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	DIRECTOR'S OFFICE Mohd Taha A, Zainab T, Lau D, Yeo P (1995). Survey of availability of iodine-enriched salt in Sarawak. Med J Mal 50:391-395. ACAROLOGY Ho TM, Shahnaz M, Radha K, Singaram SP (1995). Prevalence of allergy to some inhalants among rhinitis patients in Malaysia. Asian Pacific J Allergy Immunol 13:11-16. Ho TM, Tan BH, Salleh I, Mohd Kulaimi B (1995). Seasonal prevalance of air-borne pollen & spores in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Asian Pacific J Allergy Immunol 13:17-22. BACTERIOLOGY Arumugaswany RK, Rusul G, Abdul Hamid SN, Cheah CT (1995). Prevalence of Salmonella in raw and cooked foods in Malaysia. Food Microbiology 12:38. Keah KC, Jegathesan M, Tan SC, Chan SH, Chee OM, Cheong YM, Abu Bakar S (1995). Bacterial contamination of hospital disinfectants. Med J Mal 50(4):291 297. Koay AS, Tay ST, Cheong YM, Rohani MY (1995). Development and preliminary evaluation of an IgM dot-immunosorbing assay (IgM-DIA) for rapid serodiagnosis of scrub typhus infections. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth 26(2):350-353. Mohamed Kamel AG, Norazah A (1995). First case of Acanthamoeba keralitis in Malaysia. Trans Royal Soc Trop Med Hyg 89:652. Norazah A, Mazlah A, Cheong YM (1995). Laboratory acquired murine typhus A case report. Med J Mal 50(2):177179. Norazah A, Normaznah Y, Mohamed Kamel AG, Rohani MY (1995). Streptococcal impetigo among aboriginal children in Malaysia. Southeast Asian J Trop Med & Publ Hlth 26(4):803 804. Rahizan I, Rohani MY, Norazah A (1995). Enteric pathogens encountered in community acquired diarrhoeal illness in Malaysian patients over a 3 year period 1992 1994. Intl Med J 2(3):191 193. Rohani MY, Cheah CT, Jegathesan M (1995). Human Salmonellosis in Malaysia for the period 1989 July 1994. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Publ Hlth 26(3): 457 460. Rohani MY, Cheong YM, Mohd Rani J (1995). The use of adenosine deaminase activity as a biochemial marker for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. Mal J Pathol 17(2): 67 71. Tay ST, Devi S, Puthucheary SD (1995). Characterization of Campylobacter spp. by biotyping, serotyping and DNA probe in Malaysia. Sing Med J 36: 282-284. Tay ST, Cheong TM (1995). A review of the serological results obtained in a routine diagnostic laboratory for Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. Mal J Path 17(1): 35-38. Tay ST, Shamala D, Savithri DP, Ingrid MK (1995). Detection of haemolytic activity of campylobacters by agarose hemolysis and microplate assay. J Med Microbiol 42:175-180. Thong KL, Puthucheary S, Rohani MY, Sudarmono P, Padmidewi M, Soewandojo E, Handojo I, Sarasombath S, Pang T (1995). Analysis of Salmonella Typhi isolates from Southease Asia by pulsedfield gel electrophoresis. J Clin Microbiol 33(7):1938 1941. Yew OF, Cheong YM, Zaidatul AR, Thanaletchimy N (1995). Comparative study of a non-radiometric BACTEC system and a conventional blood culture system in a clinical microbiology laboratory. Mal J Path 17(1):11-16. BIOCHEMISTRY Kwan TK, Pertiwi AKD, Perumal R (1994). Intracellular distribution of some prenesolone metabolites in the rat testis. Proceedings of the 19th Conference of the Malaysian Biochemical Society pp 50-53. Noral'Ashikin Y, Zakiah I, Karimah HE, Siti Aishiah M (1995). High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for confirming thin-layer chromatography (TLC) findings in inborn errors of metabolism children in Malaysia. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth (Asia-Pacific Conference on Medical Genetics) ; 26 (Suppl 1):130-133 Zakiah I, Noral'Ashikin Y, Siti Aisiah M, Ismail H (1995). Inborn errors of metabolic diseases in Malaysia: A preliminary report of Maple Syrup Urine Disease for 1993. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth (Asia-Pacific Conference on Medical Genetics) ; 26 (Suppl 1):134-136. Norsiah MD, Zakiah I, Zoliana Beran (1995). The Malaysian experience in the typing of genetic variants of alpha-1- antitrypsin. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth (Asia-Pacific Conference on Medical Genetics) ; 26(Suppl 1): 311-314. Korina Rahmat, Zakiah I, Zawiah A, Haron Ahmad, Aminuddin BA, Mazlam MZ (1995). A case of isolated abdominal tuberculosis. Med J UKM 17 (1&2):55-59. BIOTECHNOLOGY Lim PKC, Kita K, Tan SK, Furuta T, Kojima S, Aoki T, Watanabe Y, Mak JW (1995). Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase III (COIII) gene of Plasmodium vivax . Jpn J Parasitol 44:40-43. Lokman Hakim S, Furuta T, Noor Rain A, Normaznah Y, Mohd Zamri MR, Kojima S, Mak JW (1995). Diagnosis of malaria using a plate hybridization method for the detection of polymerase chain reaction products. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg 89:271-272. Lokman Hakim S, Vythilingam I, Marzukhi MI, Mak JW (1995). Single-dose diethylcarbamazine in the control of periodic brugian filariasis in Peninsular Malaysia. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg 89:686-689. Mak JW (1995). Medicine in Malaysia: parasitic diseases. Med J Mal 50(Suppl A):S60-64. Mak JW (1995). Molecular approaches to the epidemiological study of diseases. Proc First National Pub Hlth Conf, 24-26 Jan 1995, Awana Golf & Country Resort, Genting Highlands , pp. 87-88. Mak JW. Malaria vaccines: current status. J Bioscience 6: 204-209. Mak JW, Choong MF, Sivanandam S, Ngah Z (1995). Chemotherapeutic effect of ivermectin against Sarcoptis scabiei var. canis infection in laboratory-bred rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus . Mal J Sci 16A:13-17. Mak JW, Ngah Z, Choong MF, Navaratnam V (1995). Chemotherapeutic effect of CGI 18041 against subperiodic Brugia malayi infection in Presbytis cristata . Trop Med Parasitol 46:6-8. Normaznah Y, Kalthum U, Saniah K, Salleh I (1995). Scabies among leprosy patients in the National Leprosy Control Centre, Sungei Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia. Trop Biomed 12:91-93. Saha N, Mak JW, Tay JSH, Liu Y, Tan MAJA, Low PS & Singh M (1995). Population genetic study among the Orang Asli (Semai Senoi) of Malaysia: Malayan Aborigines. Human Biol 67:37-47. CYTOLOGY Pillay B, Sivamohan N. ASCUS in PAP smears - a follow-up study of 106 cases. Med J Mal 51(2):279-281. ENDOCRINOLOGY Lopez JB, Thambyrajah V, Balasegaram M, Satgunasingam N (1994-95). Serum ferritin in hepatocellular carcinoma and benign liver diseases. Diagn Oncol 4:143-147. EPIDEMIOLOGY Abu Bakar S, Lye MS, Mathews A (1995). Advances in health in Malaysia. Med J Mal 50:S3-9. Amal Nasir M, Kamaruddin A (1995). Health and safety among policemen in Malaysia. In: KG Rampal, ed. Occupational Health and Safety in Malaysia, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, chapter 15. Amal Nasir M (1995). How parents in a rural area of Pekan district, Pahang perceive immunization. Med J Mal 50:198-200. Lye MS, Azizan Aiyub Ghazali, Jai Mohan, Narimah Alwin, RC Nair (1995). An outbreak of acute hepatic encephalopathy due to severe aflatoxicosis in Malaysia. Am J Trop Med Hyg 53(1):68-72. Teoh SL, Boo NY, Ong LC, Mav KN, Lye MS, Au MK (1995). Duration of oxygen therapy and exchange transfusion as risk factors associated with retinopathy of prematurity in very low birth weight infants. Eye 9:733-737. HAEMATOLOGY Aliza MY, Zubaidah Z (1995). Molecular study of a Malay Hb H-Constant Spring using PCR. Proceedings of the 7th National Biotechnology Seminar, Langkawi, 20-22 November 1995, pp 192-195. Roshidah I, Khalid H and Henry RG (1995). Coagulation services in hospitals in Malaysia - the present status. Malaysian J Pathol, 17(1):51. HUMAN NUTRITION Ismail MN, Wan Nudri WD and Zawiah H (1995) Daily energy intake, energy expenditure and activity patterns of selected Malaysian sportsmen. Mal J Nutr 1:141-149. Ng TKW (1995). Towards improved fat intake and nutrition for Malaysians. Mal J Nutr, 1(1):21-30. Ng TKW, Tee ES, Azriman R (1995). Rural communities in nutritional transition: emergence of obesity, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia as public health problems in three kampungs in Bagan Datoh, Perak. Mal J Nutr, 1:129-139. Ng TKW, Khoo KL, Gan SC, Zakiah I, Mohd Rusli, Liew MY (1995). Serum lipoprotein(a) in the assessment of coronary heart disease risk in Malaysians, In: Nutrition, Lipids, Health and Disease , Chapter 40. Ong ASH, Niki E, Packer L (eds.), AOCS Press, Champaign, Illinois: pp 360-365. Ong SH, Tee ES, Chee SS (1995). Nutritional implications of dietary oils and fats in developing countries. In: Nutrition, Lipids, Health, and Disease , Ong ASH, Niki E & Packer L (eds), AOCS Press, Illinois. pp. 306-316. Tee ES, Goh AH, Khor SC (1995). Carotenoid