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Sarcocystis levinei infection in Philippine water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Claveria FG, Cruz MJ

Parasitol Int, 2000 Jan;48(3):243-7.

Ultrastructural studies of sarcocysts obtained from Philippine water buffaloes revealed the presence of the commonly reported macroscopic species, Sarcocystis fusiformis, and the microscopic species Sarcocystis levinei (Dissanaike A, Kan S. Studies on Sarcocystis in Malaysia. I: Sarcocystis levinei n.sp. from the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis. Z Parasitenkd 1978;55:127-38), (Huong L, Dubey J, Uggla A. Redescription of Sarcocystis levinei Dissanaike and Kan, 1978 (Protozoa: Sarcocystidae) of the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). J Parasitol 1997;83:1148-52). The globular to oval microscopic cysts commonly observed in the muscles of the diaphragm and neck exhibit compartmentalized arrangement of zoites with septal partitions and measure 13-48 microns in diameter. The parasitophorous vacuolar membrane of sarcocyst bears minute and hair-like villar protrusions measuring 2.3-2.75 microns long emanating at certain distances from the primary cyst wall and lack microfilaments. Villar protrusions have expanded to dome-shaped base measuring 0.33-1.6 microns long by 0.22-1.0 micron wide, and intermediate and tapering distal segments bent approximately 90 degrees and run parallel to the cyst surface. The distal segments at some areas join to form conical tufts. The primary cyst wall bears numerous prominent undulations that are arranged in small clusters. The ground substance is 0.42-0.57 micron thick. This paper documents the first report of S. levinei in Philippine water buffaloes possessing the type 7 cyst wall.

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Ahead with Cairo. Monitoring country activities

Danguilan M, Wainer J, Widyantoro N, Capoor I, Huq N, Ashino Y, et al.

Arrows Change, 1995 Apr;1(1):6-7.

PMID: 12346439

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

75M Filipinos and still counting. But lack of direction hounds FP program

Reprowatch, 1999 May;19(3-4):4.

PMID: 12322208

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Globalisation and inequality in urban South-east Asia

Schmidt JD

Third World Plann Rev, 1998 May;20(2):127-45.

PMID: 12295213

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Harm reduction in Asia: a successful response to hidden epidemics. The Asian Harm Reduction Network

Crofts N, Costigan G, Narayanan P, Gray J, Dorabjee J, Langkham B, et al.

AIDS, 1998;12 Suppl B:S109-15.

PMID: 9679636

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

The Sulu-Sulawesi Sea: environmental and socioeconomic status, future prognosis and ameliorative policy options

DeVantier L, Alcala A, Wilkinson C

Ambio, 2004 Feb;33(1-2):88-97.

PMID: 15083654

The Sulu-Sulawesi Sea, with neighboring Indonesian Seas and South China Sea, lies at the center of the world's tropical marine biodiversity. Encircled by 3 populous, developing nations, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia, the Sea and its adjacent coastal and terrestrial ecosystems, supports ca. 33 million people, most with subsistence livelihoods heavily reliant on its renewable natural resources. These resources are being impacted severely by rapid population growth (> 2% yr-1, with expected doubling by 2035) and widespread poverty, coupled with increasing international market demand and rapid technological changes, compounded by inefficiencies in governance and a lack of awareness and/or acceptance of some laws among local populations, particularly in parts of the Philippines and Indonesia. These key root causes all contribute to illegal practices and corruption, and are resulting in severe resource depletion and degradation of water catchments, river, lacustrine, estuarine, coastal, and marine ecosystems. The Sulu-Sulawesi Sea forms a major geopolitical focus, with porous borders, transmigration, separatist movements, piracy, and illegal fishing all contributing to environmental degradation, human suffering and political instability, and inhibiting strong trilateral support for interventions. This review analyzes these multifarious environmental and socioeconomic impacts and their root causes, provides a future prognosis of status by 2020, and recommends policy options aimed at amelioration through sustainable management and development.

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Fulltext State of rare disease management in Southeast Asia

Shafie AA, Chaiyakunapruk N, Supian A, Lim J, Zafra M, Hassali MA

Orphanet J Rare Dis, 2016 08 02;11(1):107.

PMID: 27484654 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-016-0460-9

BACKGROUND: Rare diseases, also referred to as orphan diseases, are characterised by their low prevalence with majority of them are chronically debilitating and life threatening. Given the low prevalence and the widely dispersed but very small patient base for each disease, there may often be a disproportion in the availability of treatments and resources to manage patients, spur research and train experts. This is especially true in Southeast Asian countries that are currently in the process of implementing or revising their universal health coverage schemes. This paper aims to examine the status of rare disease management in Southeast Asian countries. It will serve as the basis for a more active discussion on how countries in the region can address an under-recognised rare disease burden and enhance national and regional capacities.

