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  1. Health and disease at Borneo proper
    Lay GT
    Lancet, 1839;32(820):300-302.
    DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)99923-X
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  2. The natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo
    Haddon AC
    Nature, 1896;55:128-130.
    DOI: 10.1038/055128a0
    ANTHROPOLOGISTS are again indebted to Mr. Ling Roth for presenting to them, in a convenient form, the results of wide reading and diligent compilation. It is by such well-directed enthusiasm that the labours of the student are materially lightened; for not only has the author, in this instance, marshalled a portentous array of accurately acknowledged quotations, but he has sedulously collected illustrations of objects preserved m numerous museums and private collections, in order to fully illustrate the descriptions that he quotes.
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  3. The peoples of Sarawak VII and VIII: The Kelabits and Muruts
    Harrisson T
    Sarawak Gazette, 1958;84:187-191.
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  4. APACPH Sabah Declaration: Improving Regional Health
    Asia Pac J Public Health, 2018 11;30(8):751-752.
    PMID: 30444135 DOI: 10.1177/1010539518809777
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  5. A report on tuberculosis in the Jesselton – Tauran area of North Borneo
    Wyile HW
    Med J Malaya, 1950;5.
    A general survey has been made of tuberculosis in the Jesselton – Tauran area. Climatical, living, and occupational conditions tend to favour the spread and advancement of the disease. The death rate is high, but has been influenced by conditions attributable to the war. The native population, due to their mode of life, succumbs more easily to the disease that do the Chinese. Cases are usually seen in the late stages, mainly due to ignorance.
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  6. Malaria transmissionin Borneo
    McArthur JN
    Lancet, 1946;248:117-8.
    DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(46)90692-7
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  7. Fulltext On the physiological action of the Kenyah dart poison ipoh, and its active principle antiarin
    Seligmann CG
    J Physiol, 1903 Feb 23;29(1):39-57.
    PMID: 16992656 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1903.sp000945
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  8. Fulltext Extreme differences in forest degradation in Borneo: comparing practices in Sarawak, Sabah, and Brunei
    Bryan JE, Shearman PL, Asner GP, Knapp DE, Aoro G, Lokes B
    PLoS One, 2013;8(7):e69679.
    PMID: 23874983 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069679
    The Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak are global hotspots of forest loss and degradation due to timber and oil palm industries; however, the rates and patterns of change have remained poorly measured by conventional field or satellite approaches. Using 30 m resolution optical imagery acquired since 1990, forest cover and logging roads were mapped throughout Malaysian Borneo and Brunei using the Carnegie Landsat Analysis System. We uncovered ∼364,000 km of roads constructed through the forests of this region. We estimated that in 2009 there were at most 45,400 km(2) of intact forest ecosystems in Malaysian Borneo and Brunei. Critically, we found that nearly 80% of the land surface of Sabah and Sarawak was impacted by previously undocumented, high-impact logging or clearing operations from 1990 to 2009. This contrasted strongly with neighbouring Brunei, where 54% of the land area remained covered by unlogged forest. Overall, only 8% and 3% of land area in Sabah and Sarawak, respectively, was covered by intact forests under designated protected areas. Our assessment shows that very few forest ecosystems remain intact in Sabah or Sarawak, but that Brunei, by largely excluding industrial logging from its borders, has been comparatively successful in protecting its forests.
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  9. Report on a mosquito and sanitary survey of Labuan, with notes upon antimosquito measures proposed.
    Scharff JW
    Malayan Medical Journal, 1927;2:88-93.
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  10. Malaria control in Borneo
    McArthur J
    Lancet, 1953;262:655-656.
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  11. A few ulun-no-bokan (Murut) taboos
    Keith HG
    Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1936;13:327-9.
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  12. New curious genus of the subfamily Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Borneo Island with remarks on the classification of this subfamily
    Storozhenko SY
    Zootaxa, 2023 Jul 06;5315(1):59-70.
