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Emergence of dengue virus type 4 genotype IIA in MalaysiaSazaly AbuBakar
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Gen Virol 83:2437-42. 2002..These results suggest that intra-serotypic recombination amongst DENV-4 from independent ancestral lineages may have contributed to the emergence of DENV-4 subgenotype IIA in Malaysia...
Novel antiviral activity of baicalein against dengue virusKeivan Zandi
Department of Medical Microbiology, Tropical Infectious Disease Research and Education Center TIDREC, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BMC Complement Altern Med 12:214. 2012..abstract:..
Human neuronal cell protein responses to Nipah virus infectionLi Yen Chang
Center for Proteomics Research, Department of Forest Biotechnology, Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Virol J 4:54. 2007..In the present study, the SK-N-MC human neuronal cell protein response to NiV infection is examined using proteomic approaches...
Quantitative estimation of Nipah virus replication kinetics in vitroLi Yen Chang
Center for Proteomics Research, Department of Forest Biotechnology, Forest Research Institute, 52109, Selangor, Malaysia
Virol J 3:47. 2006....
Human enterovirus 71 subgenotype B3 lacks coxsackievirus A16-like neurovirulence in mice infectionYoke Fun Chan
Sime Darby Technology Centre, 2, Jalan Tandang, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Virol J 2:74. 2005....
Outlook of dengue in Malaysia: a century laterSazaly AbuBakar
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malays J Pathol 24:23-7. 2002....
Enterovirus 71 outbreak, BruneiSazaly AbuBakar
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Emerg Infect Dis 15:79-82. 2009..Isolated EV71 strains formed a distinct lineage with low diversity within subgenogroup B5, suggesting recent introduction and rapid spread within Brunei...
Isolation and molecular identification of Nipah virus from pigsSazaly AbuBakar
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Emerg Infect Dis 10:2228-30. 2004..At least two different Nipah virus strains, including a previously unreported strain, were identified. The findings highlight the possibility that the Malaysia outbreaks had two origins of Nipah virus infections...
Chikungunya virus of Asian and Central/East African genotypes in MalaysiaI Ching Sam
Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Clin Virol 46:180-3. 2009..In Malaysia, limited CHIKV outbreaks of the endemic Asian and imported Central/East African genotypes were reported in 1998 and 2006. Since April 2008, an unprecedented nationwide outbreak has affected Malaysia...
Antiviral activity of four types of bioflavonoid against dengue virus type-2Keivan Zandi
Tropical Infectious Disease Research and Education Center TIDREC, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Virol J 8:560. 2011..Selectivity Index value (SI) was determined as the ratio of cytotoxic concentration 50 (CC50) to inhibitory concentration 50 (IC50) for each compound...
Phylogenetic designation of enterovirus 71 genotypes and subgenotypes using complete genome sequencesYoke Fun Chan
Department of Medical Microbiology, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Infect Genet Evol 10:404-12. 2010..Hence, in the absence of full genome sequences, it is proposed here that a combination of VP1 and 3D RNA polymerase gene sequences be used for initial genotyping of EV-71 isolates...
Flavone enhances dengue virus type-2 (NGC strain) infectivity and replication in vero cellsKeivan Zandi
Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center TIDREC, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Molecules 17:2437-45. 2012..The CC₅₀ value of flavone against Vero cells was 446 µg/mL. These results suggest that flavone might enhance dengue virus replication by acting antagonistically towards flavonoids known to inhibit dengue virus replication...
Molecular identification of adenovirus causing respiratory tract infection in pediatric patients at the University of Malaya Medical CenterJuraina Abd-Jamil
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BMC Pediatr 10:46. 2010..Presently, there are no reports of the prevalent HAdV types found in Malaysia. The present study was undertaken to identify the HAdV types associated primarily with respiratory tract infections (RTI) of young children in Malaysia...
Reemergence of endemic Chikungunya, MalaysiaSazaly AbuBakar
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Emerg Infect Dis 13:147-9. 2007..The reemergence of the infection is not part of the epidemics in other Indian Ocean countries but raises the possibility that chikungunya virus is endemic in Malaysia...
Isolation of ancestral sylvatic dengue virus type 1, MalaysiaBoon Teong Teoh
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Emerg Infect Dis 16:1783-5. 2010..The virus is neutralized by serum of patients with endemic DENV-1 infection. Rare isolation of this virus suggests a limited spillover infection from an otherwise restricted sylvatic cycle...
Antigenic cell associated dengue 2 virus proteins detected in vitro using dengue fever patients seraSazaly AbuBakar
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malays J Pathol 24:29-36. 2002..Detection of dengue 2 virus C antibody in some patients further suggested that C could be antigenic if presented in vivo...
