Publications by authors named "Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi"

23Publications

Onchocerca volvulus infection in Tihama region - west of Yemen: Continuing transmission in ivermectin-targeted endemic foci and unveiled endemicity in districts with previously unknown status.

Authors:
Mohammed A K Mahdy Rashad Abdul-Ghani Thaker A A Abdulrahman Samira M A Al-Eryani Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Sami A A Alhaidari Ahmed A Azazy

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2018 03 5;12(3):e0006329. Epub 2018 Mar 5.

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al-Baha University, Al-Baha, KSA.

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March 2018

Access to and use of long-lasting insecticidal nets and factors associated with non-use among communities in malaria-endemic areas of Al Hudaydah governorate in the Tihama region, west of Yemen.

Authors:
Samira M A Al-Eryani Mohammed A K Mahdy Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Rashad Abdul-Ghani

Malar J 2017 06 9;16(1):244. Epub 2017 Jun 9.

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen.

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June 2017

A community-based survey of Toxoplasma gondii infection among pregnant women in rural areas of Taiz governorate, Yemen: the risk of waterborne transmission.

Authors:
Mohammed A K Mahdy Lina M Q Alareqi Rashad Abdul-Ghani Samira M A Al-Eryani Abdullah A Al-Mikhlafy Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Fawzya Alkarshy Rohela Mahmud

Infect Dis Poverty 2017 Feb 13;6(1):26. Epub 2017 Feb 13.

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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February 2017

A household-based survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices towards dengue fever among local urban communities in Taiz Governorate, Yemen.

Authors:
Thaker A A Alyousefi Rashad Abdul-Ghani Mohammed A K Mahdy Samira M A Al-Eryani Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Yahia A Raja Shamusul Azhar Shah John C Beier

BMC Infect Dis 2016 Oct 7;16(1):543. Epub 2016 Oct 7.

Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.

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October 2016

School-based prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and associated risk factors in rural communities of Sana'a, Yemen.

Authors:
Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Rashad Abdul-Ghani Samira M Al-Eryani Reyadh Saif-Ali Mohammed A K Mahdy

Acta Trop 2016 Nov 8;163:135-41. Epub 2016 Aug 8.

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen; Tropical Disease Research Center, University of Science and Technology, Sana'a, Yemen.

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November 2016

Toxoplasma gondii infection among pregnant women in Yemen: Factors associated with high seroprevalence.

Authors:
Samira M Al-Eryani Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Latifa A Al-Shibani Mohammed M K Mahdy Ahmed A Azazy

J Infect Dev Ctries 2016 Jun 30;10(6):667-72. Epub 2016 Jun 30.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sana'a University, Yemen.

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June 2016

First Molecular Characterization of Leishmania Species Causing Visceral Leishmaniasis among Children in Yemen.

Authors:
Mohammed A K Mahdy Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Rashad Abdul-Ghani Reyadh Saif-Ali Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi Samira M Al-Eryani Yvonne A L Lim Rohela Mahmud

PLoS One 2016 11;11(3):e0151265. Epub 2016 Mar 11.

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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November 2016

The prospect of malaria elimination in the Arabian Peninsula: a population genetic approach.

Authors:
Salama Al-Hamidhi Mohammed A K Mahdy Mohamed Ahmed Idris Saad M Bin Dajem Adel Ali H Al-Sheikh Ahmed Al-Qahtani Zainab Al-Hashami Hissa Al-Farsi Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Riyadh Saif-Ali Albano Beja-Pereira Hamza A Babiker

Infect Genet Evol 2014 Oct 27;27:25-31. Epub 2014 Jun 27.

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Electronic address:

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October 2014

Subtype distribution of Blastocystis isolates in Sebha, Libya.

Authors:
Awatif M Abdulsalam Init Ithoi Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Abdulhamid Ahmed Johari Surin

PLoS One 2013 20;8(12):e84372. Epub 2013 Dec 20.

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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October 2014

Mutant Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter in Hodeidah, Yemen: association with parasitologic indices and treatment-seeking behaviors.

Authors:
Rashad Abdul-Ghani Hoda F Farag Amal F Allam Sherine M Shawky Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi

Acta Trop 2013 Dec 29;128(3):473-8. Epub 2013 Jul 29.

Department of Parasitology, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen. Electronic address:

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December 2013

The suitability of P. falciparum merozoite surface proteins 1 and 2 as genetic markers for in vivo drug trials in Yemen.

