Curriculum Vitae
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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LABORATORY DIAGNOSTICS
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PHYLOGENETICS
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VIROLOGY
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
- PhD(2015), (Mikrobiologi Perubatan)Universiti Malaya (UM)
- BBiomedSc(Hons)(2006), (Biomedical Science)Universiti Malaya (UM)
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
- Responsible Officer (Pasukan Khas Saringan COVID-19 TIDREC)30 Mar 2020 - 29 Mar 2029 (National)
- Committee Member (Biosafety & Biosecurity Training Program - Session I and II)15 Feb 2016 - present (Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC), Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation))
- Committee Member (Working Group on Recognition of Postgraduate Research Supervision as Teaching Contact Hours)19 Jul 2016 - present (University Malaya)
- Surveillance Laboratory Technical Manager31 Oct 2016 - present (Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC), Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation))
- Task force (SARS-COV-2 Detection)28 Feb 2020 - 31 Dec 2021 (Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC), Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation))
- Committee Member (UM-MVP MoA Signing Ceremony)18 Dec 2019 - 18 Dec 2019 (National)
- Deputy chairman (Detection of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Tract Infections: Seminar and Research Project Discussion)04 Dec 2018 - 04 Dec 2018 (International)
- Committee Member (VAKSIN Luncheon Talk)30 Jan 2018 - 30 Jan 2018 (International)
- Committee Member (Biorisk Management Training Program)30 Oct 2017 - 03 Nov 2017 (International)
- Committee Member (Biosafety & Biosecurity Training Program - In House)24 Jul 2017 - 25 Jul 2017 (Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC), Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation))
- Research Participants Recruiter (Multi-year prospective cohort study to evaluate the risk potential of MERS-CoV)05 Jul 2016 - 31 Dec 2016 (Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC), Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation))
AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP
- CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENT SERVICEUniversity of Malaya, 2021 (University)
- Gold Metal Award for the invention/innovation. DengueDetect Plus for early detection and genotyping of dengue virus and chikungunya virus. 8th Malaysia Technology Expo.Malaysian Association of Research Scientists (MARS), 2009 (National)
- Gold Metal Award for research project (Research Gallery: Biosciences and Biotechnology). DengueDetect Plus for early detection and genotyping of dengue virus and chikungunya virus. 5th Research, Invention and Innovation Expo.University of Malaya, 2009 (University)
PUBLICATIONS
Article in Journal
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Johari, Jefree; Hontz, Robert. D. D.; Pike, Brian. L. L.; Husain, Tupur; Rusli, Norhayati; Mohd-Zain, Rozainanee; Tiong, Vunjia; Lee, Hai-Yen; Teoh, Boon-Teong; Sam, Sing-Sin; Khor, Chee-Sieng; Loong, Shih-Keng; Abd-Jamil, Juraina; Nor'e, Siti-Sarah; Yahaya, Hasmawati; Che-Kamaruddin, Naim; Garcia-Rivera, Jose. A. A.; AbuBakar, Sazaly (2023). MERS-CoV seroconversion amongst Malaysian Hajj pilgrims returning from the Middle East, 2016-2018: results from the MERCURIAL multiyear prospective cohort study, EMERGING MICROBES & INFECTIONS. 12(1). doi:10.1080/22221751.2023.2208678
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Khor, Chee-Sieng; Teoh, Boon-Teong; Khoo, Hooi-Yuen; Azizan, Noor-Syahida; CheMatSeri, AsmaAnati; Chin, Kim -Ling; Hamim, Zur-Raiha; Mohamed-Romai-Noor, Noor-Adila; Yaacob, Che- Norainon; Abd-Jamil, Juraina; Lee, Hai -Yen; Soh, Yih-Harng; AbuBakar, Sazaly (2023). Epidemiological serosurvey of chikungunya fever post outbreak at Tanjung Sepat, Malaysia, JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. 17(1), 118-124. doi:10.3855/jidc.16613
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Lim, Y. Z.; Teoh, B. T.; Sam, S. S.; Azizan, S. S.; Khor, C. S.; Nor'e, S. S.; Abd-Jamil, J.; Abubaker, S. (2023). A TaqMan minor groove binder probe-based quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for detection and quantification of chikungunya virus, TROPICAL BIOMEDICINE. 40(3), 313-319. doi:10.47665/tb.40.3.007
