PROF. DR. JAMAL I-CHING SAM
Department of Medical Microbiology
Faculty of Medicine
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Dr Sam is a medical graduate from the University of Nottingham in the UK, and completed his postgraduate training in Medical Microbiology in London. He joined the University of Malaya in 2005. He is head of the diagnostic virology and advanced (molecular) diagnostics units in the University of Malaya Medical Centre, a 1000-bed tertiary referral centre. His clinical diagnostic work includes expanding molecular diagnostic services and involvement in hospital responses to emerging infectious diseases such as COVID-19. He teaches both undergraduates and postgraduates. His research interests cover clinical, epidemiological, diagnostic and pathogenesis aspects of chikungunya virus and other arboviruses, respiratory viruses (including influenza and SARS-CoV-2), and enterovirus A71, and he has held several national and international grants. |
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Discovery Of New Covid-19 Variants Via Large Scale Genome Surveillance Program : A Pilot Of 3000 Genomes |
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The Risk to Malaysia of Outbreaks of Fever and Arthritis caused by Imported Ross River Virus |
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CMV Infection Post Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in a Resource Limited Country
Humoral and T Cell Immune Responses against SARS-CoV-2 after Primary and Homologous or Heterologous Booster Vaccinations and Breakthrough Infection: A Longitudinal Cohort Study in Malaysia
Replication and innate immune responses of two chikungunya virus genotypes in human monocyte- derived macrophages
Susceptibility of Aedes albopictus, Ae. aegypti and human populations to Ross River virus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Chikungunya and Zika Virus in Asia
New paradigms for virus detection, surveillance and control of Zika virus vectors in the settings of Southeast Asia
Chikungunya virus infection of Aedes mosquitoes.
Immunohistochemical detection of chikungunya virus antigens in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues.