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PubMed1977

Polymorphism of red cell glyoxalase 1. With special reference to South and Southeast Asia and Oceania.

Glyoxalase polymorphism has been studied in 7296 persons from populations in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, Iran and Colombia. The GLO frequencies are very low in most of Oceania, including Australia, somewhat higher in Southeast Asia, and intermediate though variable in India. In Iran the GLO frequency is similar to that in Europe. The value for the single amerindian group in Colombia is nearly 30%.

Asia, Southeastern↗
PubMed1977

Extramural training of medical students: lessons from Southeast Asia.

Several medical schools in Southeast Asia have identified deficiencies in their undergraduate medical education that result in inappropriate training of students for the health-care problems that exist in their respective countries. Curriculum changes have been made that take students out of the laboratory and the subspecialty-oriented university hospital and place them in extramural programs in the community. Both the deficiencies identified and the solutions developed merit study by North American medical educators, especially those teaching primary care in family practice.

Community Health Services↗
PubMed1978

A profile of health sciences libraries in Southeast Asia.

This paper reports the results of a survey undertaken by the World Health Organization of health sciences libraries in Southeast Asia. It includes information on clientele, budget, personnel, collections, lending policy, dissemination of information, and reference services. The survey indicates that the collections in most of the health sciences libraries in Southeast Asia are deficient and that services provided to readers are inadequate. Recommendations for improvement are outlined.

Asia, Southeastern↗
PubMed1975

Subtypes of hepatitis B surface antigen in Southeast Asia.

The prevalences of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs Ag) subtypes in Thais, Cambodians, and Vietnamese were compared with the prevalences in Americans residing in Southeast Asia. HBs Ag was found with approximately equal frequency in Thai (43 percent) and American (39 percent) patients with hepatitis. However, higher prevalences of HBs Ag were found in asympotomatic Thais (9.5 percent), Cambodians (11.9 percent), and Vietnamese (14.3 percent) than in asymptomatic Americans (0.7 percent). Among asymptomatic Thais, the ratio of HBs Ag/adr to HBs Ag/adw was approximately 10:1, with one exception: adw was not detected in a rural population of northern Thailand. The y determinant was not found in Thais. In contrast, both d and y determinants were found in Americans. These observations conform to a geographic pattern, with ad as the predominant combination in the Far East. In Southeast Asia determinants w and r are more useful epidemiologic markers than y and d.

Animals↗
PubMed1978

Latent and chronic infections imported from Southeast Asia.

This review is intended to remind physicians of exotic infections with latency of at least one year that could cause illness in refugees or US citizens exposed in Southeast Asia. Tuberculosis, melioidosis, and leprosy are the major chronic infections of bacterial origin. Intestinal protozoa, roundworms, and flatworms are considered with regard to pathogenic, potential and duration of infection. Malaria, filariasis, and schistosomiasis may be seen on occasion. Paragonimiasis and Chinese liver fluke infections are more common and may simulate other less exotic diseases.

Asia, Southeastern↗
PubMed2025

Epstein-Barr Virus Sequence Variations Among the Understudied Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients of Diverse Ancestries in Southeast Asia.

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with cancers, including lymphomas and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). To date, risk variants for NPC were mainly identified from Chinese populations, which dominated the world's total number of cases. Although Southeast Asia (SEA) countries have among the world's top yet intriguingly diverse NPC age-standardized incidence rates across subpopulations, data on EBV from SEA remains scarce. In this study, we examined 83 NPC patients of different ancestries for the presence of risk haplotypes associated with the Southern Chinese NPC and generated and analyzed 67 EBV sequences (from tissue, patient-derived xenografts and lymphoblastoid cell lines of 60 NPC patients) together with 838 published EBV genomes. Our study revealed that NPC patients of non-Chinese ancestry had fewer risk variants and haplotypes that are associated with Southern Chinese NPC and clustered distinctly from lymphomas, Southern Chinese NPC, and non-cancer controls. The distribution of non-synonymous variants was similar among NPC patients of Chinese ancestry, irrespective of geographical location. Meanwhile, non-synonymous variants in genes related to packaging, latency, and structural proteins such as BPLF1, LF3, and LMP1 varied across different ancestries. Our findings suggest possibilities of EBV adaptation to host genetics for NPC pathogenesis and warrant further research for the understudied NPC subpopulations.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Geographical distribution of swine (Hsw1N1) and Hong Kong (H3N2) influenza virus variants in pigs in Southeast Asia.

