Curriculum Vitae

DR. YAP NAN JIUN

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
  • Department of Parasitology
    Faculty of Medicine
  • nanjiunyap
  • 0379674745

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PHD (MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY), (Parasitologi Perubatan)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • BSC (HONS)(BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE), (Biomedical Science)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship
    2014, Australian Government Department of Education,  (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Abdull-Majid, Nurmanisha; Yap, Nan; Tee, Mian; Er, Yi; Ngui, Romano; Lim, Yvonne (2025). Evidence of Submicroscopic Malaria Parasitemia, Soil-Transmitted Helminths, and Their Coinfections Among Forest-Fringed Orang Asli Communities in Peninsular Malaysia, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 112(6). doi:10.4269/ajtmh.24-0718
  2. Er, Yi Xian; Lee, Soo Ching; Aneke, Chioma; Conlan, Sean; Muslim, Azdayanti; Deming, Clay; Che, You; Yap, Nan Jiun; Tee, Mian Zi; Abdull-Majid, Nurmanisha; Shahrizal, Shezryna; Leong, Kin Fon; Han, Jungmin; Shen, Zeyang; Than, Leslie Thian Lung; Park, Morgan; Sayed, Izandis Mohd; Seyedmousavi, Amir; Kong, Heidi H.; Loke, P'ng; Segre, Julia A.; Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian (2025). Trichophyton concentricum fungal infections and skin microbiomes of Indigenous Peninsular Malaysians, CELL. 188(16). doi:10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.034
  3. Er, Yi Xian; Leong, Kin Fon; Foong, Henry Boon Bee; Halim, Anis Amirah Abdul; Kok, Jing Shun; Yap, Nan Jiun; Tan, Yuong Chin; Tay, Sun Tee; Lim, Yvonne Ai-Lian (2025). Dermatophytoses Caused by Trichophyton indotineae: The First Case Reports in Malaysia and the Global Epidemiology (2018-2025), JOURNAL OF FUNGI. 11(7). doi:10.3390/jof11070523
  4. Lee, I. L.; Yap, N. J.; Tee, M. Z.; Abdull-Majid, N.; Er, Y. X.; Lim, Y. A. L. (2025). Pre-and post-COVID-19 pandemic evaluation of soil-transmitted helminth infections among the Kensiu Negrito indigenous community, TROPICAL BIOMEDICINE. 42(3), 236-241. doi:10.47665/tb.42.3.001
  5. Er, Yi Xian; Than, Leslie Thian Lung; Muslim, Azdayanti; Yap, Nan Jiun; Tee, Mian Zi; Abdull-Majid, Nurmanisha; Lee, Soo Ching; Shahrizal, Shezryna; Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian (2024). Infection patterns of scabies and tinea between inland and resettled indigenous Negrito communities in Peninsular Malaysia, PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES. 18(9). doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0012515
  6. Tan, T. K.; Yap, N. J.; Leong, K. F.; Teh, C. S.; Tay, S. T.; Lim, Y. A. L. (2022). Imported case of Leishmania tropica cutaneous leishmaniasis in a 10-year-old child in Malaysia, TROPICAL BIOMEDICINE. 39(1), 86-88. doi:10.47665/tb.39.1.017
  7. Tee, Mian Zi; Er, Yi Xian; Easton, Alice V.; Yap, Nan Jiun; Lee, Ii Li; Devlin, Joseph; Chen, Ze; Ng, Kee Seong; Subramanian, Poorani; Angelova, Angelina; Oyesola, Oyebola; Sargsian, Shushan; Ngui, Romano; Beiting, Daniel P.; Boey, Christopher Chiong Meng; Chua, Kek Heng; Cadwell, Ken; Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian; Loke, P'ng; Lee, Soo Ching (2022). Gut microbiome of helminth-infected indigenous Malaysians is context dependent, MICROBIOME. 10(1). doi:10.1186/s40168-022-01385-x
  8. Tee, Mian Zi; Lee, Soo Ching; Er, Yi Xian; Yap, Nan Jiun; Ngui, Romano; Easton, Alice V.; Siow, Vinnie Wei Yin; Ng, Kee Seong; Boey, Christopher Chiong Meng; Chua, Kek Heng; Cadwell, Ken; Loke, P'ng; Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian (2022). Efficacy of triple dose albendazole treatment for soil-transmitted helminth infections, PLOS ONE. 17(8). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0272821
  9. Yap, N. J., Hossain, H., Nada-Raja, T., Ngui, R., Muslim, A., Hoh, B. P., . . . Lim, Y. A. L. (2021). Natural Human Infections with Plasmodium cynomolgi, P. inui, and 4 other Simian Malaria Parasites, Malaysia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(8), 2187-2191. doi: 10.3201/eid2708.204502
