry

Stevenson D, Rashid BA, Shahtaheri

SJ. Immunoaffinity extraction. In: Solid Phase Extraction: Principles, Strategies and Applications Ed. N Simpson, 2000; Marcel Dekker, New York, Chapter 12, pp 349-360.

Division of Endocrinology

Ismail IS, Wan Nazaimoon WM, Wan Mohamad WB, Letchuman R, Singaraveloo M, Pendek R, Faridah I, Rasat R, Sheriff IH, Khalid BAK (2000). Sociodemographic determinants of glycemic control in young diabetic patients in Peninsular Malaysia. Diab Res Clin Prac 47 (1): 57 - 69.

Wan Nazaimoon WM, Nor Azmi K, Rasat R, Ismail IS, Singaraveloo M, Wan Mohamad WB, Letchuman R, Sheriff IH, Faridah I, Khalid BAK (2000). Autoimmune markers in young Malaysian patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus. Med J Malaysia 55: 318 - 323.

Division of Immunology

Gendeh BS, Shahnaz M, Azizah MR, Nasuruddin BA, Sani A, Khalid BAK. (2000) Skin Prick Test Reactivity to Foods In Adult Malaysians with Rhinitis. Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surg 122(5):758-62.

Gill HK, Ten SK, Dhaliwal JS, Tan SK, Roshida H, Yasmin A, Zubaidah Z, Nasuruddin BA, Yong ASM, Chang KM, Hishamshah I, Eni J, Purushotaman V, Ho CML (2000). The TEL-AML1 translocation in two paediatric cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Int Med Res J 4:55-61.

Ong BK, Rasadah MA, Ibrahim J, Dhaliwal JS, Nasuruddin A. (2000) Preliminary screening of Malaysian medicinal plants for platelet-activating factor receptor binding antagonist activity. J Trop Forest Products 5 (2): 197-203.

Shahnaz M. (2000) Skin Prick Test – In vivo diagnosis of allergy. Malaysian J Dermatol 13: 4-7.

 Shar M Mohamed, Abdul M. Ali, Mawardi R, Wiart C, Dhaliwal JS, Khatijah Y. (2000). Apoptotic and Necrotic cell death as manifestations in leukemic cells treated with methylgerambullin, a sulphone from Glycosmis claciola . J. Biochem Mol Biol Biophys 4: 253-262

Division of Molecular Pathology

Khoo ASB, Balraj P, Volpi L, Tan JAMA, Nair S (2000). A new BRCA1 germline mutation in a Malaysian breast cancer patient of Chinese descent. Hum Mut 15(5): 485.

 Lim PKC, Yamasaki H, Araki K, Radzan T, Tan SK, Chu TL, Ramlah M, Ngah Z, Mak JW, Cardosa MJ (1999). Immunodiagnosis of human toxocariasis using a recombinant fusion protein antigen: development and comparison of three formats. Int Med Res J 3(2): 67-72. (Issue published in 2000).

 Lim PKC (2000). Editorial: The Institute for Medical Research after 100 years. Southeast Asian J Trop Med and Pub Hlth 31 (4).

 Yamasaki H, Araki K, Lim PKC, Ngah Z, Mak JW, Radzan T, Aoki T (2000). Development of a highly specific recombinant Toxocara canis second-stage larve excretory secretory antigen for immunodiagnosis of human toxocariasis. J Clin Microb 38: 1409-1413.

Lee LN, Lim PKC, Navaratnam, Mak JW (2000). Evaluation of murine immune responses elicited by a plasmid encoding the Toxoplasma gondii SAG 1 gene delivered by various routes. Int Med Res J (2): 103-110.

Ng BK, Lim PKC, Tan CS (2000). Expression of Plasmodium falciparum plasmepsin I in Eschereria coli and Pichia pastoris. Int Med Res J 4(2): 111-114.

Division of Stomatology

Siar CH, Ng H (2000). Clinicopathological study of peripheral odontgoenic fibromas (WHO-type) in Malaysians (1967-95). Brit J Oral Mxillo Surg 38(1): 19-22.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE

Division of Epidemiology

Amal NM, Lye MS, Ksiazek TG et al . (2000). Risk factors for Nipah virus transmission in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia: results from a hospital-based case-control study. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth ; 31(2):301-6.

 Parashar UD, Lye MS, Mounts AW, et al . (2000). Case-control study of risk factors for human infection with a new zoonotic Paramyxovirus, Nipah virus, during a 1998-1999 outbreak of severe encephalitis in Malaysia. J Infec Dis ; 181: 1755-9.

Division of Human Nutrition

Khor GL, Voon PC, Tee ES, Hsu-Hage BH, Wahlqvist ML (2000). Cardiovascular risk

factors among Malaysian urban vegetarians. J Community Nutr 2(2): 110 -118.

Ng TKW, Khor GL, Tee E Siong ES and Normah H (2000). Nutritional assessment of rural villages and estates. Total blood cholesterol values in children, adolescents and adults. Asia Pacific J Clin Nutr 9(2):115-121.

Tee ES (2000). Labelling, nutrition and health claims: what's happening in

Southeast Asia Food Australia 52(6): 249-251.

DEPARTMENT OF SUPPORT SERVICES

Biotechnology Centre

Normaznah Y, Azizah MR, Saniah K, Sabiha P, Noor Rain A(2000). Anti Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 IgG, IgM and IgA antibodies in blood donors in Malaysia by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: establishment of reference values. Int Med J 7: 209-213.

Environmental Health Research Centre

Nurul Izzah A.; Ahmad FBH, Jamilah, B, Salmah Y. (2000) Screening of volatile flavour and off-flavour components in black tilapia ( O. mossambica ) cultured in ex-tin mines. Res J Chem Environ 4(3): 67-72.

Praphathip E, Yong HS, Ambu S. (2000). Immunoblot analysis of antigens against P. cantonensis. Japanese J Trop Med Hyg. 28(2): 155-119.

Division of Laboratory Animal Resources

Arseculeratne SN, Hussein FN, Atapattu DN, Pathmanathan R (2000) Failure to infect congenitally immunodeficient SCID and NUDE mice with Rhinosporidium sceberi . Med Mycology 38, 393-395.