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

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY CENTRE

Shanaz M, Gendeh Bs, Nasuruddin BA. Skin test reactivity to inhalant and food allergens in patients with allergic rhinitis. I MR J 5(2): 69-73 (Issue printed in 2002).

Shahnaz, M, Rosmilah M, Jainaludin M, Masita A, Noormalin A. Characterization of allergens of Scomberomus commerson (tenggiri/ Narrow- Barred Spanish Mackerel Proceedings Malaysian Science and Technology Congress 2002 , COSTAM-MOSTE, 12-14 December 2002, Kuching.

Masita A, Noormalin A, Rosmilah M, Gendeh BS, Abdullah Radzi. AH, Shahnaz, M. Skin test reactivity of food allergens in children with allergic disorder. Proceedings Malaysian Science and Technology Congress 2002 COSTAM-MOSTE, 12-14 December

CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE

Molecular Pathology Unit

Balraj P, Concannon P, Jamal R, Beghini A, Hoe TS, Khoo ASB, Volpi L (2002). An unusual mutation in RECQ4 gene leading to Rothmund-Thomson syndrome. Mutation Res 508 : 99-105

Choy YS, Raihana AK, Tan SK, Lim PKC, Ong LC (2002). Variable presentations and manifestations of MELAS syndrome. J Inherited Metabol Dis 25 (Suppl I): 82.

Lirn PKC, Mak JW, Yong HS (2001) . Characterisation of antigens from Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium cynomolgi reacting with sera of Malaysian Orang Ash living in malaria endernic areas. IMR J 5: 37-42 (Issue printed in 2002).

Balraj P, Khoo ASB, Volpi L, Tan JAMA, Nair S, Abdullah H (2002). Mutation analysis of the BRCAl gene in Malaysian breast cancer patients. Singapore Med J 43(4): 194-197.

CARDIOVASCULAR, DIABETES AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE

Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders Unit

Yeo CK, Hapizah MN, Khalid BAK, Wan Nazaimoon WM, Khalid Y (2002) New coronory risk factors: Is there a difference between diabetic patients with microalbuminuria compared to those without microalbuminuria? Med J Malaysia 57: 298 - 303.

Nawawi HM, Mujahir M, Kian YC,.Moharnud WMW, Yusoff K, Khalid BAK. Type of diabetes and waist-hip ratio are important determinants of serum lipoprotein (a) levels in diabetic patients. Diab Res Clin Prac 56, 3: 221 - 227.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE

Ambu S, Krishnasamy N, Barbinder S (2002). The incidence of parasites in a survey of various types of wastewater treatment ponds and their run-off. Part of an evaluation study  of environment and health in Semenyih Catchment, Selangor. Environmental Hlth Focus Vol.1 (I): 46-47

Mastura AB , Hasnah 0, Ambu S (2002). Evaluation of the Immuno Magnetic Separation Technique (IMS Technique) for Isolation of Crytosporidium ooeysts from seeded water samples. Environmental Hlth Focus Vol. 1 (l): 44-45

Nurul lzzah A, Ahinad FB, H Jamilah B, Salmah Y (2002). Contamination of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons in wild black tilapia (0. mossambica). (In) Dimension of pollution. J. Phys Sci 1: 149-157.

Sahani M, Bin Jalaludin, Azman, Ambu S (2002). Particulate air pollution (haze) due to thel997forestfiresandeffectsondeathsinMalaysia.IMRJ (2001);5(2):75-85.

Sithamparam S (2002) . Care of the Older Person in the Medical Curriculum - the Challenges. MedJMalaysia 57(SuppI E)

Zina OL, Ambu S (2002). Strategic Direction in Research: Trials, Tribulations and Successes in Linking Research and Change. Environmental Hlth Focus Vol. 1 (l): 22-27.

HERBAL MEDICINE RESEARCH CENTRE

Compendium of Medicinal Plants Used in Malaysia (2002) Ed. HMRC, IMR, Volume 1; 389 pp and Volume 2; 457 pp.

