Biomedical Research Centre

• Parasitology Research Division

  • Organization

  • Local Presentation

  1. Knowledge of high school students about malaria prevention and control in     malaria endemic area of Pyin Oo LwinTownship (46th Myanmar Health Research Congress, 2018)

  2. Study on panorama of border malaria inTa-mu Township(45th Myanmar Health Research Congress, 2017)

  3. Therapeutic efficacies of two different ACT and their relation to K13 mutations in sentinel sites of Myanmar(45th Myanmar Health Research Congress, 2017)

  4. Monitoring of Plasmodium vivax infection in selected township (44th Myanmar Health Research Congress, 2016)

  5. Knowledge, attitude and utilization of insecticide treated bed-nets among migrants workers in Thabeikkyin Township((44th Myanmar Health Research Congress, 2016)

  6. A study on drug resistance malaria in sentinel sites of upper Myanmar (43rd Myanmar Health Research Congress, 2015)

  7. Epidemiological Assessment of Climate Change and Malaria Trend     (43rdMyanmar Health Research Congress, 2015)

  8. Study on protective effects of malaria antibody among the community in   malaria endemic areas. (42nd Myanmar Health Research Congress, 2014)

  9. Incidence of injury due to road traffic accidents in Lashio Township, Northern Shan State. (42nd Myanmar Health Research Congress, 2014)

  10. Clinical Profile of Malaria Patients Admitted to Pyin Oo Lwin General Hospital. (41st Myanmar Health Research Congress, 2013)

  11. Clinical Outcomes of Patients on Anti-Retroviral Therapy. (12th Myanmar Medical Conference at Mandalay, 2012)

  12. Incidence of injury due to road traffic accident in Pyin Oo Lwin. (11th Myanmar Medical Conference at Mandalay, 2011)

  13. Outcomes after four years of ART provision in Pyin Oo Lwin. (Myanmar Health Research Congress, 2011)

  14. Intrinsic Factors and Midwives’ Performance. (10th Myanmar Medical Conference at Mandalay, 2010)

  15. Socio-behavioral study on malaria prevention and control among forest related workers in hard-to-reach areas. (Myanmar Health Research Congress, 2010)

  16. Clinical Profile of Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever in Adults in Pyin Oo Lwin Hospital in 2009. (Myanmar Health Research Congress, 2011)

  17. Efficacy of oral single dose Therapy with artemisinin-naphthoquine phosphate on uncomplicated falciparum malaria (Myanmar Medical Association, Mandalay, 2009)

  18. Study on Antihypertensive Effect of Myanmar Traditional Medicine Formulation-Number 27. (Myanmar Health Research Congress, 2009)

  19. Assessment of Therapeutic Efficacy and Safety of Larminal Fixed Dose for treatment of uncomplicated falciparum in Myanmar (Myanmar Medical Conference 2008)

  20. Assessment of therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine for treatment of vivax malaria in sentinel sites of Upper Myanmar (Myanmar Health Research Congress 2007)

  21. Detection of Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase G6PD Enzyme Deficiency in the Field for treatment of Malaria (Myanmar Health Research Congress 2006)

  22. Therapeutic efficacy of artemisinin based combination therapy (ACT) for Treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Myanmar (Myanmar Medical Association 2006)

• International Presentation
• 1.ncidence of injury due to road traffic accident in Pyin Oo Lwin. (International Conference in Medicine and Public Health 2012 at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand)

  2. Outcomes after four years of ART provision in Pyin Oo Lwin. (International Conference in Medicine and Public Health 2012 at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand)

• Local Publication

  1.Study on Antihypertensive Effect of Myanmar Traditional Medicine Formulation-Number 27. (Myanmar Health Science Research Journal Vol.24, No. 1, 2012, p; 41-47)

  2. Clinical Profile of Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever in Adults in Pyin Oo Lwin Hospital in 2009. (Myanmar Health Science Research Journal, Vol.24, No. 1, 2012, p; 1-6)

  3. Socio-behavioral study on malaria prevention and control among forest related workers in hard-to-reach areas. (Myanmar Health Science Research Journal Vol.21, No. 3, 2009, p; 178-185.)