composition and content of legumes, tubers and roots. Mal J Nutr, 1:63-74. Tee ES, Khor SC (1995). Simultaneous determination of retinol, carotenoids and tocopherol in human serum by high pressure liquid chromatography. Mal J Nutr, 1:151-170. Tee ES (1995). The medical importance of vitamin A and carotenoids (with particular reference to developing countries) and their determination. Mal J Nutr, 1:179-230. Tee ES (1995). Changing dietary intake and food consumption in Malaysia: nutritional implications. Proceedings of the Symposium on Current Trends in Nutrition: An International Perspective, 7 April 1995, Kuala Lumpur; pp. 117-170. IMMUNOLOGY Nasuruddin BA. Ujian saringan HIV: Kepentingan dan Masalah yang Berkaitan Dengan Pelaksanaannya: Pascasidang, Persidangan Kebangsaan Mengenai Penerapan nilai-nilai Islam di dalam Usaha Menangani Wabak AIDS di Malaysia , pp 17-24. Nasuruddin BA. Bahaya-bahaya di dalam Makmal Biologi. Pascasidang Pengurusan dan Keselamatan Makmal Sains, Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia dan Universiti Sains Malaysia Shahnaz M. Skin Test Reactivity in Patients with Allergic Rhinitis. Proceedings of the 29th Malaysian-Singapore Congress of Medicine, 10-13 September, pp. 87 . Azizah MR. Prevalence of Type I Latex Allergy among rubber glove factory workers. J Islamic Med Assoc North America, 27:124 Dhaliwal JS. Reference ranges for lymphocyte subsets in a defined Malaysian population. Sing Med J 36:288-291. Dhaliwal JS. Significantly increased activated T cells associated with declining CD4 cells in HIV positive patients. Ann Acad Med Sing 4:785-788. Ho WF. Syphilis - The Resurging Problem. Proceedings of the 29th Malaysia-Singapore Congress of Medicine, 10-13 September , pp 275. INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION Lim PKC, Kita K, Tan SK, Furuta T, Kojima S, Aoki T, Watanabe Y, Mak JW (1995). Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase III (COIII) gene of Plasmodium vivax cds. DNA Data Bank of Japan , Accession Number D45369. MEDICAL ECOLOGY Ambu S, Mak JW, Ng AB, Chasangbong O. The identification of Parastrongylus malaysiensis by isoenzyme analysis. Trop Biome d 11:189-192. Inder Singh K, Vythilingam I, Ambu S (1995). Safe Handling of Pesticides. J Mal Soc Hlth 12:13-18. Inder Singh K, Ambu S, Krishnasamy M, Rosli R, Jeffery J (1995). Surveillance of fleas from small mammals from Kuala Lumpur. Trop Biomed 12:17-21. Krishnasamy M, Jeffery J, Inder Singh K, Oothuman P (1995). Raillietiella rileyi , a new species of pentastomid from the lung of the toad, Bufo melanostictus from Malaysia. Trop Biomed 12:31-38. Krishnasamy M, Inder Singh K, Ambu S, Chong NL, Hanjeet K, Jeffery J, Rosli R (1995). Cercarial dermatitis among rice field workers in Labu, Negeri Sembilan, Peninsular Malaysia. Trop Biomed 12:109-113. Mastura AB, Ambu S, Shekar KC, Kiew BH, Rosli R (1995). A preliminary survey of frogs for Spirometra sp. infection - a food borne human parasite. Trop Biomed. 12: 81-84. MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY Rohani A., A.S. Syuriza, H.L. Lee, A.G. Abdullah, S. T. Chan, Y.F. Ong and K.K. Ong. 1995. Susceptibility status Anopheles maculatus (Diptera: Culicidae) towards DDT, malathion and permethrin in Peninsular Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine. 12: 39 - 44. Lee, H.L., Chandrawathani, P., Wong, W.Y., Tharam, S. & Lim, W.Y. (1995). A case of human enteric myiasis due to larvae of Hermetia illucens (Family: Stratiomyiadae)-first report in Malaysia . Malaysian J Pathol. 17: 109-111. Khadri Shahar, M. and Lee H.L. (1995). Effect of microwave radiation on Blattela germanica (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae). Tropical Biomedicine 12: 57-62. Khadri MS (1995). Microwave radiation and life. IMR Quarterly Bulletin Nazni, W.A., Rohani, A., Hung, L.X., Lee, H.L. & Syuriza, A.S. (1995). Determination of susceptibility status and resistance mechanism of Anopheles maculatus larvae from Peninsular Malaysia. Vector Journal 2: 17-24. Lee, H.L. & Chong, W.L. (1995). Glutathion S-transferase activity and DDT susceptibility of Malaysian mosquitoes. