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| Kaw Bing ChuaSummaryAffiliation: International Medical University Country: Malaysia Publications
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Anthropogenic deforestation, El Niño and the emergence of Nipah virus in MalaysiaKaw Bing Chua
Departments of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
Malays J Pathol 24:15-21. 2002..These anthropogenic events, coupled with the location of piggeries in orchards and the design of pigsties allowed transmission of a novel paramyxovirus from its reservoir host to the domestic pig and ultimately to the human population...- Lessons from the Nipah virus outbreak in MalaysiaLai Meng Looi
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Malays J Pathol 29:63-7. 2007..Environmental mismanagement (such as deforestation and haze) has far-reaching effects, including encroachment of wildlife into human habitats and the introduction of zoonotic infections into domestic animals and humans... - Nipah virus outbreak in MalaysiaKaw Bing Chua
International Medical University, Sesama Center, Plaza Komanwel, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, 57000, Malaysia
J Clin Virol 26:265-75. 2003.... - Serological evidence of possible human infection with Tioman virus, a newly described paramyxovirus of bat originKoon Chu Yaiw
Department of Pathology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Infect Dis 196:884-6. 2007..0%) were positive for T. virus, by comparative ELISA. Of these 5 sera, 3 (1.8% of the total) had neutralizing antibodies against T. virus, suggesting previous infection of this study population by this virus or a similar virus... - Differential environmental preferences of gravid female Aedes mosquitoes in ovipositing their eggsKaw Bing Chua
International Medical University, Sesama Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 36:1132-8. 2005.... - Nipah virus encephalitis outbreak in MalaysiaSai Kit Lam
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Clin Infect Dis 34:S48-51. 2002..The Island flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus; the fruit bat) is a likely reservoir of this virus. The outbreak in Malaysia was controlled through the culling of >1 million pigs... - Isolation of Nipah virus from Malaysian Island flying-foxesKaw Bing Chua
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Lumpur, Kuala, Malaysia
Microbes Infect 4:145-51. 2002..The isolation of Nipah virus from the Island flying-fox corroborates the serological evidence that it is one of the natural hosts of the virus... 
Nipah virus infection: pathology and pathogenesis of an emerging paramyxoviral zoonosisKum Thong Wong
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Am J Pathol 161:2153-67. 2002..Infection of endothelial cells and neurons as well as vasculitis and thrombosis seem to be critical to the pathogenesis of this new human disease...- Relapsed and late-onset Nipah encephalitisChong Tin Tan
Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ann Neurol 51:703-8. 2002..We concluded that a unique relapsing and remitting encephalitis or late-onset encephalitis may result as a complication of persistent Nipah virus infection in the central nervous system... - Negative cross-reactivity of rabbit anti-Malassezia furfur antibodies with other yeastsKaw Bing Chua
International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur
Malays J Pathol 27:123-5. 2005..Anti-M. furfur monospecific polyclonal antibodies produced in rabbit in this study has the potential for diagnostic application in immunohistochemical detection of M. furfur in human tissues... 
The distribution of inflammation and virus in human enterovirus 71 encephalomyelitis suggests possible viral spread by neural pathwaysKum Thong Wong
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 67:162-9. 2008..Viral spread within the CNS seems to involve motor and possibly other pathways...- Genetic analysis of saffold virus-Penang in relation to other newly discovered saffold virusesKenny Voon
International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 43:917-26. 2012..SAFV-Penang was found not to be a recombinant variant but to have three unique non-synonymous substitutions, alanine [A689], lysine [K708] and isoleucine [I724] in the VP1 protein... - A modified mycological medium for isolation and culture of Malassezia furfurKaw Bing Chua
International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malays J Pathol 27:99-105. 2005..With this medium, the conventional bacteriological procedures such as microbial streaking for pure culture and anti-microbial sensitivity testing could be carried out for these lipophilic yeasts... - Seroprevalence of Malassezia furfur in an urban population in MalaysiaKaw Bing Chua
International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malays J Pathol 25:49-56. 2003.... - A novel approach for collecting samples from fruit bats for isolation of infectious agentsKaw Bing Chua
International Medical University, Sesama Centre, Plaza Komanwel, Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Microbes Infect 5:487-90. 2003..This novel approach resulted in the isolation of several other known and unidentified infectious agents besides Nipah virus... - Evolutionary relationship of the L- and M-class genome segments of bat-borne fusogenic orthoreoviruses in Malaysia and AustraliaKenny Voon
International Medical University, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Gen Virol 92:2930-6. 2011..Detailed sequence analysis identified two genetic lineages divided into the Australian and Malaysian PRVs, and potential genetic reassortment among the M and S segments of the three Malaysian viruses... - Tioman virus infection in experimentally infected mouse brain and its association with apoptosisKoon Chu Yaiw
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Virol Methods 143:140-6. 2007..Bcl-2 was expressed in some neurons and inflammatory cells indicating its possible role in anti-apoptosis. There was no evidence of central nervous system infection via the intraperitoneal route... - Differential preferences of oviposition by Aedes mosquitos in man-made containers under field conditionsKaw Bing Chua
International Medical University, Sesama Center, Plaza Komanwel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 35:599-607. 2004..However, the results of the study suggests that under favorable conditions, each gravid female Aedes mosquito could be encouraged to lay all her eggs in a single breeding site... - Echovirus 7 associated encephalomyelitisLucy Chai See Lum
Department of Pediatrics, University of Malaya Medical Center, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Clin Virol 23:153-60. 2002..In 2000, an outbreak of HFMD resulted in the deaths of three children who had rapid cardio-respiratory decompensation and one child who survived a central nervous system infection... - Membrane fusion tropism and heterotypic functional activities of the Nipah virus and Hendra virus envelope glycoproteinsKatharine N Bossart
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
J Virol 76:11186-98. 2002..However, no heterotypic activity was observed with envelope glycoproteins of the morbilliviruses Measles virus and Canine distemper virus... - A previously unknown reovirus of bat origin is associated with an acute respiratory disease in humansKaw Bing Chua
National Public Health Laboratory, Selangor 4700, Malaysia
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:11424-9. 2007..These data indicate that bat-borne reoviruses can be transmitted to and cause clinical diseases in humans...