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Chin, K. L.; Teoh, B. T.; Sam, S. S.; Loong, S. K.; Tan, K. K.; Azizan, N. S.; Lim, Y. K.; Khor, C. S.; Nor'e, S. S.; Abd-Jamil, J.; AbuBakar, S. (2022). Development of a TaqMan minor groove binding probe-based quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for the detection and quantification of Zika virus, TROPICAL BIOMEDICINE. 39(4), 518-523. doi:10.47665/tb.39.4.005
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Lani, Rafidah; Agharbaoui, Fatima Ezzahra; Hassandarvish, Pouya; Teoh, Boon Teong; Sam, Sing Sin; Zandi, Keivan; Rahman, Noorsaadah Abd; AbuBakar, Sazaly (2022). In silico studies of fisetin and silymarin as novel chikungunya virus nonstructural proteins inhibitors (vol 16, pg 167, 2021), FUTURE VIROLOGY. 17(10), 767-767. doi:10.2217/fvl-2019-0090c1
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Loong, Shih Keng; Abd-Majid, Mohamad Azlan; Teoh, Boon Teong; Cheh, Mi Jing; Khor, Chee Sieng; Chao, Chien Chung; Khoo, Jing Jing; AbuBakar, Sazaly (2022). Leptospirosis among Dengue-Negative Febrile Patients in Selangor, Malaysia, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 107(2), 397-400. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.20-0656
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Mohamed-Romai-Noor, Noor-Adila; Sam, Sing-Sin; Teoh, Boon-Teong; Hamim, Zur-Raiha; AbuBakar, Sazaly (2022). Genomic and In Vitro Phenotypic Comparisons of Epidemic and Non-Epidemic Getah Virus Strains, VIRUSES-BASEL. 14(5). doi:10.3390/v14050942
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Sam, Sing-Sin; Mohamed-Romai-Noor, Noor-Adila; Teoh, Boon-Teong; Hamim, Zur-Raiha; Ng, Hoi-Ying; Abd-Jamil, Juraina; Khor, Chee-Sieng; Hassan, Sharifah-Syed; Ahmad, Hamdan; AbuBakar, Sazaly (2022). Group IV Getah Virus in Culex Mosquitoes, Malaysia, EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 28(2), 475-477. doi:10.3201/eid2802.204887
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Abd-Jamil, J., Azizan, N. S., Che-Mat-Seri, N. A. A., Yaacob, C. N., Samsudin, N. I., Mahfodz, N. H., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2021). Detection and confirmation of dengue pre- and postintroduction of dengue NS1-antigen test at the University Malaya Medical Centre: An observational study. Journal of Medical Virology, 93(8), 4714-4719. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26790
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Johari, J., Hontz, R. D., Pike, B. L., Husain, T., Chong, C. K., Rusli, N., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2021). Multiyear prospective cohort study to evaluate the risk potential of MERS-CoV infection among Malaysian Hajj pilgrims (MERCURIAL): a study protocol. BMJ Open, 11(8), 6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050901
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Khor, Chee-Sieng; Tsuji, Ryohei; Lee, Hai-Yen; Nor'e, Siti-Sarah; Sahimin, Norhidayu; Azman, Adzzie-Shazleen; Tiong, Vunjia; Hasandarvish, Pouya; Teoh, Boon-Teong; Soh, Yih-Harng; Chai, Jian-Hai; Kokubo, Takeshi; Kanauchi, Osamu; Yamamoto, Naoki; AbuBakar, Sazaly (2021). Lactococcus lactis Strain Plasma Intake Suppresses the Incidence of Dengue Fever-like Symptoms in Healthy Malaysians: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial, NUTRIENTS. 13(12). doi:10.3390/nu13124507
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Lani, R., Agharbaoui, F. E., Hassandarvish, P., Teoh, B. T., Sam, S. S., Zandi, K., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2021). In silico studies of fisetin and silymarin as novel chikungunya virus nonstructural proteins inhibitors. Future Virology, 16(3), 167-180. doi: 10.2217/fvl-2019-0090
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Lee, H. Y., Loong, S. K., Ya'cob, Z., Low, V., Teoh, B. T., Ahmad-Nasrah, S. N., . . . Adler, P. H. (2021). Culturable bacteria in adults of a Southeast Asian black fly, Simulium tani (Diptera:Simuliidae). Acta Tropica, 219, 7. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.105923
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Shu, Meng-Hooi; Wong, Pooi-Fong; Sam, Sing-Sin; Loong, Shih-Keng; Teoh, Boon-Teong; AbuBakar, Sazaly (2021). Intracellular calcium ions facilitate dengue virus entry into endothelial cells and compromise endothelial barrier integrity, ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE. 14(11), 505-516. doi:10.4103/1995-7645.331257
