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Prevalence of the house fly Musca domestica L. in the vicinity of Kuala Lumpur

Inder Singh K

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1971 Dec;2(4):548-51.

Evaluation of insecticides against four strains of the house fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) from West Malaysia

Inder Singh K

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1973 Dec;4(4):554-9.

PMID: 4132536

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.

Tetrapetalonema (Sandnema) digitata (Chandler, 1929) Chabaud & Bain, 1976, infection in the banded leaf monkey, Presbytis melalophos (Raffles) in Peninsular Malaysia

Inder-Singh Krishnasamy M, Mak JW

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1985 Sep;16(3):512.

PMID: 4095616

Fulltext Studies on animal schistosomes in Peninsular Malaysia: record of naturally infected animals and additional hosts of Schistosoma spindale

Inder Singh K, Krishnasamy M, Ambu S, Rasul R, Chong NL

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1997 Jun;28(2):303-7.

PMID: 9444010

Surveillance studies on cercarial dermatitis were carried out in paddy growing areas in Peninsular Malaysia. It was observed that dermatitis in paddy planters occurred in paddy fields which were cultivated using animals such as bafflos or fields where domestic animals were allowed to graze during the off planting season as these animals harbored the parasite. The causative agent of cercarial dermatitis was Schistosoma spindale. A total of 215 small mammals trapped from Alor Setar and 126 trapped from Labu were examined for the schistosome. In Alor Setar Bandicota indica, Rattus argentiventer and Rattus rattus diardii were the only wild mammals found to be infected with the parasite, while in the Labu areas only Rattus tiomanicus jalorensis was positive for the schistosome. The occurrence of S. spindale in R. argentiventer and R.r. diardii in Alor Setar and in R.t. jalorensis in Labu constitute new host and geographic distribution records of the schistosome.

A Review of Telemedicine Guidelines in the South-East Asia Region

Sharma P, Sethi MIS, Liem A, Bhatti HBS, Pandey V, Nair A

Telemed Rep, 2023;4(1):271-278.

PMID: 37753247 DOI: 10.1089/tmr.2023.0040

INTRODUCTION: Telemedicine use has increased for the past few years, and data security-related issues have also accompanied this. Barriers such as poor digital literacy, unaffordability, and ethical and legal issues have also affected the uptake of digital health. Telemedicine guidelines can help in promoting a suitable environment for wider uptake of telemedicine services by focusing on training, supervision, and monitoring of service providers. This policy review compares the telemedicine guidelines of countries in World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region (SEAR) as these countries have similar sociocultural backgrounds.

METHODOLOGY: Latest telemedicine guidelines of the South Asia Region of the WHO were accessed using the official government websites of the countries. The guidelines that were not in the English language were translated into English using Google Translate. The guidelines were analyzed and presented under the following subheadings: (1) Definitions, Purpose, and Tools of Telemedicine; (2) Clinical Aspects of Telemedicine; and (3) Operational and Technical Aspects of Telemedicine.

RESULTS: Investigating the telemedicine guidelines in the SEAR of the WHO revealed that only 5 out of 11 countries, that is, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia and Nepal, have guidelines specifically for telemedicine. Besides Thailand, the other four countries either published (India, Nepal, and Bangladesh) or updated (Indonesia) their telemedicine guidelines after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Guidelines from India and Bangladesh are detailed and robust compared with those from Nepal, Indonesia, and Thailand.

CONCLUSION: Telemedicine guidelines need to be more robust to improve the uptake of the service. Further research is needed to explore the effectiveness of implementing these guidelines.

Dipetalonema digitatum (Chandler 1929) infection in the leaf monkey, Presbytis obscura (Reid)

Mak JW, Inder-Singh, Yen PK, Yap LF

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1980 Mar;11(1):141.

PMID: 6773151

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