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth 26: 164-167. Lee, H.L. & Eng, K.L. (1995). Larval toxicity of ivermectin (MK-933) to Malaysian mosquitoes. Trop Biomed 12: 87-90. Nazni, W.A., Lee, H.L. & Abdullah, A.G. (1995). Detection of pesticide residues in water by immunoassay. Trop Biomed 12: 153-157. Khadri, M.S. & Lee, H.L. (1995). Toxicity of hydramethynon, a cockroach gel bait against laboratory and field strains of Periplaneta americana (L.). Trop Biomed 12: 137-140. Lee, H.L. (1995). How to measure droplet size in fogging? Vector Journal 2: 31-33. Seleena, P. & Lee, H.L. (1995). Oral toxicity of Clostridium bifermentans serovar malaysia , a new anaerobic microbial control agent to Blattella germanica adults. Trop Biomed 12: 13-16. Kawalek, M.D., Seleena, P., Lee, H.L. & Gill, S.S. (1995). Isolation and identification of novel toxins from a new mosquitocidal isolate from Malaysia , Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies jegathesan . Appl Environ Microbiol 61: 2965-2969. Seleena, P., Lee, H.L. & Lecadet, M.M. (1995). Isolation of a new serotype of Bacillus thuringiensis : B. thuringiensis H-28a28c ( B thuringiensis subsp jegathesan ) highly and speficically toxic to mosquito larvae. Am J Mosq Control Assoc 11: 471-473. Lee, H.L., Chansamone, T. & Inder, S. (1995).Preliminary screening of molluscidal bacteria. Trop Biomed 12: 173-176. Seleena, P. & Lee, H.L. (1995). Extraction of antimicrobial agent(s) from a Malaysian mosquitocidal Bacillus sphaericus H5a5b. ASEAN J Sci Technology Development 12: 81-85 STOMATOLOGY Ng KH, Siar CH (1995). Morphometric analysis of the epithelial components and dentinoid formation in non-neoplastic calcifying odontogenic cyst. J Nihon Univ Sch Dent 37(3):156-162. Ng KH, Siar CH (1995). An immunohistochemical study of the lining epithelium of odontogenic keratocyst. J Nihon Univ Sch Dent 37(3):163-169. Ng KH, Siar CH (1995). Oral Verruciform Xanthoma: First reported case in a Malaysian Chinese. Dent J Mal. 16(1):11-13. Ng KH, Siar CH (1995). Peripheral odontogenic fibroma with clear cell odontogenic epithelium. J New Zealand Soc Period. 79:21-24. VIROLOGY Halimah M, Castillo LC, Sinniah M, Igarashi A (1995). Elevated incubation temperature enhanced antigen production of dengue type 2 and 3 viruses in the infected Aedes albopictus clone C6/36 cell cultures. Trop Med 37(1):21-27. Halimah M, Vijayamalar B, Cardosa J, Sinniah M, Igarashi A, Tanaka H (1995). Comparative assay on dengue IgM-ELISA using reagents from 2 sources. Trop Med 37(4):109-114. Igarashi A, Halimah H, Apandi Y, Sinniah M, Tanaka H (1995). Production of type 2 dengue (D2) monoclonal antibody and cell culture derived D2 antigen for use in antigen IgM capture ELISA. Trop Med 37(4):165-173. Iyngkaran N, Yadav M, Sinniah M (1995). Augmented inflammatory cytokines in primary dengue infection progressing to shock. Sing Med J 36:218-221. Mangada MM, Halimah M, Castillo LC, Hasebe F, Igarashi A (1995). Effect of incubation temperature on dengue-2 viral antigen production and viral RNA synthesis in infected Aedes albopictus clone C6/36 cell line. Tiss Cult Res Commun 14:213-220. Sinniah M, Igarashi A (1995). Dengue haemorrhagic fevers. Rev Med Virol 5 :193-203. Thayan R, Morita K, Balasubramaniam V, Chew TK, Sinniah M, Igarashi A (1995). Comparison of two different methods for the purification of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products used in direct sequencing, in an Applied Biosystems 373A DNA Sequencing System. Trop Med 37(1):29-33. Thayan R, Morita K, Balasubramaniam V, Zainah S, Oda K, Chew TK, Sinniah M, Igarashi A (1995). Preliminary findings of genetic sequence studies of dengue virus isolates in Malaysia. Proceedings of the Seventh National Biotechnology Seminar , pp 98-99. Thayan R, Vijayamalar B, Zainah S, Chew TK, Morita K, Sinniah M, Igarashi A.The use of polymerase chain reaction as a diagnostic tool for dengue virus. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth. 26(4):669-672. Tsuchie H, Saraswathy TS, Sinniah M (1995). HIV-1 variants in South and South East Asia. Int J STD & AIDS 6:117-120 Vythilingam I, Oda K, Chew TK, Mahadevan S, Vijayamalar B, Morita K, Tsuchie H, Igarashi A (1995). Isolation of Japanese encephalitis virus from mosquitoes collected in Sabak Bernam, Selangor, Malaysia in 1992. J Amer Mos Cont Assoc 11(1):94-98. Zainah S, Thayan R, Vijayamalar B, Morita K, Tsuchie H, Sinniah M, Igarashi A, Tanaka H (1994). Use of RT-PCR for diagnosis of dengue virus infection compared to IgM-ELISA. Trop Med 36(3):75-81.