METHODS: The study consists of literature reviews and key stakeholders interviews in six focus countries, including the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand and five countries as best practice, comprising of France, Canada, Australia, Taiwan, and South Korea. Rare disease management initiatives across each country were examined based on the World Health Organization's framework for action in strengthening health systems.

RESULTS: The results suggest rare disease management remains challenging across Southeast Asia, as many of the focus countries face fundamental issues from basic healthcare systems to funding. Nonetheless, there are substantial improvement opportunities, including leveraging best practices from around the world and organising a multi-stakeholder and regional approach and strategy.

CONCLUSIONS: Southeast Asian countries have made significant progress in the management of rare disease, but there remain key areas for substantial development opportunities.

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Underwater DVI: Simple fingerprint technique for positive identification

Khoo LS, Hasmi AH, Mahmood MS, Vanezis P

Forensic Sci Int, 2016 Sep;266:e4-e9.

PMID: 27567043 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.08.019

An underwater disaster can be declared when a maritime accident occurred or when an aircraft is plunged into water area, be it ocean, sea or river. Nevertheless, handling of human remains in an underwater recovery operation is often a difficult and demanding task as working conditions may be challenging with poor to no visibility, location of remains at considerable depths and associated hazards from surrounding water. A case of the recent helicopter crash, into a famous river in Sarawak, domiciled by huge crocodiles, is discussed in this paper. Search and recovery team as well as the combat divers from the Special Elite Troop Commando, known as VAT 69, were deployed to the scene to perform the underwater recovery to search for all the victims on board involving five Malaysians with a pilot of Philippines nationality. This paper highlights the limitations and challenges faced during the underwater search and recovery. All the bodies recovered were in moderate decomposition stage with crushed injuries and mutilated face and body. A simple and conventional fingerprint technique were used to record the fingerprint. The prints impressions were later photographed using a smartphone and transferred back to the RMP headquarters in Kuala Lumpur for fingerprint match by using WhatsApp Messenger, a phone application. All the first five victims were identified within an average of 10min. The last victim recovered was the pilot. For foreign nationals, the Immigration Department of Malaysia will record the prints of both index fingers only. The lifting of the fingerprint of the last victim was the most challenging in which only one index finger left that can be used for comparison. A few techniques were attempted using the black printer's ink, glass and tape techniques for the last victim. Subsequently, images of the prints impression were taken using the same smartphone with additional macro lens attached to it to enhance the resolution. The images were transferred to the RMP headquarters through WhatsApp Messenger. The prints were confirmed to be the pilot 20min later.

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Fulltext Treatment of Seborrhoeic Dermatitis in Asia: A Consensus Guide

Cheong WK, Yeung CK, Torsekar RG, Suh DH, Ungpakorn R, Widaty S, et al.

Skin Appendage Disord, 2016 May;1(4):187-96.

PMID: 27386464 DOI: 10.1159/000444682

Seborrhoeic dermatitis (SD) is common in Asia. Its prevalence is estimated to be 1-5% in adults. However, larger population-based studies into the epidemiology of SD in Asia are lacking, and the aetiology of SD may differ widely from Western countries and in different parts of Asia. In addition, clinically significant differences between Asian and Caucasian skin have been reported. There is a need to define standardized clinical diagnostic criteria and/or a grading system to help determine appropriate treatments for SD within Asia. With this in mind, experts from India, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Italy convened to define the landscape of SD in Asia at a meeting held in Singapore. The consensus group developed a comprehensive algorithm to aid clinicians to recommend appropriate treatment of SD in both adults and children. In most cases, satisfactory therapeutic results can be accomplished with topical antifungal agents or topical corticosteroids. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents with antifungal properties have been shown to be a viable option for both acute and maintenance therapy.

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis in Southeast Asia

Harinasuta C

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health, 1984 Dec;15(4):431-8.

PMID: 6535256

Schistosomiasis in Southeast Asia, caused by Schistosoma japonicum, Schistosoma mekongi and Schistosoma japonicum-like, have been reported from six different countries. The S. japonicum infections are highly prevalent in the Philippines with Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi as the vector snail, and in localized areas in Indonesia with O.h. lindoensis as the snail vector. The S. mekongi infections are recent discovery in the Lower Mekong Basin in Laos and Kampuchea, with Tricula aperta as the vector snail. The S. japonicum-like infections are found as isolated cases diagnosed by the finding of S. japonicum-like eggs in the faeces, rectal biopsy, tissue biopsy or at necropsy in Thailand and Malaysia. The control measures of schistosomiasis have been implemented in the Philippines and Indonesia, while further research studies are being conducted in Thailand and Malaysia.