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Tan, K. K., Tiong, V., Tan, J. Y., Wong, J. E., Teoh, B. T., Abd-Jamil, J., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2021). Multiplex sequencing of SARS-Cov-2 genome directly from clinical samples using the Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGM). Tropical Biomedicine, 38(3), 283-288. doi: 10.47665/tb.38.3.069
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Tan, Kim-Kee; Tan, Jia-Yi; Wong, Jo-Ern; Teoh, Boon-Teong; Tiong, Vunjia; Abd-Jamil, Juraina; Nor'e, Siti-Sarah; Khor, Chee-Sieng; Johari, Jefree; Yaacob, Che-Norainon; Zulkifli, Mulya-Mustika-Sari; CheMatSeri, AsmaAnati; Mahfodz, Nur-Hidayana; Azizan, Noor Syahida; AbuBakar, Sazaly (2021). Emergence of B.1.524(G) SARS-CoV-2 in Malaysia during the third COVID-19 epidemic wave, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01223-4
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Alghazali, K. A., Teoh, B. T., Sam, S. S., Abd-Jamil, J., Johari, J., Atroosh, W. M., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2020). Dengue fever among febrile patients in Taiz City, Yemen during the 2016 war: Clinical manifestations, risk factors, and patients knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward the disease. One Health, 9, 9. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2019.100119
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Khor, C. S., Mohd-Rahim, N. F., Hassan, H., Tan, K. K., Zainal, N., Teoh, B. T., . . . Abubakar, S. (2020). Serological evidence of DENV, JEV, and ZIKV among the indigenous people (Orang Asli) of Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of medical virology, 92(8), 956-962. doi: 10.1002/jmv.25649
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Nathan, Anna Marie; Teh, Cindy Shuan Ju; Jabar, Kartini Abdul; Teoh, Boon Teong; Tangaperumal, Anithaa; Westerhout, Caroline; Zaki, Rafdzah; Eg, Kah Peng; Thavagnanam, Surendran; de Bruyne, Jessie Anne (2020). Bacterial pneumonia and its associated factors in children from a developing country: A prospective cohort study, PLOS ONE. 15(2). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0228056
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Teoh, B. T., Chin, K. L., Samsudin, N. I., Loong, S. K., Sam, S. S., Tan, K. K., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2020). A reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification for broad coverage detection of Asian and African Zika virus lineages. BMC Infectious Diseases, 20(1), 10. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05585-4
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Alghazali, KhairAlah A.; Teoh, Boon-Teong; Loong, Shih-Keng; Sam, Sing-Sin; Che-Mat-Seri, Nurul-Asma-Anati; Samsudin, Nur-Izyan; Yaacob, Che-Norainon; Azizan, Noor-Syahida; Oo, Adrian; Baharudin, Nur-Adilah; Tan, Kim-Kee; Abd-Jamil, Juraina; Nor'e, Siti-Sarah; Khor, Chee-Sieng; Johari, Jefree; Mahdy, Mohammed A. K.; AbuBakar, Sazaly (2019). Dengue Outbreak during Ongoing Civil War, Taiz, Yemen, EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 25(7), 1397-1400. doi:10.3201/eid2507.180046
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Oo, A., Teoh, B. T., Sam, S. S., Abu Bakar, S., Zandi, K. (2019). Baicalein and baicalin as Zika virus inhibitors. Archives of Virology, 164(2), 585-593. doi:10.1007/s00705-018-4083-4
Others
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Chee-Sieng Khor, Nurul-Farhana Mohd-Rahim, Habibi Hassan, Kim-Kee Tan, Nurhafiza Zainal, Boon-Teong Teoh, Sing-Sin Sam, Jing-Jing Khoo, Hai-Yen Lee, Yvonne Ai-Lian Lim, Sazaly Abubakar. Serological Evidences of DENV, JEV and ZIKV among the Indigenous People (Orang Asli) of Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Medical Virology 2020, 92(8): 956-962.
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Sam SS, Teoh BT, Chee CM, Mohamed-Romai-Noor NA, Abd-Jamil J, Loong SK, Khor CS, Tan KK, AbuBakar S. (2018). A quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for detection of Getah virus. Scientific Reports, 8, 17632.
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Tan KK, Azizan NS, Yaacob CN, Seri NA, Samsudin NI, Teoh BT, Sam SS, AbuBakar S. Operational utility of the reverse-transcription recombinase polymerase amplification for detection of dengue virus. BMC infectious diseases. 2018 Apr 11;18(1):169
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Joanne S, Vythilingam I, Teoh BT, Leong CS, Tan KK, Wong ML, Yugavathy N, AbuBakar S. Vector competence of Malaysian Aedes albopictus with and without Wolbachia to four dengue virus serotypes. Tropical medicine & international health. 2017 Sep;22(9):1154-65.
