Publications by authors named "J F Dony"
Zoonotic malaria presents a major public health challenge in Southeast Asia. Plasmodium cynomolgi coinfects the same macaque hosts and mosquito vectors as the most common cause of zoonotic malaria, Plasmodium knowlesi. Plasmodium cynomolgi appears morphologically similar to Plasmodium vivax on microscopy and can amplify P.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCorrigendum to "Genetic polymorphism of circumsporozoite protein (CSP) in Plasmodium malariae isolates from Malaysia" [Parasitology International Volume 87, April 2022, 102519].
Parasitol Int
February 2024
Article Synopsis
- - Since 2018, Malaysia has reported no indigenous malaria cases, but the COVID-19 pandemic raised concerns about a potential increase in malaria cases, particularly in resource-limited countries like Malaysia, highlighting the challenges faced in controlling outbreaks during the pandemic.
- - An outbreak of Plasmodium malariae was identified in July 2020 in Sabah, prompting active case detection in surrounding villages, health awareness programs, and a survey to assess villagers' risks and beliefs about malaria.
- - Out of 5,254 blood samples collected, 19 cases of malaria were identified, including one severe case involving a pregnant woman, all of whom recovered with treatment; the outbreak was linked to a man who returned from Indonesia during the COVID
A simple, ready-to-use concentrated specimen smear microscopy method employing a nanometer silicon polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymer membrane sandwich filtration vessel to concentrate acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in samples (SFV-CSSM, Hunan-Tech New Medical System Co. Ltd. China) was compared with direct sputum smear microscopy (DSSM) to determine its performance using culture on modified Ogawa agar as reference.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeveral Zika virus (ZIKV) seroprevalence studies have been conducted in Africa, Asia, Oceania, the Americas, and the Caribbean. However, studies on ZIKV seroprevalence are limited in Malaysia though several studies have shown that the disease is endemic in the Malaysian state of Sabah. To evaluate the seroprevalence of ZIKV infection, 818 serum samples were collected from febrile patients and healthy blood donors from the Kudat and Kota Kinabalu districts in Sabah from 2017 to 2018.
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