   

• International Publications

  1. Comparison of the diagnostic performance of microscopic examination with nested polymerase chain reaction for optimum malaria diagnosis in Upper Myanmar( Malar J. 2017 Mar 16;16(1):119. doi: 10.1186/s12936-017-1765-4)

  2. Prevalence of Plasmodium vivax VK210 and VK247 subtype in Myanmar  (Malaria Journal 2010, Vol 9, page 195)

3.Genetic polymorphism and effect of natural selection at domain I of apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA-1) in Plasmodium vivax isolates from Myanmar (Acta Tropica Journal May 2010, Vol 114 Issue 2 page 71-75)

4.Genetic polymorphism of merozoite surface protein-1 and merozoite surface protein-2 in Plasmodium falciparum field isolates from Myanmar (Malaria Journal 2010, Vol 9, page 131)

5. High frequency of genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax field isolates in Myanmar (Acta Tropica Journal January 2009, Vol 109 Issue 1 page 30-36)

6.Efficacy of oral single dose therapy with artemisinin –naphthoquine phosphate in uncomplicated falciparum malaria (Acta Tropica Journal September 2009, Vol 111 Issue 3 page 275-278)

7. High Levels of Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum liver stage antigen-1 in naturally infected Individuals in Myanmar (Korea Journal of Parasitology September 2008 , Vol. 16 No.3 page 195-198)

8. Characterization of Plasmodium vivax heat shock protein 70 and evaluation of Its value for serodiagnosis of Tertian malaria (Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, March 2007, Vol.14 No.3 page 320-322)

9. Usefulness of the recombinant liver stage antigen-3 for an early serodiagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infection (Korea Journal of Parsitology, March 2006, Vol. 44, No.1, page 49-54)

10. Genetic variations of the dihydrofolate reductase gene of Plasmodium vivax in Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Parasitology Res, July 2005, Vol. 96 Issue 5 Page 321-325)

11. Rapid epidemiologic assessment of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in malaria-endemic areas in Southeast Asia using a novel diagnostic kit (Tropical Medicine and International Health May 2004, Vol. 9 No.5 page 615-623)

12. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) mutations in Myanmar: G6PD Mahidol (487G>A) is the most common variant in the Myanmar population (The Japan Society of Human Genetics and Springer-Verlag September 2004, Vol.49 page 544-547)

13.Mekong malaria. II. Update of malaria, multi-drug resistance and economic development in the Mekong region of Southeast Asia (Southeast Asia Journal of Tropical medicine, Public health 2003, Vol. 34)

14. Synergistic enhancement of a copper chelator, bathocuproine disulphonate, and cysteine on in vitro growth of Plasmodium falciparum in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient erythrocytes (Southeast Asia Journal of Tropical medicine, Public health January 2003, Vol. 34 Issue 2 page 301-309)

15. Unusual plasmodium malariae-like parasites in Southeast Asia (Journal of Parasitology April 2002, Vol. 88 Issue 2 page 350-357)

16. A comparison of two rapid field immunochromatographic tests to expert microscopy in the diagnosis of malaria (Acta Tropica Journal April 2002, Vol. 82 Issue 1 page 51-59)

17. In vitro susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Myanmar to antimalarial drugs (American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2001, Vol. 65 Issue 5 page 450-455)

18. Wide distribution of Plasmodium ovale in Myanmar (Tropical Medicine and International Health March 2002, Vol.7 No.3 page 231-239)

19. Collaboration on Malaria control studies between Myanmar and the Republic of Korea (Mekong Malaria Forum (Information exchange on malaria control in Southeast Asia) April 2000, Issue 6, page 111)

20. Field trials of a rapid test for G6PD deficiency in combination with a rapid diagnosis of malaria (Tropical medicine and International Health April 1999, Vol.4 No.4 page 245-250) ]

21. Population genetic structure and natural selection of Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen-1 in Myanmar isolates (MALJ-D-17-00631)

22. Genetic polymorphism and natural selection of circumsporozoite surface protein in Plasmodium falciparum feld isolates from Myanmar (MALJ-D-18-00410R1)

Unpublished reports

1. Validation of malaria diagnosis and treatment provided by basic health staff
2. Incidence of injury due to road traffic accidents in Lashio Township, Northern Shan State
3. Study on protective effects of malaria antibody among the community in malaria endemic areas
• Collaborations
1. National Institute of Health (N.I.H), (Seoul, Republic of Korea)
2. Professor Dr. Fumihiko Kawamoto (Oita University, Japan)