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  1. Speciation, faunal affinities and geographical dispersal of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Oriental Region
    Takaoka H
    Acta Trop, 2017 Feb;166:234-240.
    PMID: 27890608 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.11.027
    The simuliid fauna of the Oriental Region is reviewed in comparison with those in five other zoogeographical regions. It is relatively young, represented by only one genus Simulium, which is regarded as the most specialized among 26 genera of the family Simuliidae. The Oriental Region has the second largest simuliid fauna with 524 species or 23.8% of the world total of 2204 extant species. This species richness is associated with a high speciation index (15.4), reflected especially by the high speciation rates of two dominant subgenera Gomphostilbia and Simulium although the number of lineages in the Oriental Region is moderate (34 or 20.6% of the total 165). The Oriental fauna has relationships with all other zoogeographical regions at the lineage level, having the highest affinity index (31.9) with the Palearctic Region. It is inferred that eight of 10 Oriental subgenera moved during the ice ages from the Palaearctic to the Oriental Regions; the subgenus Gomphostilbia evolved into 11 species-groups and underwent species radiation in the Oriental Region. On the other hand, two other subgenera, Nevermannia and Simulium, moved southward during the ice ages after evolving into species-groups. In the post-ice ages, most lineages retreated northward, with different portions of species left in the Oriental Region, although some lineages failed to retreat and survived as relict lineages in the Oriental Region.
    Matched MeSH terms: Simuliidae/classification*
  2. Fulltext Comparative genome analyses of mycobacteria give better insights into their evolution
    Wee WY, Dutta A, Choo SW
    PLoS One, 2017;12(3):e0172831.
    PMID: 28291784 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172831
    Mycobacteria a genus of Actinobacteria are widespread in nature ranging from soil-dwelling saprophytes to human and animal pathogens. The rate of growth has been a classifying factor for the Mycobacterium spp., dividing them into the rapid growers and the slow growers. Here we have performed a comparative genome study of mycobacterial species in order to get better understanding of their evolution, particularly to understand the distinction between the rapid and slow growers. Our study shows that the slow growers had generally gained and lost more genes compared to the rapid growers. The slow growers might haved eventually lost genes (LivFGMH operon, shaACDEFG genes and MspA porin) that could contribute to the slow growth rate of the slow growers. The genes gained and lost in mycobacteria had eventually helped these bacteria to adapt to different environments and have led to the evolution of the present day rapid and slow growers. Our results also show high number of Mycobacterium abscessus specific genes (811 genes) and some of them are associated with the known bacterial quorum sensing genes that might be important for Mycobacterium abscessus to adapt and survive in variety of unfavorable environments. Mycobacterium abscessus also does not contains genes involved in the bacterial defense system and together with the quorum sensing genes may have contributed to the high gene gain rate of Mycobacterium abscessus.
    Matched MeSH terms: Mycobacterium/classification
  3. A preliminary key to the common calliphorid flies of peninsular Malaysia (Insecta: Diptera)
    Inder Singh K, Kurahashi H, Kano R
    Bull. Tokyo Med. Dent. Univ., 1979 Mar;26(1):5-24.
    PMID: 284861
    A key to the common Calliphorid flies of Peninsular Malaysia is presented. Illustrations of the genitalia of some rare species, list of new localities, altitudes and other ecological data are also presented. The following species were recorded for the first time from Peninsular Malaysia; Catapicephala sinica, C. kurahashii, Taninanina javanica, Hemipyrellia tagaliana, Lucilia sinensis, Blaesoxipha kasterni, Boettcherisca javanica, Parasarcophaga misera, P. orchidea, P. albicephs, Sarcosolomonia crinita, Thyrsocnema bornensis, Sarcorohdendorfia antilope and Lioproctia pattoni.
    Matched MeSH terms: Diptera/classification*
  4. Zeylanema spinosa sp. nov. (Camallanidae) from a Malayan freshwater fish
    Furtado JI
    Ann Parasitol Hum Comp, 1965 11 1;40(6):677-80.
    PMID: 5864220
    Matched MeSH terms: Nematoda/classification*
  5. Types of C. diphtheriae in Kuala Lumpur
    Loo D
    Med J Malaya, 1965 Jun;19(4):259-62.
    PMID: 4220849
    Matched MeSH terms: Corynebacterium diphtheriae/classification*
  6. New and interesting mites from the Geneva museum XX. Contribution to the Oribatid fauna of S.E. Asia (Acari, Oribatida)
    Mahunka S
    Rev. Suisse Zool., 1977 Mar;84(1):247-74.
    PMID: 877511
    Matched MeSH terms: Mites/classification*
  7. A REVISION OF THE ANOPHELES AITKENII GROUP IN MALAYA AND BORNEO
    REID JA
    Ann Trop Med Parasitol, 1965 Mar;59:106-25.