Enterovirus 71 infection induces apoptosis in Vero cellsYoke Fun Chan
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malays J Pathol 25:29-35. 2003..The induction, however, requires high level of HEV71 infectivity and the presence of live virus particles, suggesting the need for the presence of specific viral proteins for apoptosis to occur...
Virus-specific read-through codon preference affects infectivity of chimeric cucumber green mottle mosaic viruses displaying a dengue virus epitopePak Guan Teoh
Center for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture CEBAR and Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
J Biomed Biotechnol 2009:781712. 2009....
Dengue virus type 2 envelope protein displayed as recombinant phage attachment protein reveals potential cell binding sitesJuraina Abd-Jamil
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Protein Eng Des Sel 21:605-11. 2008..The phage displayed truncated DENV-2 E is a powerful and useful method for the direct determination of DENV-2 E cell binding sites...
Phylogenetic evidence for inter-typic recombination in the emergence of human enterovirus 71 subgenotypesChan Yoke-Fun
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BMC Microbiol 6:74. 2006..Several new EV-71 subgenotypes were identified from these outbreaks. The mechanisms that contributed to the emergence of these subgenotypes are unknown...
Dengue virus type 2 NS3 protease and NS2B-NS3 protease precursor induce apoptosisNorazizah Shafee
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
J Gen Virol 84:2191-5. 2003..These findings suggest the importance of NS2B as a cofactor to NS3 protease-induced apoptosis...
Nipah virus RNA synthesis in cultured pig and human cellsLi-Yen Chang
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Med Virol 78:1105-12. 2006..However, there are differences between these cells and human neuronal cells and monocytes in the ability to support Nipah virus replication and virus release...
Comparative transcriptional study of the effects of high intracellular zinc on prostate carcinoma cellsPooi Fong Wong
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Oncol Rep 23:1501-16. 2010..This could be the antagonistic mechanism used to overcome the initial cell growth inhibitory effects of high Zn2+. These findings support a potential detrimental role of Zn2+ in prostate cancer...
High intracellular Zn2+ ions modulate the VHR, ZAP-70 and ERK activities of LNCaP prostate cancer cellsPooi Fong Wong
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cell Mol Biol Lett 13:375-90. 2008..These results highlight the importance of a high intracellular Zn(2+) content and the VHR/ZAP-70-associated pathways in the modulation of LNCaP prostate cancer cell growth...
Antiviral Activity of Baicalein and Quercetin against the Japanese Encephalitis VirusJefree Johari
Tropical Infectious Disease Research and Education Center TIDREC, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Int J Mol Sci 13:16785-95. 2012....
Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of chikungunya virus of different genotypes from malaysiaI Ching Sam
Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
PLoS ONE 7:e50476. 2012..To gain insight into these observed epidemiological differences, we compared genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of CHIKV of Asian and ECSA genotypes isolated in Malaysia...
Zinc accelerates dengue virus type 2-induced apoptosis in Vero cellsNorazizah Shafee
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
FEBS Lett 524:20-4. 2002..These results suggest that (i) apoptosis is induced in African green monkey kidney cells infected with live DENV-2 and (ii) the addition of high extracellular Zn(2+) accelerates detection of apoptosis in the DENV-2-infected cells...
Eurycomanone suppresses expression of lung cancer cell tumor markers, prohibitin, annexin 1 and endoplasmic reticulum protein 28Pooi Fong Wong
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Phytomedicine 19:138-44. 2012..The treatment also resulted in suppression of the lung cancer cell tumor markers and several known cancer cell growth-associated genes...
LNCaP prostate cancer cells are insensitive to zinc-induced senescencePooi Fong Wong
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Trace Elem Med Biol 22:242-7. 2008..These findings suggest that prostate cancer cells are insensitive to the senescence-inducing effects of zinc but the cancer cells retain the capacity to undergo senescence through other pathways...
Identification of a 48kDa tubulin or tubulin-like C6/36 mosquito cells protein that binds dengue virus 2 using mass spectrometryHui-Yee Chee
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 320:11-7. 2004..These findings suggest that DENV-2 through DENV-2 E binds directly to a 48 kDa tubulin or tubulin-like protein of C6/36 mosquito cells...
Antibody neutralization and viral virulence in recurring dengue virus type 2 outbreaksSook San Wong
Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health Limited, Melbourne, Australia
Viral Immunol 20:359-68. 2007..This could be an important contributing factor in the recurring homogenotypic dengue virus outbreaks seen in dengue-endemic regions...