  10. Goh, X. T.; Chua, K. H.; Vythilingam, I; Lee, P. C.; Tan, T. C.; Yap, N. J.; Chai, H. C.; Nissapatorn, V; Lim, Y. A. L. (2019). Genetic diversity of Merozoite Surface Protein-1 gene block 2 allelic types in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Malaysia and Thailand, TROPICAL BIOMEDICINE. 36(1), 70-80
  11. Yap, Nan Jiun; Vythilingam, Indra; Hoh, Boon Peng; Goh, Xiang Ting; Muslim, Azdayanti; Ngui, Romano; Rajoo, Yamuna; Choy, Seow Huey; William, Timothy; Yeo, Tsin Wen; Lim, Yvonne Ai-Lian (2018). Genetic polymorphism and natural selection in the C-terminal 42 kDa region of merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP-1) among Plasmodium knowlesi samples from Malaysia, PARASITES & VECTORS. 11. doi:10.1186/s13071-018-3234-5
  12. Yap, Nan Jiun; Goh, Xiang Ting; Koehler, Anson V.; William, Timothy; Yeo, Tsin Wen; Vythilingam, Indra; Gasser, Robin B.; Lim, Yvonne A. L. (2017). Genetic diversity in the C-terminus of merozoite surface protein 1 among Plasmodium knowlesi isolates from Selangor and Sabah Borneo, Malaysia, INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 54, 39-46. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2017.06.019
  13. Angal, L.; Lim, Y. A.; Yap, N. J.; Ngui, R.; Amir, A.; Kamarulzaman, A.; Rohela, M. (2016). Toxoplasmosis in HIV and non HIV prisoners in Malaysia, TROPICAL BIOMEDICINE. 33(1), 159-169
  14. Yap, Nan Jiun; Koehler, Anson V.; Ebner, Janine; Tan, Tiong Kai; Lim, Yvonne A. L.; Gasser, Robin B. (2016). Molecular analysis of Cryptosporidium from cattle from five states of Peninsular Malaysia, MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PROBES. 30(1), 39-43. doi:10.1016/j.mcp.2016.01.002
  15. Angal, Lorainne; Mahmud, Rohela; Samin, Sajideh; Yap, Nan-Jiun; Ngui, Romano; Amir, Amirah; Ithoi, Init; Kamarulzaman, Adeeba; Lim, Yvonne A. L. (2015). Determining intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) in inmates from Kajang Prison, Selangor, Malaysia for improved prison management, BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 15. doi:10.1186/s12879-015-1178-3
  16. Khaw, L. T.; Leerach, N.; Yap, N. J.; Jaturas, N.; Mahboob, T.; Tan, T. C.; Dungca, J. Z.; LosBanos, Z. D.; Sitthisak, S.; Chow, S. C.; Lim, Y. A. L.; Sawangjaroen, N.; Wiart, C.; Nissapatorn, V (2015). A preliminary screening of potentially antimalarial plants against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro, TROPICAL BIOMEDICINE. 32(4), 676-683
  17. Ngui, Romano; Lee, Soo Ching; Yap, Nan Jiun; Tan, Tiong Kai; Aidil, Roslan Muhammad; Chua, Kek Heng; Aziz, Shafie; Sulaiman, Wan Yusoff Wan; Ahmad, Arine Fadzlun; Mahmud, Rohela; Lian, Yvonne Lim Ai (2014). Gastrointestinal parasites in rural dogs and cats in Selangor and Pahang states in Peninsular Malaysia, ACTA PARASITOLOGICA. 59(4), 737-744. doi:10.2478/s11686-014-0306-3
  18. Vythilingam, Indra; Lim, Yvonne A. L.; Venugopalan, Balan; Ngui, Romano; Leong, Cherng Shii; Wong, Meng Li; Khaw, LokeTim; Goh, XiangTing; Yap, NanJiun; Sulaiman, Wan Yusoff Wan; Jeffery, John; Zawiah, Ab Ghani C. T.; Aszlina, Ismail Nor; Sharma, Reuben S. K.; Ling, Lau Yee; Mahmud, Rohela (2014). Plasmodium knowlesi malaria an emerging public health problem in Hulu Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia (2009-2013): epidemiologic and entomologic analysis, PARASITES & VECTORS. 7. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-7-436
  19. Goh, Xiang Ting; Al Lim, Yvonne; Vythilingam, Indra; Chew, Ching Hoong; Lee, Ping Chin; Ngui, Romano; Tan, Tian Chye; Yap, Nan Jiun; Nissapatorn, Veeranoot; Chua, Kek Heng (2013). Increased detection of Plasmodium knowlesi in Sandakan division, Sabah as revealed by PlasmoNex , MALARIA JOURNAL. 12. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-12-264
  20. Mahdy, Mohammed A. K.; Lim, Yvonne A. L.; Ngui, Romano; Fatimah, M. R. Siti; Choy, Seow H.; Yap, Nan J.; Al-Mekhlafi, Hesham M.; Ibrahim, Jamaiah; Surin, Johari (2012). Prevalence and zoonotic potential of canine hookworms in Malaysia, PARASITES & VECTORS. 5. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-88
Others
  1. Mphande-Nyasulu, F.A., Yap, N.J., Teo, C.H., Chang, L.Y., Tay, S.T. (2024). Outbreak preparedness and response strategies in ASEAN member states: a scoping review. IJID Regions. 12:100430. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100430.