Mohd Taha A, Zainab T, Lau D, Yeo P (1995). Survey of availability of iodine-enriched salt in Sarawak. Med J Mal 50:391-395.

ACAROLOGY

Ho TM, Shahnaz M, Radha K, Singaram SP (1995). Prevalence of allergy to some inhalants among rhinitis patients in Malaysia. Asian Pacific J Allergy Immunol 13:11-16.

Ho TM, Tan BH, Salleh I, Mohd Kulaimi B (1995). Seasonal prevalance of air-borne pollen & spores in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Asian Pacific J Allergy Immunol 13:17-22.

BACTERIOLOGY

Arumugaswany RK, Rusul G, Abdul Hamid SN, Cheah CT (1995). Prevalence of Salmonella in raw and cooked foods in Malaysia. Food Microbiology 12:38.

Keah KC, Jegathesan M, Tan SC, Chan SH, Chee OM, Cheong YM, Abu Bakar S (1995). Bacterial contamination of hospital disinfectants. Med J Mal 50(4):291 297.

Koay AS, Tay ST, Cheong YM, Rohani MY (1995). Development and preliminary evaluation of an IgM dot-immunosorbing assay (IgM-DIA) for rapid serodiagnosis of scrub typhus infections. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth 26(2):350-353.

Mohamed Kamel AG, Norazah A (1995). First case of Acanthamoeba keralitis in Malaysia. Trans Royal Soc Trop Med Hyg 89:652.

Norazah A, Mazlah A, Cheong YM (1995). Laboratory acquired murine typhus A case report. Med J Mal 50(2):177179.

Norazah A, Normaznah Y, Mohamed Kamel AG, Rohani MY (1995). Streptococcal impetigo among aboriginal children in Malaysia. Southeast Asian J Trop Med & Publ Hlth 26(4):803 804.

Rahizan I, Rohani MY, Norazah A (1995). Enteric pathogens encountered in community acquired diarrhoeal illness in Malaysian patients over a 3 year period 1992 1994. Intl Med J 2(3):191 193.

Rohani MY, Cheah CT, Jegathesan M (1995). Human Salmonellosis in Malaysia for the period 1989 July 1994. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Publ Hlth 26(3): 457 460.

Rohani MY, Cheong YM, Mohd Rani J (1995). The use of adenosine deaminase activity as a biochemial marker for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. Mal J Pathol 17(2): 67 71.

Tay ST, Devi S, Puthucheary SD (1995). Characterization of Campylobacter spp. by biotyping, serotyping and DNA probe in Malaysia. Sing Med J 36: 282-284.

Tay ST, Cheong TM (1995). A review of the serological results obtained in a routine diagnostic laboratory for Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. Mal J Path 17(1): 35-38.

Tay ST, Shamala D, Savithri DP, Ingrid MK (1995). Detection of haemolytic activity of campylobacters by agarose hemolysis and microplate assay. J Med Microbiol 42:175-180.

Thong KL, Puthucheary S, Rohani MY, Sudarmono P, Padmidewi M, Soewandojo E, Handojo I, Sarasombath S, Pang T (1995). Analysis of Salmonella Typhi isolates from Southease Asia by pulsedfield gel electrophoresis. J Clin Microbiol 33(7):1938 1941.

Yew OF, Cheong YM, Zaidatul AR, Thanaletchimy N (1995). Comparative study of a non-radiometric BACTEC system and a conventional blood culture system in a clinical microbiology laboratory. Mal J Path 17(1):11-16.

BIOCHEMISTRY

Kwan TK, Pertiwi AKD, Perumal R (1994). Intracellular distribution of some prenesolone metabolites in the rat testis. Proceedings of the 19th Conference of the Malaysian Biochemical Society pp 50-53.

Noral'Ashikin Y, Zakiah I, Karimah HE, Siti Aishiah M (1995). High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for confirming thin-layer chromatography (TLC) findings in inborn errors of metabolism children in Malaysia. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth (Asia-Pacific Conference on Medical Genetics) ; 26 (Suppl 1):130-133

Zakiah I, Noral'Ashikin Y, Siti Aisiah M, Ismail H (1995). Inborn errors of metabolic diseases in Malaysia: A preliminary report of Maple Syrup Urine Disease for 1993. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth (Asia-Pacific Conference on Medical Genetics) ; 26 (Suppl 1):134-136.

Norsiah MD, Zakiah I, Zoliana Beran (1995). The Malaysian experience in the typing of genetic variants of alpha-1- antitrypsin. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth (Asia-Pacific Conference on Medical Genetics) ; 26(Suppl 1): 311-314.

Korina Rahmat, Zakiah I, Zawiah A, Haron Ahmad, Aminuddin BA, Mazlam MZ (1995). A case of isolated abdominal tuberculosis. Med J UKM 17 (1&2):55-59.

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lim PKC, Kita K, Tan SK, Furuta T, Kojima S, Aoki T, Watanabe Y, Mak JW (1995). Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase III (COIII) gene of Plasmodium vivax . Jpn J Parasitol 44:40-43.