    PMID: 37518620 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.1.3
    A new monotypic genus Trusmaditetrix gen. nov. (type species: Trusmaditetrix complanata sp. nov.) is described from Malaysia. New tribe Trusmaditetrigini trib. nov. is established for six genera of Cladonotinae (Trusmaditetrix gen. nov., Devriesetettix Tumbrinck, Eurymorphopus Hancock, Ichikawatettix Tumbrinck, Planotettix Tumbrinck, and Tepperotettix Rehn). A key to genera and an annotated list of the genera and species of the new tribe are also provided. The species Eurymorphopus dubius Günther, 1974 from Mauritius is placed in the genus Morphopoides Rehn, 1930 and a new combination is proposed: M. dubius (Günther, 1974), comb. nov.
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  13. Pig virus imperils food security in Borneo
    Meijaard E, Erman A, Ancrenaz M, Goossens B
    Science, 2024 Jan 19;383(6680):267.
    PMID: 38236988 DOI: 10.1126/science.adn3857
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo/epidemiology
  14. Vector-borne diseases on Borneo island: a scoping review
    Ong SQ, Safree ASA, Ismai NBA
    Malar J, 2024 Nov 11;23(1):337.
    PMID: 39529029 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-024-05132-5
    BACKGROUND: Borneo, the third largest island in the world, is facing a significant burden of emerging and re-emerging vector-borne diseases due to rapid changes in primary tropical rainforests and urban landscapes. These vector-borne diseases include the endemic epidemic cycles that occur in the more populated and urbanized areas, as well as the possible transmission through enzootic and sylvatic transmission cycles that occur mainly in the overlapping landscapes or among the indigenous population in the forest. The island will be changed significantly in the future due to the increase in human activities, especially mega events such as the relocation of the Indonesian capital to Nusantara in East Kalimantan Borneo, increasing urbanization, agriculture, hydropower projects, ecotourism activities in Sabah, North Borneo, and Sarawak, Central and South Borneo. Therefore, an overview of the current situation of vector-borne diseases is crucial for the next possible epidemic preparedness.

    METHODS: This study conducted the PRISMA-ScR scoping review and formulated a set of research questions to identify current trends in vector-borne diseases in Borneo. These questions aim to identify which diseases have been studied, what geographical areas have been covered by the research, how the One Health approach-encompassing human, animal and environmental factors-is integrated, and what gaps and challenges exist in addressing these diseases.

    RESULTS: A total of 2241 references were screened for eligibility and 117 articles were selected for review. The majority of the materials focused on mosquitoes and malaria, and the One Health elements focused mainly on humans.

    CONCLUSIONS: This review has identified the most and least studied vector-borne diseases and highlighted some of the gaps in knowledge and research on vector-borne diseases on the island of Borneo. Future studies should particularly focus on other neglected diseases such as Zika, chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis, filariasis and tick-borne diseases. In addition, advanced surveillance systems will be developed to improve early detection and response specifically for remote regions where vector-borne diseases are endemic or emerging.

    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo/epidemiology
  15. Fulltext A new genus and species of Brontinae from Borneo (Coleoptera, Silvanidae)
    Yoshida T, Hirowatari T
    Zookeys, 2018.
    PMID: 30584392 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.805.28757
    A new silvanid genus Borneophanusgen. n. is described based on specimens collected from Malaysian Borneo. A new species, B.spinosussp. n., is described herein. Digitiform sensilla on the apical maxillary palpomere is reported in Silvanidae for the first time.
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  16. Two new Cotasteromimina from Borneo (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Molytinae)
    Germann C
    Zootaxa, 2021 Feb 23;4933(4):zootaxa.4933.4.7.
    PMID: 33756780 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.4.7
    Based on material collected by canopy fogging in forests on Borneo, Obhylius arboricola gen. nov., sp. nov., and Seticotasteromimus brunomanseri sp. nov., the second species of this genus, are described. Further records of the type species of Seticotasteromimus Germann, 2013, S. jarawa Germann, 2013, are presented from Borneo, some 2700 km distant from the type locality on the Andaman Islands. Along with Seticotasteromimus, the new genus is best placed in the subtribe Cotasteromimina.
