Ross River virus (RRV) is the most common mosquitoborne disease notified within Australia and is a significant public health issue for NSW. There have been more than 7500 notifications of RRV in NSW over the past 10 years. Peak seasons occurred in 1996–97 (1547 notified cases) and 2005–06 (1268 notified cases), with an average of 683 notifications for the 11 seasons before this.1 The November 2...

Ross River virus is a common mosquito-borne arbovirus responsible for outbreaks of polyarthritic disease throughout Australia. To better understand climatic factors preceding outbreaks, we compared seasonal and monthly rainfall and temperature trends in outbreak and nonoutbreak years at four epidemic-prone locations. Our analyses showed that rainfall in outbreak years tended to be above average...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is common among the Chinese populations especially in the south China and South East Asia region with incidence of 20 to 50 per 100 000 individuals.1,2 Despite being uncommon among other ethnic groups including the Europeans, a higher incidence Received 11 May 2009 Accepted 28 May 2009 Correspondence to: Abdul Jalil Nordin, MD, Nuclear Imaging Unit, Faculty Medici...

Department of Educational Management, Planning and Policy, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, 50606 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Department of Computer System and Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and IT, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University Jalan Multimedia, 63100 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Faculty of Applied Medical Sc...

Name: Dr. Koh Chu-Sing Name of Organization: Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council Postal Address: 2 Floor, Wisma Sawit, Lot 6, SS6, Jalan Perbandaran, 47301 Kelana Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Telephone No: 603 78064097 Scope of activities: International Mission of organization: Disseminate scientific truths on palm oil Organization Interest: Lipid Nutrition and chronic diseases: Sources of Fundin...