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Loong SK, Teoh BT, Johari J, Khor CS, Abd-Jamil J, Nor'e SS, Samsudin NI, Azizan NS, Yaakob CN, CheMatSeri AA, Mahfodz NH, AbuBakar S. (2017). Penicillin-Susceptible, Oxidase-Negative, Nonhemolytic, Nonmotile Bacillus megaterium in Disguise of Bacillus anthracis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2578082.
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Loong SK, Che Mat Seri NAA, Mahfodz NH, Ahmad Nasrah SN, Teoh BT, AbuBakar S. (2016). Emergence of Enterococcus gallinarum carrying vanA gene cluster displaying atypical phenotypes. Tropical Biomedicine, 33(4), 837-841.
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Teoh BT, Sam SS, Tan KK, Johari J, Abd-Jamil J, Hooi PS, AbuBakar S. The use of NS1 rapid diagnostic test and qRT-PCR to complement IgM ELISA for improved dengue diagnosis from single specimen. Scientific reports. 2016 Jun;6:27663
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Lau, Y. L., Lai, M. Y., Teoh, B. T., Abd-Jamil, J., Johari, J., Sam, S. S., Tan, K. K., & AbuBakar, S. (2015). Colorimetric detection of dengue by single tube reverse-transcription-loop-mediated isothermal amplification. PLoS One, 10(9), e0138694
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Muhd Radzi SF, Ruckert C, Sam SS, Teoh BT, Jee PF, Phoon WH, AbuBakar S, & Zandi K (2015) Detection of Langat virus by TaqMan real-time one-step qRT-PCR method. Sci Rep, 5, 14007
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Sam SS, Teoh BT, AbuBakar S. (2015). The IL-10 and IL-12B gene polymorphisms in the multiethnic Malaysian population. Genet Mol Res 14(2):3257-63
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Sam SS, Teoh BT, Chinna K, AbuBakar S. (2015). High producing tumor necrosis factor alpha gene alleles in protection against severe manifestations of dengue. Int J Med Sci 12(2):177-86
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Teoh BT, Sam SS, Tan KK, Danlami MB, Shu MH, Johari J, Hooi PS, Brooks D, Piepenburg O, Nentwich O, Wilder-Smith A, Franco L, Tenorio A, AbuBakar S. (2015). Early detection of dengue virus by use of reverse transcription-recombinase polymerase amplification. J Clin Microbiol 53(3):830-7
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Moghaddam E, Teoh BT, Sam SS, Lani R, Hassandarvish P, Chik Z, Yueh A, AbuBakar S, Zandi K. (2014). Baicalin, a metabolite of baicalein with antiviral activity against dengue virus. Sci Rep 4:5452
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AbuBakar S, Teoh BT, Sam SS, Chang LY, Johari J, Hooi PS, Lakhbeer-Singh HK, Italiano CM, Omar SF, Wong KT, Ramli N, Tan CT. (2013). Outbreak of human infection with Sarcocystis nesbitti, Malaysia, 2012. Emerg Infect Dis 19:1989-91
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Sam SS, Omar SF, Teoh BT, Abd-Jamil J, AbuBakar S. (2013). Review of dengue hemorrhagic fever fatal cases seen among adults: a retrospective study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 7:e2194
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Tan KK, Johari J, Abd-Jamil J, Zulkifle NI, Sulaiman S, Zainal N, Ab-Rahman HA, Sam SS, Teoh BT, AbuBakar S. (2013). Comparison of real time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assays for the detection of dengue virus. JUMMEC 16(3):16
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Teoh BT, Sam SS, Tan KK, Johari J, Danlami MB, Hooi PS, Md- Esa R, AbuBakar S. (2013). Detection of dengue viruses using reverse transcription-loop-mediated isothermal amplification. BMC Infect Dis 13:387
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Teoh BT, Sam SS, Tan KK, Johari J, Shu MH, Danlami MB, Abd- Jamil J, Matrahim N, Mahadi NM, AbuBakar S. (2013). Dengue virus type 1 clade replacement in recurring homotypic outbreaks. BMC Evol Biol 13:213
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Zandi K, Lim TH, Rahim NA, Shu MH, Teoh BT, Sam SS, Danlami MB, Tan KK, AbuBakar S. (2013). Extract of Scutellaria baicalensis inhibits dengue virus replication. BMC Complement Altern Med 13:91
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Zandi K, Lani R, Wong PF, Teoh BT, Sam SS, Johari J, Mustafa MR, AbuBakar S. (2012). Flavone enhances dengue virus type-2 (NGC strain) infectivity and replication in Vero cells. Molecules 17:2437-45