Bioassay Unit

Siti Najila MJ, Noor Rain A, Moharnad Kamel AG, Syed Zahir SI, Lokman Hakim S, Zakiah 1, Azizol AK and Khozirah S (2002). The screening of extracts from Goniothalamus scorthechinii, A ralidium pinnatifidium and Androgarphis paniculata for anti-plasmodial activity using the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assay. J Ethnopharmacology 82: 239 -242.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE

Director's Office

Alfizah H, Norazah A, Nordiah AJ, Lim VKE. DNA-fingerprinting of MRSA by PFGE in a teaching hospital in Malaysia . Med J Malaysia. 57 :319-28

Boo NY, Nordiah AJ, Alfizah H, Nor-Rohaini AH, Lim VKE (2001) Contamination of breast milk obtained by manual expression and breast pumps in mothers of very low birthweight infants. J Hospital Infection. 49(4):274-8 1.

Cheah FC. Lim VKE. Boo NY (2001) Clostridium tertium in cerebrospinal fluid of a premature neonate with necrotizing enterocolitis: contamination or real?. Acta Paediatrica. 90(6):704-5.

LimVKE(2002). Foodborne diseases in Malaysia.Med J Malaysia 57:1-2.

Lim VKE. (2002) Outbreak Response : Meeting the challenges of emerging infections. Med J Malaysia . 57 (Suppl D): 5 7.

Thong KL, Goh YL, Radu S, Noorzaleha S, Yasin R, Koh YT, Lim VKE, Rusul G,Puthucheary SD. (2002) Genetic Diversity of Clinical and Environmental Strains ofSalmonella enterica seotypr Weltevreden isolated in Malaysia . J Clin Microb 40 : 2498-503.

Acarology Unit

Diong CH & Ho TM. (2001). Note on the Scale Mite, Pterygosoma Neumanni (Acarina: Prostigmata: Pterygosomidae) from the Agarnid Lizard Host, Calotes versicolor. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49(2): 197-198 (Issue published in 2002).

Bacteriology Unit

A Norazah, V.K.E. Lim, Y.T. Koh, M.Y. Rohani, H. Zuridah, K. Spencer, P.P Ng, and A.G.M. Kamel. 2002. Molecular fingerprinting of fusidic acid- and rifampicin-resistant strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from Malaysian hospitals. J Med Microbiol ;51:1113-1116.

H Alfizah, A Norazah, AJ Nordiah, VKE Lim. 2002. DNA fingerprinting of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) in a teaching hospital in Malaysia. Med J Malaysia 57(3): 319-328.

Mohamed Kamel Abd Ghani, Sham Kasim, Karen Lai, Norazah Ahmad. 2002. Protozoan Infection amongst the Orang Asli (aborigines) community in Pangsoon, Malaysia. International Medical Journal 9(1): 7-10.

Tay ST and Rohani MY (2002). The use of the indirect iminurloperoxidase test for the serodiagnosis of rickettsial di sease s in malaysia . Southeast Asi a n J Tr o p Med Pub Hlth, 33 (2): 314-320.

Tay ST , Rohani MY, Ho TM, Devi S (2002). Virulence Of Malaysian Isolates Of Orientia Tsutsugamushi i n Mice. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth,33(3):565-569.

Tay ST , Rohani MY, He TM, Devi S (2002). Antigenic types of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Malaysia . Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth, 33(3): 557-564.

Tay ST , Rohani MY, Ho TM, Devi S (2002). Expression of Recombinant Proteins Of Orientia Tsutsugamushi And Their Applications In The Serodiagnosis Of Scrub Typhus. Diagnostic Microbial Infect Dis, 44: 137-142

Thong KW, Goh YL, Rohani MY, Lau MG, Passey M, Winston G, Yoannes M, Pang T, and. Reeder JC (2002). Increasing genetic diversity of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolated from Papua New Guinea over the period from 1992 to 1999. J Clin Microbial,  40(1l): 4156-4160.