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  17. Fulltext Rumah kedai bersejarah di pantai barat sabah: isu pemeliharaan, perlindungan dan alternatif cadangan
    Elsapaula Anak Rijem
    Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2019;4(6):152-160.
    MyJurnal
    Rumah kedai bersejarah di Pantai Barat Sabah telah dibina ketika pentadbiran British North Borneo Company (Chatered) seawal akhir abad ke-19. Disebabkan usia bangunan ini ada yang melebihi 100 tahun menyebabkan timbul banyak isu dan ancaman seperti kemusnahan kerana bencana alam. Manakala pengubahsuaian yang tidak sensitif dan perobohan bangunan bersejarah ini bagi memberi laluan kepada pembangunan terkini merupakan ancaman manusia yang utama. Justeru, kajian ini akan membincangkan usaha dalam pemeliharaan dan perlindungan tinggalan bersejarah ini. Perbincangan turut memberi latar belakang sejarah pembinaan rumah kedai dengan menonjolkan keunikan seni binanya. Kajian ini akan menggunakan pendekatan sejarah dalam pengumpulan data dan analisis kritikal pengurusan warisan. Makalah ini diharap dapat menjelaskan bentuk isu dan pendekatan alternatif dalam memelihara dan melindungi bangunan rumah kedai bersejarah yang masih wujud di beberapa pekan dan bandar di Sabah.
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  18. The use of dithiazanine iodide in the treatment of multiple helminthiasis in Sarawak, Borneo
    DING LK, SUTLIVE J
    Am J Trop Med Hyg, 1960 Sep;9:503-5.
    PMID: 13722979
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  19. Fulltext Thismia kelabitiana (Thismiaceae), a new unique Fairy Lantern from Borneo potentially threatened by commercial logging
    Dančák M, Hroneš M, Sochor M, Sochorová Z
    PLoS One, 2018;13(10):e0203443.
    PMID: 30281609 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203443
    Thismia kelabitiana, a new unique species from the Sarawak state of Malaysia in the island of Borneo is described and illustrated. This new species is not similar to any species of Thismia described so far especially by having a unique form of mitre and outer perianth lobes deeply divided into 8-10 acute lobes and forming striking fringe around perianth tube opening. The species appears to be critically endangered due to ongoing logging activities in the region. It may potentially become a surrogate species for lower montane forests of the region and thus help protect them against further destruction.
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
  20. Malaria in North Borneo
    Polunin I
    Lancet, 1959;273:525.
    SIR,-I was glad to read a letter from Dr. Copeland (Dec. 6), a pioneer in bringing medical treatment to the Muruts of North Borneo.1 I feel that something should be said about the present malaria situation there. McArthur's control measures for the vector " Anopheles leucosphyrus " (now A. balabacensis), were in fact resumed by him under the new post-war Government. Clearing the undergrowth around seepages was tried during 1949-52, and showed some reduction in vector breeding and spleen-rates.2 However, more recent surveys have shown that McArthur's experimental villages no longer show any malariometric advantage over comparison villages, despite his hopes for the relative permanence of his methods. It was decided by the GovemmentjW.H.O.jUNlcEF Malaria Project to use house spraying with residual insecticide, which had proved highly effective in Sarawak against the virtually identical A. leucosphyrus. For Dr. Copeland's information, these mosquitoes do rest on walls during the night for periods sufficiently long to make them susceptible to effective attack by residual insecticides. It has been shown during the past three years that residual insecticides produce a very great decrease in the density of the vector. On Labuan Island house-spraying alone has been successful in interrupting transmission, and when combined with antimalarial drugs it has been shown capable of controlling transmission even in the most difficult parts of the interior. The complete eradication of malaria from British North Borneo now appears to be an attainable goal.
    Matched MeSH terms: Borneo
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