    PMID: 14297346
    Matched MeSH terms: Classification*
  8. [Hepatocystis of Malaysia.--IV. Description of Hepatocystis rodhaini n. sp. parasite of Microchiroptera (author's transl)]
    Landau I, Miltgen F, Le Bail O, Yap LF
    Ann Parasitol Hum Comp, 1976 May-Jun;51(3):303-7.
    PMID: 825011
    A new Haemoproteid of Malaysian Microchiroptera (Hepatochstis rodhaini n. sp.) is described; it is classified in the genus Hepatocystis because of the morphology of its gametocytes and tissue schizonts.
    Matched MeSH terms: Apicomplexa/classification*
  9. A note on Culex (Lophoceraomyia) infantulus Edwards and its occurrence in Malaya (Diptera: Culicidae)
    Colless DH
    J Med Entomol, 1967 Nov;4(4):519-20.
    PMID: 5623792
    Matched MeSH terms: Culex/classification*
  10. Three new species of Leptotrombidium from Southeast Asia (Acarina: Trombiculidae)
    Traub R, Nadchatram M
    J Med Entomol, 1967 Nov;4(4):483-9.
    PMID: 5623790
    Matched MeSH terms: Mites/classification*
  11. Fulltext Renaming schizophrenia
    Maruta T, Matsumoto C
    Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci, 2019 Jun;28(3):262-264.
    PMID: 30370893 DOI: 10.1017/S2045796018000598
    The movement towards renaming of schizophrenia in Japan started in 1993 upon receipt of a letter by The National Federation of Families with Mentally Ill in Japan addressed to the board of Japanese Society of Psychiatry of Neurology (JSPN), requesting to rename schizophrenia as the then-official term for the condition, Seishin-Bunretsu-Byo, or 'mind-splitting disease', was humiliating. A committee was established within JSPN to address the issue, public comments were collected, a new name 'Togo-Shitcho-Sho' ('disintegration disorder') was approved in 2002, and in 2005, the new name was adopted in the Revised Mental Health and Welfare Act. This paper describes the process of renaming, and also the current situation in Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and Malaysia, where Chinese characters are used. Also, it presents alternative names for schizophrenia that have been suggested in the process of two research projects conducted by the authors and also additional candidates suggested by others.
    Matched MeSH terms: Schizophrenia/classification*
  12. A survey of lectins in Southeast Asian leguminosae
    Lee DW, Tan GS, Liew FY
    Planta Med, 1977 Feb;31(1):83-93.
    PMID: 840935
    Matched MeSH terms: Lectins/classification*
  13. A New Species of Pelophryne from Western Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo (Anura, Bufonidae)
    Matsui M, Nishikawa K, Eto K, Hossman MYB
    Zoolog Sci, 2017 Aug;34(4):345-350.
    PMID: 28770684 DOI: 10.2108/zs170008
    A new small, semi-arboreal toad of the genus Pelophryne is described from western Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, on the basis of molecular and morphological evidence. Of the two morphotypes recognized in the genus, the new species belongs to the one in which the tips of the fingers are expanded into truncate discs. Among the species in the morphotype, the new species is most similar to P. murudensis, but differs from it by body size, relative hindlimb length, and dorsal coloration. The new species is currently known only from a limited area on Gunung (= Mt.) Penrissen, and future measures of its habitat conservation are necessary.
    Matched MeSH terms: Bufonidae/classification*
  14. A new species of Simulium (Simulium) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Genting Highlands, Malaysia
    Ya'cob Z, Takaoka H, Low VL, Sofian-Azirun M
    Acta Trop, 2018 Jun;182:1-3.
    PMID: 29453951 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.02.007
    Simulium (Simulium) rasuli sp. nov. is described from two females collected by a Malaise trap in Genting Highlands, Peninsular Malaysia. This new species is placed in the Simulium christophersi species-group of the subgenus Simulium. The female of this new specie is characterized by the scutum with three longitudinal vittae, dark legs, claw with a small subbasal tooth, and ovipositor valve triangular with its inner margin nearly straight. This new species is distinguished in the female from all the six named species of the species-group by the entirely brownish-black femora and tibiae.
    Matched MeSH terms: Simuliidae/classification*
  15. Consolidated Checklist of Hard Corals of the Genus Acropora Oken, 1815 (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in North Borneo, East Malaysia
    Robert R, Lee DJ, Rodrigues KF, Hussein MA, Waheed Z, Kumar SV
    Zootaxa, 2016 Nov 29;4200(2):zootaxa.4200.2.2.
    PMID: 27988618 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.2.2
    Acropora is the most biologically diverse group of reef-building coral, and its richness peaks at the Indo-Malay-Philippine Archipelago, the centre of global coral reef biodiversity. In this paper, we describe the species richness of Acropora fauna of North Borneo, East Malaysia, based on review of literature and as corroborated by voucher specimens. Eighty-three species of Acropora are reported here; four species are literature based and 79 are supported by voucher specimens that were subsequently photographed. New records for North Borneo were recorded for 12 species, including Acropora suharsonoi Wallace 1994 that was previously thought to be confined to a few islands along Lombok Strait, Indonesia. The diversity of Acropora in North Borneo is comparable to that of Indonesia and the Philippines, despite the area's smaller reef areas. This further reinforces its inclusion as part the global hotspot of coral biodiversity.