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Zandi K, Teoh BT, Sam SS, Wong PF, Mustafa MR, AbuBakar S. (2012). Novel antiviral activity of baicalein against dengue virus. BMC Complement Altern Med 12:214
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Zandi K, Teoh BT, Sam SS, Wong PF, Mustafa MR, AbuBakar S. (2011). Antiviral activity of four types of bioflavonoid against dengue virus type-2. Virol J 8:560
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Zandi K, Teoh BT, Sam SS, Wong PF, Mustafa MR, AbuBakar S. (2011). In vitro antiviral activity of fisetin, rutin and naringenin against dengue virus type-2. J Med Plants Res 5:5534-9
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Abd-Jamil J, Teoh BT, Hassan EH, Roslan N, AbuBakar S. (2010). Molecular identification of adenovirus causing respiratory tract infection in pediatric patients at the University of Malaya Medical Center. BMC Pediatr 10:46
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Teoh BT, Sam SS, Abd-Jamil J, AbuBakar S. (2010). Isolation of ancestral sylvatic dengue virus type 1, Malaysia. Emerg Infect Dis 16:1783-5
Article in Proceeding
- Cheh, M.J., Loong, S.K., Teoh, B.T., AbuBakar, S. (2018) Detection of Leptospira DNA among febrile patients without dengue fever. 9th Malaysian Symposium of Biomedical Science, University of Malaya, 12-13 May 2018
RESEARCH PROJECT
National
- 2016 - 2018, FlagshipFitness assessment of dengue diagnostic methods for safe utilisation ( Consultant)
PAPER PRESENTED
INVITED SPEAKER
- Diagnostic Challenges in Acute Arbovirus Infection, National Dengue & Vector-borne Diseases Conference 2019, Malaysian Society of Infectious Diseases and Chemotherapy, TIDREC, College of Pathologist Malaysia, The Malaysian Public Health Physicians Association, MOH (National) (07 Jul 2019 - 08 Jul 2019)
- Towards providing better dengue diagnosis, Infectious Diseases/Tropical Medicine (IDTM) Symposium, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Tapei Medical University (International) (18 Oct 2018 - 18 Oct 2018)
- Combination the usage of Dengue IgM and NS1 , National Dengue and Arboviruses Infection Conference 2017, TIDREC, The Malaysian Public Health Physicians Association, MSIDC, College of Pathologist Malaysia, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia, MOH (International) (12 Aug 2017 - 13 Aug 2017)
- Dengue RPA: a rapid dengue virus detection method, Asia Dengue Conference, MOH, MSIDC, TIDREC, WHOCC, Aesculap Academy (International) (23 Apr 2016 - 24 Apr 2016)
ORAL PRESENTER
- The Use of NS1 RDT & qRT-PCR to Complement IgM ELISA for Improved Dengue Diagnosis from Single Specimen, UK-Malaysia Vaccinology Workshop 2016, UPM, The Pirbright Institute, Akademi Sains Malaysia, MiGHT, British Council, Newton-Ungku Omar Fund, Researcher Links (International) (01 Aug 2016 - 04 Aug 2016)
SUPERVISION
Postgraduate Student
PhD/ Doctoral
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(2020) Replication competencies of dengue virus type 1 in Aedes mosquitoes, Noor Syahida Azizan
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(2019) UTILITY OF MOLECULAR TOOLS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS: THE HUMAN-ANIMALENVIRONMENT INTERFACE, LOONG SHIH KENG
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(2019) A STUDY OF DENGUE FEVER AMONG FEBRILE PATIENTS IN TAZ, YEMEN DURING THE WAR IN 2016, KHAIRALAH ABDULKAREM YASEEN AL-GHAZALI
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(2017) Characterization of Dengue Virus Associated with Dengue Fever Infection in Taiz Governorate - Yemen., KHAIRALAH ABDULKAREM ALGHAZALI
Under Graduate Students
- (2018) Biomedical Science Degree Undergraduate Research Project 2018-2019
- (2017) Biomedical Science Degree Undergraduate Research Project 2017-2018
- (2016) Biomedical Science Degree Undergraduate Research Project 2016-2017
PATENT/IPR
- PRIMERS FOR DETECTION OF ZIKA VIRUSES USING SINGLE-TUBE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (RT-LAMP)Patent (National)
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITIES
- Community Talk Entitled “Towards Better Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Preventing Mosquito-Borne Diseases Among The Local Community” in Kampung Baru Air Kuning, Perak, (12 Dec 2019 - 12 Dec 2019)