Curriculum Vitae

MR. KHOR CHEE SIENG

Research Officer
  • Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre
  • 03-79676670

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • MASTER OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, (Medical Science)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • BACHELOR IN BIOMEDICINE, (Bioperubatan)
    Management and Science University

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. 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
  2. Khoo, J. J., Husin, N. A., Lim, F. S., Oslan, S. N. H., Azami, S., To, S. W., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2021). Molecular detection of pathogens from ectoparasites recovered from peridomestic animals, and the first description of a Candidatus Midichloria sp. from Haemaphysalis wellingtoni from rural communities in Malaysia. Parasitology International, 80, 5. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2020.102202
  3. 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
  4. Abd Majid, M. A., Khoo, J. J., Lim, F. S., Khor, C. S., Loong, S. K., Low, V. L., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2020). Bacterial profiling of head lice isolated from the Orang Asli: A first report in Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine, 37(4), 884-895.
  5. Abd-Jamil, J., Ngui, R., Nellis, S., Fauzi, R., Lim, A. L. Y., Chinna, K., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2020). Possible Factors Influencing the Seroprevalence of Dengue among Residents of the Forest Fringe Areas of Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2020, 10. doi: 10.1155/2020/1019238
  6. 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
  7. Lim, F. S., Khoo, J. J., Tan, K. K., Zainal, N., Loong, S. K., Khor, C. S., AbuBakar, S. (2020). Bacterial communities in Haemaphysalis, Dermacentor and Amblyomma ticks collected from wild boar of an Orang Asli Community in Malaysia. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 11(2), 9. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101352
  8. 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
  9. Alghazali, K. A., Teoh, B. T., Loong, S. K., Sam, S. S., Che-Mat-Seri, N. A. A., Samsudin, N. I., . . . AbuBakar, S. (2019). Dengue Outbreak during Ongoing Civil War, Taiz, Yemen. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(7), 1397-1400. doi:10.3201/eid2506.180046
  10. Khor, C. S., Hassan, H., Mohd-Rahim, N. F., Chandren, J. R., Nore, S. S., Johari, J., . . . Abubakar, S. (2019). Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi among the indigenous people (Orang Asli) of Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 13(5), 449-454. doi:10.3855/jidc.11001
  11. Lim, F. S., Khoo, J. J., Akhavanrezeai, M., Loong, S. K., Khor, C. S., AbuBakar, S. (2019). Detection of Theileria luwenshuni (Piroplasmida: Theileriidae) from ticks infesting goats in peninsular Malaysia. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 24(10), 1971-1974. doi:10.11158/saa.24.10.14
Others
  1. Khoo JJ, Husin NA, Lim FS, Oslan SNH, Mohd Azami SNI, To SW, Abd Majid MA, Lee HY, Loong SK, Khor CS, AbuBakar S. (2021). Molecular detection of pathogens from ectoparasites recovered from peri- domestic animals, and the first description of a Candidatus Midichloria sp. from Haemaphysalis wellingtoni from rural communities in Malaysia. Parasitology International, 80, 102202.
  2. Abd Majid MA, Khoo JJ, Lim FS, Khor CS, Loong SK, Low VL, Lee HY, AbuBakar S. (2020). Bacterial profiling of head lice isolated from the Orang Asli: A first report in Malaysia. Tropical Biomedicine, 37(4), 884-895.
  3. 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.
  4. Teoh BT, Chin KL, Samsudin NI, Loong SK, Sam SS, Tan KK, Khor CS, Abd-Jamil J, Zainal N, Wilder-Smith A, Zandi 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, 2020 Dec 11;20(1):947
  5. Khor CS, Hassan H, Mohd-Rahim NF, Chandren JR, Nore SS, Johari J, Loong SK, Abd-Jamil J, Khoo JJ, Lee HY, Pike BL, Wong LP, Lim YAL, AbuBakar S. (2019). Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi among the indigenous people (Orang Asli) of Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 13(5), 449-454.
  6. Lim, FS, Khoo, JJ, Akhavanrezeai, M, Loong, SK, Khor, CS, AbuBakar, S. (2019) Detection of Theileria luwenshuni from ticks infesting goats in peninsular Malaysia. Systematic and Applied Acarology. 24 (10): 1971-1977
  7. Khoo JJ, Ishak SN, Lim FS, Mohd-Taib FS, Khor CS, Loong SK, AbuBakar S. (2018). Detection of a Borrelia sp. from Ixodes granulatus ticks collected from rodents in Malaysia. Journal of Medical Entomology,
  8. Khoo, JJ, Ishak, SN, Lim, FS, Mohd-Taib, FS, Khor, CS, Loong, SK, AbuBakar, S. (2018) Detection of a Borrelia sp. From Ixodes granulatus Ticks Collected From Rodents in Malaysia. Journal of Medical Entomology, 55(6)1642-1647
  9. Khor CS, Mohd-Rahim NF, Hassan H, Chandren JR, Nore SS, Johari J, Loong SK, Abd-Jamil J, Khoo JJ, Lee HY, Pike BL, Wong LP, Lim YAL, AbuBakar S. (2018). Seroprevalence of Q fever among the indigenous people (Orang Asli) of Peninsular Malaysia.2018 Mar;18(3):131-137. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2017.2153. Epub 2018 Jan 16.
  10. Lim FS, Loong SK, Khoo JJ, Tan KK, Zainal N, Abdullah MF, Khor CS, AbuBakar S. (2018). Identification and characterization of Corynebacterium lactis isolated from Amblyomma testudinarium of Sus scrofa in Malaysia. Syst Appl Acarol. 23(9):1838-1844
  11. Loong SK, Khor CS, Chen HW, Chao CC, Ling ISC, Abdul Rahim NF, Hassan H, Nellis S, Ching WM, AbuBakar S. (2018). Serological evidence of high Leptospira exposure among indigenous people (Orang Asli) in Peninsular Malaysia using a recombinant antigen-based ELISA. Tropical Biomedicine, 35(1), 1-9.
  12. 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.
  13. Khoo JJ, Lim FS, Tan KK, Chen FS, Phoon WH, Khor CS, Pike BL, Chang LY, AbuBakar S. Detection in Malaysia of a Borrelia sp. from Haemaphysalis hystricis (Ixodida: Ixodidae). Journal of medical entomology. 2017 Jul;54(5):1444-8
  14. Khoo, JJ, Lim, FS., Khor, KC., Bolongon, GG, Noor Azleen, MK. & AbuBakar, S. (2017). Mini review: zoonotic agents from ticks in Malaysia. Journal of Wildlife and Parks, 32: 67-77
  15. Lim, FS, Khoo, JJ, Chen, F, Bell-Sakyi, L, Khor, CS, Chang, LY; AbuBakar, S (2017) Initiation of primary cell cultures from embryonic Haemaphysalis bispinosa ticks. Systematic and Applied Acarology. 22(3): 323 332
  16. 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.
  17. Khoo, JJ, Lim, FS, Chen, FS, Phoon, WH, Khor, CS, Chang, LY and AbuBakar, S (2016) Coxiella detection in ticks collected from wildlife and livestock animals in Malaysia. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 16(12): 744 751. doi:10.1089/vbz.2016.1959.
  18. Loong SK, Khor CS, Jafar FL & AbuBakar S. (2016). Utility of 16S rDNA Sequencing for Identification of Rare Pathogenic Bacteria. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, 30(6), 1056-1060.
  19. Marlina, S., Radzi, S. F. M., Lani, R., Sieng, K. C., Rahim, N. F. A., Hassan, H., ... & Zandi, K. (2014). Seroprevalence screening for the West Nile virus in Malaysia s Orang Asli population. Parasites & vectors, 7(1), 597.
  20. Khor, C. S., Sam, I. C., Hooi, P. S., & Chan, Y. F. (2013). Displacement of predominant respiratory syncytial virus genotypes in Malaysia between 1989 and 2011. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 14, 357-360
  21. Khor, C. S., Sam, I. C., Hooi, P. S., Quek, K. F., & Chan, Y. F. (2012). Epidemiology and seasonality of respiratory viral infections in hospitalized children in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: a retrospective study of 27 years. BMC pediatrics, 12(1), 32.

CONSULTANCY PROJECT

  • Establishment of a Functional Facility for Covid-19 Screening Activities At Accobiotech Lab Sdn Bhd, Accobiotech Lab Sdn Bhd, Consultant
    09 Apr 2021 - 08 Apr 2026 (National)

PAPER PRESENTED

ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Lactococcus lactis Strain Plasma Intake Suppresses the Incidence of Dengue Fever-like Symptoms in Healthy Malaysians: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial, 20th International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria, The ICTMM2020 Organizing Committee (International) (24 Oct 2022 - 28 Oct 2022)

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal / External Course
EXTERNAL COURSE
  1. COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES SUMMER SCHOOL, Computational Biology for Infectious Diseases Summer School (17 Sep 2016 - 26 Sep 2016)
COURSES ORGANIZED BY PTJ
  1. PHLEBOTOMY COURSE, Petaling Jaya, Selangor (16 Jul 2016 - 17 Jul 2016)
INTERNAL COURSE- ORGANIZED BY PTJ
  1. BASIC GMP TRAINING, Online Platform (24 Jun 2021 - 25 Jun 2021)