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Parasitic diarrhoea in children, 15th Asian Pan-Pacific Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (APPSPGHAN), Asian Pan-Pacific Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (APPSPGHAN) & The Malaysian Paediatric Association (MPA) (International) (12 Oct 2022 - 15 Oct 2022)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. Yap, N. J., Goh, X. T., Nissapatorn, V., Sawangjaroen, N., Tan, T. C., Chua, K. H., Vythilingam, I. & Lim, Y. A. L. Comparison of microscopy and PlasmoNexTM for the detection and speciation of human malaria species in southern Thailand., 51st Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Conference, Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (National) (03 Mar 2015 - 04 Mar 2015)
  2. Leerach, N., Khaw, L. T., Yap, N. J., Lu, E. Y., Shipton, F. N., Tan, K. K, Jaturas, N., Tan, T. C., Dungca, J. Z., Los Banos, Z. D, et al. Evaluation of various plant extracts in vitro against Plasmodium falciparum., The Fifth International Conference on Natural Products for Health and Beauty, The Asian Society of Natural Products (International) (06 May 2014 - 08 May 2014)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
  1. (2024) Epidemiology and Nutritional Impact of Low-Density Malaria and Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections Among Indigenous Communities in Malaysia, NURMANISHA BINTI ABDULL MAJID

TEACHING

Master
  1. (2024) MQG7006 - Parasites Epidemiology and Relationship With Other Diseases
  2. (2023) MQG7006 - Parasites Epidemiology and Relationship With Other Diseases

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal/ External Course
  1. 59TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF PARASITOLOGY & TROPICAL MEDICINE, THE WEMBLEY - A ST GILES HOTEL, PENANG (15 Mar 2023 - 17 Mar 2023)