Entomology Unit

Khadri, M.S., Lee, H.L., Abdullah, A.G., Azahari, A.H. and Abu Hassan, A. (2002). A first note on nuisance biting-midges Leptoconops spinosifrons (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) at sandy beaches in Malaysia . Tropical Biomedicine 19(1&2): 127-130.

Rohani, A., Chu, W.L., Zamree, I., Abdullah, A.G., Sadiyah, I. , Lee, H.L. & Phang, S.M. (2002). Microalgae associated with mosquito breeding grounds in Malaysia . Trop Biomed 19: 83-96.

Ee, G.C.L., Lim, C.K., Cheow, Y.L., Kamarulzaman , N.H. , Taufiq-Yap, Y.H., Ramli, I. & Lee, H.L. (2002). Potential larvicides from Malaysian plants. Trop Biomed 19: 79-82.

Vythilingain I. , Tan SB & Krishnasamy M. (2002). Susceptibility of Culex sitiens to Japanese encephalitis virus in peninsular Malaysia . Trap MedInternal Hlth 7: 539-540.

Zetty AM, Ibrahim Jantan, Awaludin A. and Nazni WA . (2002). Mosquito repellent activity of the mthanol extracts of some Ascidian species. Pharmaceutical Biology 40(5):358-361.

Parasitology Unit

Shamilah H, Lokman Hakim S, Noor Azian MY, Malkith K and Yusri MY (2001). Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in HIV positive and HIV negative patients using the IFAT method. Trop Med 18 (2):137-141.

Virology Unit

Hasebe F ' Parquet MC, Pandey BD, Mathenge EGM, Morita K, Balaubrainaniam V, Zainah S ' Apandi Y, Sinniah M, Natkunam S and Igarashi A (2002). Combined Detection and Genotyping of Chikungunya Virus by a Specific Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction. JMed Virol 67: 370-374.

MEDICAL RESEARCH RESOURCE CENTRE

Epidemiology Unit

Hanjeet K, Wan Rozita WM, Amal NM. Risk factors of cigarette smoking among secondary school adolescents in Kuala Lumpur . IMRJ 5(2): 59-63

Abu Bakar AM, Lokman HS, Amal NM, Anselm ST, Chan WH, Noraziah AR, Norliza I, B.P Nirmala. Nurul MO. Religious belief in relation to smoking : a cross sectional study among muslim males in the month of Ramadhan. Malaysian J Pub Health Med 2(2): 32-35

Dinesh S, Syed Aljunid, Sulong BS, Anthony BZ, Hussain H, Amal NM, Abu Bakar AA. Comparison of effectiveness of major trauma services provided by tertiary and secondary hospitals in Malaysia . J Trauma : Injury Infection Critical Care 53(3): 508-516

Fauziah MN, Anita S, Shaari N, Ahamad J, Pratapa Senan, Muhammad Amir K. HIV infection among fisherman in Trengganu. Malaysian J Pub Health Med 2(1) : 21-25

Biotechnology Unit

Azizah, MR., Ainol, SS., Kuak, SH., Kong, NCT., Normaznah, Y. and Rahim, (2001). Increased levels of Interleukin-10 reflect disease activity in patients with SLE. JTropMed 18(2): 131-136.

LaboratoryAnimal Resources Unit

Ridzwan BH, Fong YS, Hasniwati MH, Shaari B and Jalal KCA (2002) The effect of Morinda citrifolia on isolated rats., Pakistan J Biol Sci 5(10) : 1094-1097.

SPECIALIZED DIAGNOSTICS CENTRE

Biochemistry Unit

Choy YS, Pertiwi AKD, Zabedah Y, Nor Farizah I: Methylmalonic acidemia-associated birth defects and atypical presentations.-JInheritedMetab Dis. 25(2002) suppl.l. pp 47.