URSID γ-HERPESVIRUS TYPE 1-RELATED VIRUS IN CAPTIVE BORNEAN SUN BEARS () IN SABAH, MALAYSIA.

The Bornean sun bear () is the smallest subspecies of sun bear. Their numbers are declining, and more research is needed to better understand their health and biology. Forty-four bears housed at the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC) in Sabah, Malaysia, were screened for known and novel viruses in November 2018.

Detection of helminth infections in dogs and soil contamination in rural and urban areas.

A study was conducted to determine the helminthes in dog's feces and soil samples from urban and rural areas. Six species of nematodes (Toxocara sp, an undetermined nematode larvae, Strongyloides sp larvae, Ascaris sp ova, hookworm ova, Trichuris sp ova) and one species of Cestode (Taenia sp) were found in 175 stool samples. Seventy-eight point nine percent of stool samples were positive for helminthes.

Parasitic infections among Orang Asli (aborigine) in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.

In April 2004, an outbreak of acute diarrheal illness occurred among the Orang Asli (aborigine) in the Cameron Highlands, Pahang State, Peninsular Malaysia, where rotavirus was later implicated as the cause. In the course of the epidemic investigation, stool samples were collected and examined for infectious agents including parasites. Soil transmitted helminthes (STH), namely Ascaris lumbricoides (25.

Use of the denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) method for mutational screening of patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) and Familial defective apolipoprotein B100 (FDB).

Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) and Familial defective apolipoprotein B100 (FDB) are autosomal dominant inherited diseases of lipid metabolism caused by mutations in the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor and apolipoprotein B 100 genes. FH is clinically characterised by elevated concentrations of total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), presence of xanthomata and premature atherosclerosis. Both conditions are associated with coronary artery disease but may be clinically indistinguishable.

Does Helicobacter pylori infection affect gastric emptying in patients with functional dyspepsia?

The objectives of the study were first, to determine if gastric emptying was altered in patients with functional dyspepsia with and without Helicobacter pylori infection compared with normal healthy volunteers; and second, to determine if there were further alterations in gastric emptying when the infection was eradicated. Gastric emptying was measured using a 99mtechnetium radiolabelled solid meal and gastric emptying time was measured as t1/2, viz. time taken for half the radiolabelled meal to be emptied from the stomach.

Idiopathic portal hypertension associated with autoimmune thyroiditis.

We report a case of idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH) in association with autoimmune thyroiditis occurring in a 39 year old woman. Ultrasonography revealed a normal liver echotexture. Spleno-portogram confirmed portal hypertension and liver biopsy showed features in keeping with IPH.