Influenza viruses of the Hsw1N1 and H3N2 subtypes were isolated in Hong Kong from pigs originating from Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (PRC), Singapore, and Taiwan. The H3N2 isolates were from pigs from Hong Kong and PRC, whereas the Hsw1N1 isolates were from pigs from Hong Kong, PRC, Singapore and Taiwan. The hemagglutinins of the H3N2 isolates were similar to those of the earlier A/Hong Kong/1/68 and A/Port Chalmers/1/73 variants from man. The Hsw1N1 isolates were similar to the human A/New Jersey/8/76 virus. These studies extend the geographical range of Hsw1N1 influenza virus and suggest that pigs in southeast Asia, like those in North America, harbor Hsw1N1 influenza viruses. These findings underline the importance of pigs as potential reservoirs for future human pandemics by the continued isolation (in Asia) of H3N2 and Hsw1N1 influenza viruses.

Animals↗
PubMed2026

From Southeast Asia to global: phylogeny, biogeography and character evolution of the thread-legged bug tribe Leistarchini (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae).

The thread-legged bug tribe Leistarchini (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) is a cosmopolitan and diverse group characterized by a highly disproportionate spatial distribution across zoogeographic regions. Due to a historical lack of phylogenetic focus, the internal relationships and evolutionary history of the tribe remain poorly understood. In this study, we provide the first robust phylogenetic framework for Leistarchini by integrating molecular data from mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rDNA (88 taxa, 19 937 bp) with universal single-copy orthologs (24 taxa, 667 loci). Our results support the monophyly of Leistarchini and identify five major clades, including a newly described genus Calliemesa gen. n. Our findings further reveal that the five most species-rich genera (Nesita, Orthunga, Pleias, Ploiaria and Tinna) are either paraphyletic or polyphyletic as currently circumscribed. Molecular dating and biogeographic reconstructions suggest a Southeast Asian origin for the Leistarchini crown group during the late Palaeocene (ca. 57 Ma). Early diversification appears to have been driven by Paleogene geological and climatic shifts in Southeast Asia, while multiple intercontinental dispersals since the middle Eocene into the Afrotropics, Madagascar and the New World shaped the current global distribution. Ancestral state reconstructions indicate that the Leistarchini ancestor possessed a well-developed posterior pronotal lobe and a three-segmented protarsus. Subsequent evolutionary trajectories involved four independent transitions toward a shortened posterior pronotal lobe, and four separate reductions in protarsal segmentation.

Animals↗
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The role of traditional birth attendants in family planning programs in Southeast Asia.

The training and utilization of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in maternal and child health and family planning programs in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia are discussed. Special efforts to organize and train TBAs for family planning in Malaysia are examined in detail. Import factors for successful utilization of TBAs include: (a) definite assignment of functions and tasks, (b) organization of good operational steps and (c) implementation of good supervisory activities.

Asia, Southeastern↗
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[Setaria species from water buffalo of Southeast Asia and from Caffer Buffalo of Africa: comparative study with Setaria spp. from cattle of the respective areas (author's transl)].

Setaria leichungwingi Chen, 1937 (stat. nov.), parasite of Bubalus bubalis in Asia is closely related to S. labiatopapillosa, but the peribuccal chitinous crown is different. Until now, specimens determined as S. labiatopapillosa in Africa pertain in fact to two species S. labiatopapillosa sensu stricto and a new species described here: S. nelsoni n.sp., characterised by peribuccal crown's form (similated to that of S. leichungwingi) and by narrow host-sepcificity. It differs from S. leichungwingi by thick spiny extra-projections in higher percentage on peribuccal crown and by fewer spiny formations on the end of the female. A table gives the determination of the Setaria from Buffalo of the regions between India and East Europe with that from cattle. In the area, Setaria sp. from Bubalus is closely related to but different from S. labiatopapillosa.

Africa, Central↗