Lokman Hakim S, Furuta T, Noor Rain A, Normaznah Y, Mohd Zamri MR, Kojima S, Mak JW (1995). Diagnosis of malaria using a plate hybridization method for the detection of polymerase chain reaction products. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg 89:271-272.

Lokman Hakim S, Vythilingam I, Marzukhi MI, Mak JW (1995). Single-dose diethylcarbamazine in the control of periodic brugian filariasis in Peninsular Malaysia. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg 89:686-689.

Mak JW (1995). Medicine in Malaysia: parasitic diseases. Med J Mal 50(Suppl A):S60-64.

Mak JW (1995). Molecular approaches to the epidemiological study of diseases. Proc First National Pub Hlth Conf, 24-26 Jan 1995, Awana Golf & Country Resort, Genting Highlands , pp. 87-88.

Mak JW. Malaria vaccines: current status. J Bioscience 6: 204-209.

Mak JW, Choong MF, Sivanandam S, Ngah Z (1995). Chemotherapeutic effect of ivermectin against Sarcoptis scabiei var. canis infection in laboratory-bred rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus . Mal J Sci 16A:13-17.

Mak JW, Ngah Z, Choong MF, Navaratnam V (1995). Chemotherapeutic effect of CGI 18041 against subperiodic Brugia malayi infection in Presbytis cristata . Trop Med Parasitol 46:6-8.

Normaznah Y, Kalthum U, Saniah K, Salleh I (1995). Scabies among leprosy patients in the National Leprosy Control Centre, Sungei Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia. Trop Biomed 12:91-93.

Saha N, Mak JW, Tay JSH, Liu Y, Tan MAJA, Low PS & Singh M (1995). Population genetic study among the Orang Asli (Semai Senoi) of Malaysia: Malayan Aborigines. Human Biol 67:37-47.

CYTOLOGY

Pillay B, Sivamohan N. ASCUS in PAP smears - a follow-up study of 106 cases. Med J Mal 51(2):279-281.

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Lopez JB, Thambyrajah V, Balasegaram M, Satgunasingam N (1994-95). Serum ferritin in hepatocellular carcinoma and benign liver diseases. Diagn Oncol 4:143-147.

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Abu Bakar S, Lye MS, Mathews A (1995). Advances in health in Malaysia. Med J Mal 50:S3-9.

Amal Nasir M, Kamaruddin A (1995). Health and safety among policemen in Malaysia. In: KG Rampal, ed. Occupational Health and Safety in Malaysia, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, chapter 15.

Amal Nasir M (1995). How parents in a rural area of Pekan district, Pahang perceive immunization. Med J Mal 50:198-200.

Lye MS, Azizan Aiyub Ghazali, Jai Mohan, Narimah Alwin, RC Nair (1995). An outbreak of acute hepatic encephalopathy due to severe aflatoxicosis in Malaysia. Am J Trop Med Hyg 53(1):68-72.

Teoh SL, Boo NY, Ong LC, Mav KN, Lye MS, Au MK (1995). Duration of oxygen therapy and exchange transfusion as risk factors associated with retinopathy of prematurity in very low birth weight infants. Eye 9:733-737.

HAEMATOLOGY

Aliza MY, Zubaidah Z (1995). Molecular study of a Malay Hb H-Constant Spring using PCR. Proceedings of the 7th National Biotechnology Seminar, Langkawi, 20-22 November 1995, pp 192-195.

Roshidah I, Khalid H and Henry RG (1995). Coagulation services in hospitals in Malaysia - the present status. Malaysian J Pathol, 17(1):51.

HUMAN NUTRITION

Ismail MN, Wan Nudri WD and Zawiah H (1995) Daily energy intake, energy expenditure and activity patterns of selected Malaysian sportsmen. Mal J Nutr 1:141-149.

Ng TKW (1995). Towards improved fat intake and nutrition for Malaysians. Mal J Nutr, 1(1):21-30.

Ng TKW, Tee ES, Azriman R (1995). Rural communities in nutritional transition: emergence of obesity, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia as public health problems in three kampungs in Bagan Datoh, Perak. Mal J Nutr, 1:129-139.

Ng TKW, Khoo KL, Gan SC, Zakiah I, Mohd Rusli, Liew MY (1995). Serum lipoprotein(a) in the assessment of coronary heart disease risk in Malaysians, In: Nutrition, Lipids, Health and Disease , Chapter 40. Ong ASH, Niki E, Packer L (eds.), AOCS Press, Champaign, Illinois: pp 360-365.

Ong SH, Tee ES, Chee SS (1995). Nutritional implications of dietary oils and fats in developing countries. In: Nutrition, Lipids, Health, and Disease , Ong ASH, Niki E & Packer L (eds), AOCS Press, Illinois. pp. 306-316.

Tee ES, Goh AH, Khor SC (1995). Carotenoid composition and content of legumes, tubers and roots. Mal J Nutr, 1:63-74.

Tee ES, Khor SC (1995). Simultaneous determination of retinol, carotenoids and tocopherol in human serum by high pressure liquid chromatography. Mal J Nutr, 1:151-170.

