Malaysian Borneo
Abundance and distribution of sylvatic dengue virus vectors in three different land cover types in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
... of Borneo, for leisure, research and construction of infrastructure, was associated with four syl- vatic DENV spillover events into humans [11 – 13, ...in Malaysian Borneo [43] and that ...
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Microbiological And Physicochemical Analysis Of Water From Empurau Fish (Tor Tambroides) Farm In Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
... Abstract: The fish Tor tambroides locally known as empurau or kelah, is one of the most valuable and high commercial value fish species in the Cyprinidae (carps) family. The fish can grow up to the size of human in its ...
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Evaluation of resting traps to examine the behaviour and ecology of mosquito vectors in an area of rapidly changing land use in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
... Vector-borne diseases are responsible for 17% of all in- fectious diseases contracted worldwide, impacting the public health and economic growth of primarily devel- oping countries [1]. Vital to the control of ...
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Swedish traveller with Plasmodium knowlesi malaria after visiting Malaysian Borneo
... The patient had recently returned from a two-week holi- day in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. He had trekked in the jungle of the Bario Highlands during the last seven days of his holiday, at altitudes between ...
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A new Haniffia species (Zingiberaceae) and a new generic record from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
... Results: With generic placement confirmed using nrITS, trnK and matK plastid sequence data, Haniffia santubongensis S.Y. Wong & P.C. Boyce is described as a taxonomically novel species representing a new generic ...
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Association of rodent-borne Leptospira spp. with urban environments in Malaysian Borneo
... frequently found in urban areas. In cities, rodent populations are often larger and denser than those found in natural environments, which can lead to higher rates of contact with people and impact human disease risk. To ...
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Bionomics of Anopheles latens in Kapit, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo in relation to the transmission of zoonotic simian malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi
... This study has shown that An. latens, previously incrimi- nated as the main vector for P. knowlesi in Kapit District of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo has the highest vectorial capacity among all Anopheline ...
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The Duffy binding protein (PkDBPαII) of Plasmodium knowlesi from Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo show different binding activity level to human erythrocytes
... Results from this study revealed higher binding activity of PkDBPαII of Peninsular Malaysia with human Duffy- positive erythrocytes, as compared to Malaysian Bor- neo PkDBPαII. The PkDBPαII expressed on the COS-7 ...
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Absence of Plasmodium inui and Plasmodium cynomolgi, but detection of Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium vivax infections in asymptomatic humans in the Betong division of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
... Human infections with P. knowlesi cause a wide spec- trum of disease, including fatal infections [3, 5, 21]. Knowlesi malaria induced by mosquito bites under laboratory conditions with the same P. knowlesi strain ...
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Invasive Salmonella infections among children in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo: a 6 year retrospective review
... The study was conducted at Bintulu Hospital, a 294 bed district hospital which provides medical, surgical and in- tensive care services to adults and children living in Bin- tulu Division and Belaga district of Kapit ...
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The Rungus Longhouse of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo – A Dying Architecture
... The Rungus tribal group can be found in the northeast corner of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, farming the land mostly on agricultural products in small scale plantations. Their longhouses, facing extinction, are ...
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Rural Tourism at its Peak: Socio Cultural Impacts towards Host Communities of Kinabalu Park, Sabah (Malaysian Borneo)
... Abstract. The Kinabalu Park in Sabah (Malaysian-Borneo) represents multiple tourism opportunities for its stakeholders, host communities and tourists. Being the first World Heritage Site in Malaysia ...
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Morphology and Genetic Diversity of Mud Crabs (Portunidae: Scylla) from Teluk Sulaman, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
... Sabah, situated in the North Borneo, is one of the mega biodiversity hot spots in the world (de Bruyn et al., 2014). Teluk Sulaman, Sabah is an area with a good potential of fisheries, but only limited attention ...
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Distribution and degradation of terrestrial organic matter in the sediments of peat draining rivers, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
... We examined the OCterr characteristics using the lignin phenol composition from various samples e.g., plants, soils, and sediments from a major river, the Rajang, and three adjacent smal[r] ...
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Borneo again: media, social life and the making of a national subculture among the Iban of Malaysian Borneo.
... Media in the festive life of Saribas Iban 160 The lumping of media, ritual, and performance 160 Children's quiz night: going by the clock and by the book 168 Women's quiz night: timing a[r] ...
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First record of the Borneo Earless Monitor Lanthanotus borneensis (Steindachner, 1877) (Reptilia: Lanthanotidae) in West Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo)
... Abstract: The following paper presents the first published record of the cryptic Borneo Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis Steindachner, 1877) from West Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). This sole member ...
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Changes and drivers of freshwater mussel diversity and distribution in northern Borneo
... Conservation status and distribution data of freshwater mussel species that have been recorded in a the study area in Northern Borneo or b only from other parts of Malaysian Borneo... Pr[r] ...
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Mutational analysis of Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase genes in the interior division of Sabah, Malaysia
... A large-scale study on the clinical efficacy of P. falciparum malaria to SDX/PYR in Peninsular Malaysia conducted in mid 1990s, reported 47% of the study isolates were resistant to SDX/PYR [8]. A subsequent molecular ...
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Entomologic investigation of Plasmodium knowlesi vectors in Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia
... Despite high prevalence of simian malaria in maca- ques in Kuala Lipis [3], the infected mosquitoes obtained from the study were low. Thus, there is a pos- sibility that other species besides An. cracens are involved in ...
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Within population genetic diversity and population structure of Plasmodium knowlesi merozoite surface protein 1 gene from geographically distinct regions of Malaysia and Thailand
... from Malaysian Borneo and grouping of isolates from Peninsular Malaysia and ...from Malaysian Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand attributing to geographical ...
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