• ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY CENTRE
• CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE
• CARDIOVASCULAR, DIABETES AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE
• ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE
• INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE
• MEDICAL RESEARCH RESOURCE CENTRE

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY CENTRE

Gan SC (2001). Use of phenolic glycolipid immunoassay in epidemiological studies for the control of Mycobacterium leprae infection. M'sian J. Dermatology 14:17-22.

CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE

Haematology Unit

Chin YM, Wang L, Thilagavathi S, Kamariah MN, Maimonah R, Noraliza N, Norazihan AA, Zubaidah Z (2001). Chromosome aberrations in Down Syndrome & Patau Syndrome. Med J Malaysia 56 (Suppl B): 109.

Molecular Pathology Unit

 Balraj P, Khoo ASB, Volpi L, Tan JAMA, Nair S, Abdullah H (2001). Mutation analysis of the BRCA1 gene in Malaysian breast cancer patients. Singapore Med J 43(4): 194-197.

 Lee LN, Lim PKC, Navaratnam, Mak JW (2000). Evaluation of murine immune responses elicited by a plasmid encoding the Toxoplasma gondii SAG1 gene delivered by various routes. IMR J 4 (2): 103-110. (Issue published in 2001)

 Ng BK, Lim PKC, Tan CS (2000). Expression of Plasmodium falciparum plasmepsin I in Eschereria coli and Pichia pastoris . IMR J 4 (2): 111-114. (Issue published in 2001).

Munirah A., Choy YS. Et al (2001). Dilated cardiomyopathy in 2 infants with Prader Willi Syndrome and cytogenetically visible microdeletion of 15q11-q14. Am J Hum Genet 69(4): S 283

Lim PKC, Mak JW, Yong HS (2001). Characterisation of antigens from Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium cynomolgi reacting with sera of Malaysian Orang Asli living in malaria endemic areas. Int Med Res J 5: 3742

Ooi Ss, Mak JW, Ngah Z, Lim PKC (2001). Interleukin-10 and immune response in mice infected with the cyst strain of Toxoplasma gondii. Int Med Res J 5(2): 91-96

Stomatology Unit

 Tan BS, Ng KH, Esa R (2001). Health Beliefs in Oral Cancer: Malaysian Estate Indian Scenario. Patient Educ Couns 42(3): 205-11.

CARDIOVASCULAR, DIABETES AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE

Endocrinology Unit

Khalid BAK, Nazaimoon WM, Ismail IS (2001). The spread of diabetes mellitus in South-East Asia. JAFES 19: 14-19.

Ismail IS, Wan Nazaimoon WM, Wan Mohamad, Letchumanan R, Singaraveloo M, Hew FL, Shuguna C, Khalid BAK (2001). Ethnicity and glycaemic control are major determinants of diabetic dyslipidaemia in Malaysia. Diabetes Med 18: 501–508.

Wan Nazaimoon WM, Siaw FS, Sheriff IH, Faridah I, Khalid BAK (2001). Serum creatinine kinase an adjunct biomedical index of subclinical thyrotoxicosis? A nn Clin Biochem 38: 57-58.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE

Nurul Izzah A, Ambu S (2001) Pencemaran sungai. Current Issues on Science and Technology , Malaysian Science Association, Petaling Jaya, pp 1-7.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE

 Acarology Unit

Mahakittikun V, Ho TM, Nochot H (2001). Cloth can protect against house dust mite. Siriraj Hospital Gazette 53:27-33.

 Mahakittikun V, Wongkamchai S, Mariana A, Vichyanond P. (2001). Killing mites with heat. Allergy 56(3): 262.

Bacteriology Unit

Norazah A, Koh YT, Rahmah A, Kamel AGM and Victor LKE (2001). Mupirocin resistance among Malaysian isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus . Internat J Antimicrob Agents 17(5): 411-414.

Norazah A, Liew SM, Koh YT, Kamel AGM and Victor LKE (2001). DNA fingerprinting of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE): comparison of strains from two Malaysian hospitals. Singapore Med J 42(1): 15-19.

Norazah A , Zainuldin MT, Kamel AGM, Kamaliah MN, Mohamad Taha A (2001). Detection of Vibrio cholerae 01 from aquatic environment. Med J Malaysia 56(1): 4-9.

Entomology Unit

Khadri Shahar M, Lee HL, Abu HA , Milkah SAR, Azahari AH (2001). Preliminary surveillance and positioning of phlebotomine sand flies breeding sites in Penang, Malaysia using global positioning system. Trop Biomed 18: 85-88.

Lee HL, Grace L, Tang AW, Nazni WA (2001). Development of a saliva based assay for the detection of acetylcholinesterase (AchE) in humans. Trop Biomed 18: 79-83.

Rohani A, Chu WL, Lee HL and Phang SM (2001). Effects of four chlorophytes on larval survival, development and adult body size of Aedes aegypti . Journal of Applied Phycology 13: 369-374.

Rohani A, Abdullah AG, Ong YF, Sadiyah I, Zamree I, Lee HL (2001). Survey of mosquito larvae distribution in container habitats collected from urban and rural areas in major towns of Malaysia . Trop Biomed 18:41-49.

Rohani A, Chu WL, Sadiyah I, Lee HL, Phang SM (2001). Insecticide resistance status of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus collected from urban and rural areas in major towns of Malaysia. Trop Biomed 18: 29-39.

Seleena P, Lee HL, Chiang YF (2001). Thermal application of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis for dengue vector control. J Vector Ecology 26: 110-113.

Vythilingam I, Keokenchan K, Phommakot S, Nambanya S, Inthakone S (2001). .Preliminary studies of Anopheles mosquitoes in eight provinces in Lao PDR. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth 32: 83-87.

Vythilingam I, Jeffery J, Mahadevan S (2001). Japanese encephalitis in Sepang: studies on juvenile mosquito population. Trop Biomed 18: 89-95.

 Parasitology Unit

Rahmah N, Taniawati S, Shenoy RR, Lim BH, Kumarawami V, Khairul Anuar A, Hakim SL, Noor Hayati MI, Chan BT, Suharni M and CP Ramachandran. (2001). Specificity and sensitivity of a

MEDICAL RESEARCH RESOURCE CENTRE

Epidemiology Unit

Mount A.W , Hanjeet K, U.D. Parashar, T.G. Ksiazek, Deborah Cannon, J. Arokiasamy, L.J Anderson, Lye M.S, and Nipah Virus Nosoclomial Study Group. Nosoclomial transmissibility of Nipah Virus. A cohort study of health care workers to assess nosoclomial transmissibility of Nipah Virus , Malaysia 1999. The Journal of Infectious Disease 2001;183;810-813