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Population education country programmes

UNESCO. Population Education Programme Service

Popul Educ Asia Pac Newsl Forum, 1980 Dec.

PMID: 12264112

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Individual-level fertility measures derived from the own children method: an evaluation of Southeast Asian census data

Guest P

Majalah Demografi Indones, 1991 Jun;18(35):43-58.

PMID: 12317016

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Multiple alpha-globin genes in crab-eating macaques (Macaca fascicularis)

Takenaka A, Ueda S, Terao K, Takenaka O

Mol Biol Evol, 1991 May;8(3):320-6.

PMID: 2072861

Alpha-globin genes in crab-eating macaques were found to be triplicated at high frequencies according to restriction-enzyme comparisons. The frequencies of triplicated alpha-globin genes in macaques originally from Malaysia and Indonesia were 0.432 and 0.275, respectively, while no triplication was found in individuals from either the Philippines or northern and central Thailand. Quadruplicated alpha-globin genes were also observed, at frequencies of 0.045 (Malaysia), 0.075 (Indonesia), and 0.021 (the Philippines). A single locus was detected in only one of 40 chromosomes from Indonesia (frequency 0.025).

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Genetic polymorphism of the vitamin D-binding protein (DBP) in crab-eating macaques (Macaca fascicularis)

Tanaka H, Kawamoto Y, Terao K

J Med Primatol, 1991 May;20(3):126-32.

PMID: 1895332

Vitamin D-binding protein (DBP) of crab-eating macaques (Macaca fascicularis) was examined by means of three electrophoretic methods. DBP phenotypes were observed to be one or two bands in each method. All of DBP molecular variants could be detected by the simultaneous typing with these three methods. Family analysis suggested that DBP variants followed the mode of autosomal codominant inheritance. A total of 17 phenotypes governed by at least 11 alleles were observed in the populations of Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The genetic variability was high in Malaysian and Indonesian populations but low in the Philippine population.

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Living on the edge

Hinrichsen D

Earthwatch, 1989.

PMID: 12285899

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Internal migration and development transitions in South East Asia

Pryor RJ

Popul Geogr, 1981 Jul-Dec;3(1-2):57-68.

PMID: 12179069

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Demographic development in ASEAN: a comparative overview

Herrin AN, Pardoko H, Lim LL, Hongladorom C

Philipp Rev Econ Bus, 1981 Sep-Dec;18(3-4):132-53.

PMID: 12178278

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Natural virus infections in cynomolgus monkeys

Suzuki M

Jpn. J. Med. Sci. Biol., 1981 Aug;34(4):261-3.

PMID: 7321300

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus in Singapore: comparison with other ASEAN countries

Cheah JS, Yeo PP, Thai AC, Lui KF, Wang KW, Tan YT, et al.

Ann Acad Med Singap, 1985 Apr;14(2):232-9.

PMID: 4037681

Singapore is a tropical island city-state with a population of 2.4178 million consisting of Chinese (76.7%), Malays (14.7%), Indians (6.4%) and other races (2.2%). A diabetic survey of the adult population, aged 15 years and above, carried out in 1975, shows that the prevalence of diabetes is 1.99%; it is higher in males (2.36%) than in females (1.64%). It occurs mainly in the age group 40 years and above (5.08%) and is uncommon in the age group 15-39 years (0.40%). In males, the highest prevalence of diabetes (7.0%) is in the age group 45-49 years while in females the highest prevalence (7.2%) is in the age group 55-59 years. 43.3% of the diabetics are of normal weight while 44.3% are overweight and 12.4% are underweight. 59.6% of the diabetics are newly diagnosed while 40.4% are known diabetics; 64.3% of the newly diagnosed diabetics have no symptoms. The prevalence of diabetes among the Indians (6.07%) is significantly higher than that in Malays (2.43%) and Chinese (1.55%). Indian diabetics have a slightly higher positive family history of diabetes (12.7%) than Malays (10.9%) and Chinese (6.5%). Obesity is commoner in Malay diabetics (64.7%) than in Chinese (41.6%) and Indians (35.7%). The possible factors leading to the significantly higher prevalence of diabetes among the Indians compared to the other ethnic groups in Singapore are discussed. It is suggested that the Indian gene is susceptible to diabetes (diabetic genotype) and increased food consumption, altered lifestyle and greater obesity leads to the expression of diabetes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

Asian-Pacific round of WFS activities

Asian Pac Popul Programme News, 1979;8(1):16.

PMID: 12309486

Matched MeSH terms: Philippines

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