Tee ES (1995). The medical importance of vitamin A and carotenoids (with particular reference to developing countries) and their determination. Mal J Nutr, 1:179-230.

Tee ES (1995). Changing dietary intake and food consumption in Malaysia: nutritional implications. Proceedings of the Symposium on Current Trends in Nutrition: An International Perspective, 7 April 1995, Kuala Lumpur; pp. 117-170.

IMMUNOLOGY

Nasuruddin BA. Ujian saringan HIV: Kepentingan dan Masalah yang Berkaitan Dengan Pelaksanaannya: Pascasidang, Persidangan Kebangsaan Mengenai Penerapan nilai-nilai Islam di dalam Usaha Menangani Wabak AIDS di Malaysia , pp 17-24.

Nasuruddin BA. Bahaya-bahaya di dalam Makmal Biologi. Pascasidang Pengurusan dan Keselamatan Makmal Sains, Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia dan Universiti Sains Malaysia

Shahnaz M. Skin Test Reactivity in Patients with Allergic Rhinitis. Proceedings of the 29th Malaysian-Singapore Congress of Medicine, 10-13 September, pp. 87 .

Azizah MR. Prevalence of Type I Latex Allergy among rubber glove factory workers. J Islamic Med Assoc North America, 27:124

Dhaliwal JS. Reference ranges for lymphocyte subsets in a defined Malaysian population. Sing Med J 36:288-291.

Dhaliwal JS. Significantly increased activated T cells associated with declining CD4 cells in HIV positive patients. Ann Acad Med Sing 4:785-788.

Ho WF. Syphilis - The Resurging Problem. Proceedings of the 29th Malaysia-Singapore Congress of Medicine, 10-13 September , pp 275.

INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION

Lim PKC, Kita K, Tan SK, Furuta T, Kojima S, Aoki T, Watanabe Y, Mak JW (1995). Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase III (COIII) gene of Plasmodium vivax cds. DNA Data Bank of Japan , Accession Number D45369.

MEDICAL ECOLOGY

Ambu S, Mak JW, Ng AB, Chasangbong O. The identification of Parastrongylus malaysiensis by isoenzyme analysis. Trop Biome d 11:189-192.

Inder Singh K, Vythilingam I, Ambu S (1995). Safe Handling of Pesticides. J Mal Soc Hlth 12:13-18.

Inder Singh K, Ambu S, Krishnasamy M, Rosli R, Jeffery J (1995). Surveillance of fleas from small mammals from Kuala Lumpur. Trop Biomed 12:17-21.

Krishnasamy M, Jeffery J, Inder Singh K, Oothuman P (1995). Raillietiella rileyi , a new species of pentastomid from the lung of the toad, Bufo melanostictus from Malaysia. Trop Biomed 12:31-38.

Krishnasamy M, Inder Singh K, Ambu S, Chong NL, Hanjeet K, Jeffery J, Rosli R (1995). Cercarial dermatitis among rice field workers in Labu, Negeri Sembilan, Peninsular Malaysia. Trop Biomed 12:109-113.

Mastura AB, Ambu S, Shekar KC, Kiew BH, Rosli R (1995). A preliminary survey of frogs for Spirometra sp. infection - a food borne human parasite. Trop Biomed. 12: 81-84.

MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Rohani A., A.S. Syuriza, H.L. Lee, A.G. Abdullah, S. T. Chan, Y.F. Ong and K.K. Ong. 1995. Susceptibility status Anopheles maculatus (Diptera: Culicidae) towards DDT, malathion and permethrin in Peninsular Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine. 12: 39 - 44.

Lee, H.L., Chandrawathani, P., Wong, W.Y., Tharam, S. & Lim, W.Y. (1995). A case of human enteric myiasis due to larvae of Hermetia illucens (Family: Stratiomyiadae)-first report in Malaysia . Malaysian J Pathol. 17: 109-111.

Khadri Shahar, M. and Lee H.L. (1995). Effect of microwave radiation on Blattela germanica (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae). Tropical Biomedicine 12: 57-62.

Khadri MS (1995). Microwave radiation and life. IMR Quarterly Bulletin

Nazni, W.A., Rohani, A., Hung, L.X., Lee, H.L. & Syuriza, A.S. (1995). Determination of susceptibility status and resistance mechanism of Anopheles maculatus larvae from Peninsular Malaysia. Vector Journal 2: 17-24.

Lee, H.L. & Chong, W.L. (1995). Glutathion S-transferase activity and DDT susceptibility of Malaysian mosquitoes. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth 26: 164-167.

Lee, H.L. & Eng, K.L. (1995). Larval toxicity of ivermectin (MK-933) to Malaysian mosquitoes. Trop Biomed 12: 87-90.

Nazni, W.A., Lee, H.L. & Abdullah, A.G. (1995). Detection of pesticide residues in water by immunoassay. Trop Biomed 12: 153-157.