    Matched MeSH terms: Anthozoa/classification*
  16. Fulltext Occurrence of oriental flies associated with indoor and outdoor human remains in the tropical climate of north Malaysia
    Kumara TK, Disney RH, Abu Hassan A, Flores M, Hwa TS, Mohamed Z, et al.
    J Vector Ecol, 2012 Jun;37(1):62-8.
    PMID: 22548537 DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2012.00200.x
    Flies attracted to human remains during death investigations were surveyed in north Peninsular Malaysia. Six families, eight genera, and 16 species were identified from human remains, with the greatest fly diversity occurring on remains recovered indoors. The total relative frequency of species was led by Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) (46%), followed by Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart, 1842) (22%), Sarcophaga (Liopygia) ruficornis (Fabricius, 1974) (5%), Sarcophaga spp. (4%), Synthesiomyia nudiseta Wulp, 1883 (6%), Megaselia spp. (3%), Megaselia scalaris (Loew, 1866), (2%), Megaselia spiracularis Schmitz, 1938 (2%), and Chrysomya villeneuvi Patton, 1922 (2%). Hemipyrellia tagaliana (Bigot, 1877), Desmometopa sp., Megaselia curtineura (Brues, 1909), Hemipyrellia ligurriens Wiedemann 1830, Ophyra sp., Sarcophaga princeps Wiedemann 1830, Piophila casei (Linnaeus, 1758), and unidentified pupae each represented 1%, respectively.
    Matched MeSH terms: Diptera/classification*
  17. Taxonomic status of Petinomys morrisi (Carter) and its relationship to Petinomys setosus (Temminck and Schlegel)
    Muul I, Thonglongya K
    J Mammal, 1971 May;52(2):362-9.
    PMID: 5581370
    Matched MeSH terms: Sciuridae/classification*
  18. Triatomid bugs from Perlis
    Cheong WH, Omar AH, Sta Maria FL
    Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health, 1973 Jun;4(2):282.
    PMID: 4584108
    Matched MeSH terms: Triatominae/classification*
  19. A global survey on the use of the international classification of diseases codes for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease
    Zhang H, Targher G, Byrne CD, Kim SU, Wong VW, Valenti L, et al.
    Hepatol Int, 2024 Aug;18(4):1178-1201.
    PMID: 38878111 DOI: 10.1007/s12072-024-10702-5
    BACKGROUND: With the implementation of the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) and the publication of the metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) nomenclature in 2020, it is important to establish consensus for the coding of MAFLD in ICD-11. This will inform subsequent revisions of ICD-11.

    METHODS: Using the Qualtrics XM and WJX platforms, questionnaires were sent online to MAFLD-ICD-11 coding collaborators, authors of papers, and relevant association members.

    RESULTS: A total of 890 international experts in various fields from 61 countries responded to the survey. We also achieved full coverage of provincial-level administrative regions in China. 77.1% of respondents agreed that MAFLD should be represented in ICD-11 by updating NAFLD, with no significant regional differences (77.3% in Asia and 76.6% in non-Asia, p = 0.819). Over 80% of respondents agreed or somewhat agreed with the need to assign specific codes for progressive stages of MAFLD (i.e. steatohepatitis) (92.2%), MAFLD combined with comorbidities (84.1%), or MAFLD subtypes (i.e., lean, overweight/obese, and diabetic) (86.1%).

    CONCLUSIONS: This global survey by a collaborative panel of clinical, coding, health management and policy experts, indicates agreement that MAFLD should be coded in ICD-11. The data serves as a foundation for corresponding adjustments in the ICD-11 revision.

    Matched MeSH terms: International Classification of Diseases*
  20. Histochemical differentiation of Brugia, Wuchereria, Dirofilaria and Breinlia microfilariae
    Yen PK, Mak JW
    Ann Trop Med Parasitol, 1978 Apr;72(2):157-62.
    PMID: 666387
    Histochemical demonstration of acid phosphatase activity in microfilariae gives sufficiently characteristic and consistent results for the differentiation of even closely related species. No difference could be detected among nocturnally periodic, nocturnally subperiodic and diurnally subperiodic Brugia malayi, but they could readily be distinguished from B. pahangi. Similarly, Dirofilaria repens could be readily distinguished from D. immitis and B. booliati from B. sergenti. The enzyme distribution pattern of a Malaysian rural strain of Wuchereria bancrofti was different from those of other regions.
    Matched MeSH terms: Brugia/classification; Dirofilaria/classification; Filarioidea/classification*; Microfilaria/classification*; Wuchereria/classification
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