Authors:
Nazeh M Al-abd Mohammed A K Mahdy Abdulsalam M Q Al-Mekhlafi Georges Snounou Nazia B Abdul-Majid Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi Mun Y Fong

PLoS One 2013 4;8(7):e67853. Epub 2013 Jul 4.

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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February 2014

Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum and distribution of drug resistance haplotypes in Yemen.

Authors:
Salama Al-Hamidhi Mohammed A K Mahdy Zainab Al-Hashami Hissa Al-Farsi Abdulsalam M Al-mekhlafi Mohamed A Idris Albano Beja-Pereira Hamza A Babiker

Malar J 2013 Jul 15;12:244. Epub 2013 Jul 15.

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July 2013

Cases of hydatidosis in patients referred to Governmental hospitals for cyst removal in Sana'a City, Republic of Yemen.

Authors:
Latifa A N Al-Shibani Samira M A Al-Eryani Ahmed A Azazy Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi

Trop Biomed 2012 Mar;29(1):18-23

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen.

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March 2012

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for malarial parasites of humans: would it come to clinical reality as a point-of-care test?

Authors:
Rashad Abdul-Ghani Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Panagiotis Karanis

Acta Trop 2012 Jun 16;122(3):233-40. Epub 2012 Feb 16.

Department of Parasitology, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.

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June 2012

KCNQ1 variants associate with type 2 diabetes in Malaysian Malay subjects.

Authors:
Riyadh Saif-Ali Sekaran Muniandy Zaid Al-Hamodi Cheng Siang Lee Khaled A Ahmed Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Ikram Shah Ismail

Ann Acad Med Singap 2011 Nov;40(11):488-92

Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Malaysia.

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November 2011

Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Pahang, Malaysia based on MSP-1 and MSP-2 genes.

Authors:
Wahib M Atroosh Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi Mohammed Ak Mahdy Riyadh Saif-Ali Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Johari Surin

Parasit Vectors 2011 Dec 13;4:233. Epub 2011 Dec 13.

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.

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December 2011

Microbial control of malaria: biological warfare against the parasite and its vector.

Authors:
Rashad Abdul-Ghani Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Mogeeb S Alabsi

Acta Trop 2012 Feb 15;121(2):71-84. Epub 2011 Nov 15.

Department of Parasitology, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Egypt.

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February 2012

Sequence analysis on the mitochondrial COXI gene of recent clinical isolates of Plasmodium knowlesi in Klang Valley, peninsular Malaysia.

Authors:
Mun Yik Fong Yee-Ling Lau Lit-Chien Chin Abdulsalam M Q Al-Mekhlafi

Trop Biomed 2011 Aug;28(2):457-63

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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August 2011

Specific, sensitive and rapid detection of human plasmodium knowlesi infection by loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) in blood samples.

Authors:
Yee-Ling Lau Mun-Yik Fong Rohela Mahmud Phooi-Yee Chang Vanitha Palaeya Fei-Wen Cheong Lit-Chein Chin Claudia N Anthony Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Yeng Chen

Malar J 2011 Jul 20;10:197. Epub 2011 Jul 20.

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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July 2011

High frequency of Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance marker (pfcrt T76 mutation) in Yemen: an urgent need to re-examine malaria drug policy.

Authors:
Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Mohammed A K Mahdy Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi Ahmed A Azazy Mun Yik Fong

Parasit Vectors 2011 May 27;4:94. Epub 2011 May 27.

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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May 2011

Nutritional and socio-economic determinants of cognitive function and educational achievement of Aboriginal schoolchildren in rural Malaysia.

Authors:
Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi Mohammed A Mahdy Atiya A Sallam W A Ariffin Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Adel A Amran Johari Surin

Br J Nutr 2011 Oct 15;106(7):1100-6. Epub 2011 Apr 15.

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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October 2011

Evaluation of gram-chromotrope kinyoun staining technique: its effectiveness in detecting microsporidial spores in fecal specimens.

Authors:
Fatmah M Salleh Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Anisah Nordin 'Azlin M Yasin Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi Norhayati Moktar

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2011 Jan;69(1):82-5

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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January 2011

Molecular characterization of Leishmania species isolated from cutaneous leishmaniasis in Yemen.

Authors:
Mohammed A K Mahdy Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi Abdulsalam M Al-Mekhlafi Yvonne A L Lim Naemah O M Bin Shuaib Ahmed A Azazy Rohela Mahmud

PLoS One 2010 Sep 20;5(9). Epub 2010 Sep 20.

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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September 2010