Khadri, M.S. & Lee, H.L. (1995). Toxicity of hydramethynon, a cockroach gel bait against laboratory and field strains of Periplaneta americana (L.). Trop Biomed 12: 137-140.

Lee, H.L. (1995). How to measure droplet size in fogging? Vector Journal 2: 31-33.

Seleena, P. & Lee, H.L. (1995). Oral toxicity of Clostridium bifermentans serovar malaysia , a new anaerobic microbial control agent to Blattella germanica adults. Trop Biomed 12: 13-16.

Kawalek, M.D., Seleena, P., Lee, H.L. & Gill, S.S. (1995). Isolation and identification of novel toxins from a new mosquitocidal isolate from Malaysia , Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies jegathesan . Appl Environ Microbiol 61: 2965-2969.

Seleena, P., Lee, H.L. & Lecadet, M.M. (1995). Isolation of a new serotype of Bacillus thuringiensis : B. thuringiensis H-28a28c ( B thuringiensis subsp jegathesan ) highly and speficically toxic to mosquito larvae. Am J Mosq Control Assoc 11: 471-473.

Lee, H.L., Chansamone, T. & Inder, S. (1995).Preliminary screening of molluscidal bacteria. Trop Biomed 12: 173-176.

Seleena, P. & Lee, H.L. (1995). Extraction of antimicrobial agent(s) from a Malaysian mosquitocidal Bacillus sphaericus H5a5b. ASEAN J Sci Technology Development 12: 81-85

STOMATOLOGY

Ng KH, Siar CH (1995). Morphometric analysis of the epithelial components and dentinoid formation in non-neoplastic calcifying odontogenic cyst. J Nihon Univ Sch Dent 37(3):156-162.

Ng KH, Siar CH (1995). An immunohistochemical study of the lining epithelium of odontogenic keratocyst. J Nihon Univ Sch Dent 37(3):163-169.

Ng KH, Siar CH (1995). Oral Verruciform Xanthoma: First reported case in a Malaysian Chinese. Dent J Mal. 16(1):11-13.

Ng KH, Siar CH (1995). Peripheral odontogenic fibroma with clear cell odontogenic epithelium. J New Zealand Soc Period. 79:21-24.

VIROLOGY

Halimah M, Castillo LC, Sinniah M, Igarashi A (1995). Elevated incubation temperature enhanced antigen production of dengue type 2 and 3 viruses in the infected Aedes albopictus clone C6/36 cell cultures. Trop Med 37(1):21-27.

Halimah M, Vijayamalar B, Cardosa J, Sinniah M, Igarashi A, Tanaka H (1995). Comparative assay on dengue IgM-ELISA using reagents from 2 sources. Trop Med 37(4):109-114.

Igarashi A, Halimah H, Apandi Y, Sinniah M, Tanaka H (1995). Production of type 2 dengue (D2) monoclonal antibody and cell culture derived D2 antigen for use in antigen IgM capture ELISA. Trop Med 37(4):165-173.

Iyngkaran N, Yadav M, Sinniah M (1995). Augmented inflammatory cytokines in primary dengue infection progressing to shock. Sing Med J 36:218-221.

Mangada MM, Halimah M, Castillo LC, Hasebe F, Igarashi A (1995). Effect of incubation temperature on dengue-2 viral antigen production and viral RNA synthesis in infected Aedes albopictus clone C6/36 cell line. Tiss Cult Res Commun 14:213-220.

Sinniah M, Igarashi A (1995). Dengue haemorrhagic fevers. Rev Med Virol 5 :193-203.

Thayan R, Morita K, Balasubramaniam V, Chew TK, Sinniah M, Igarashi A (1995). Comparison of two different methods for the purification of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products used in direct sequencing, in an Applied Biosystems 373A DNA Sequencing System. Trop Med 37(1):29-33.

Thayan R, Morita K, Balasubramaniam V, Zainah S, Oda K, Chew TK, Sinniah M, Igarashi A (1995). Preliminary findings of genetic sequence studies of dengue virus isolates in Malaysia. Proceedings of the Seventh National Biotechnology Seminar , pp 98-99.

Thayan R, Vijayamalar B, Zainah S, Chew TK, Morita K, Sinniah M, Igarashi A.The use of polymerase chain reaction as a diagnostic tool for dengue virus. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub Hlth. 26(4):669-672.

Tsuchie H, Saraswathy TS, Sinniah M (1995). HIV-1 variants in South and South East Asia. Int J STD & AIDS 6:117-120

Vythilingam I, Oda K, Chew TK, Mahadevan S, Vijayamalar B, Morita K, Tsuchie H, Igarashi A (1995). Isolation of Japanese encephalitis virus from mosquitoes collected in Sabak Bernam, Selangor, Malaysia in 1992. J Amer Mos Cont Assoc 11(1):94-98.

Zainah S, Thayan R, Vijayamalar B, Morita K, Tsuchie H, Sinniah M, Igarashi A, Tanaka H (1994). Use of RT-PCR for diagnosis of dengue virus infection compared to IgM-ELISA. Trop Med 36(3):75-81.