Dr. Kenny Voon Gah Leong

Lecturer
International Medical University, Malaysia


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Medical and Health Sciences from International Medical University, Malaysia

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Area of Interest:

Medicine
Tropical Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Biochemistry
Medical Sciences

Selected Publications

  1. Tan, Y.F., C.L. Teng, K.B. Chua and K. Voon, 2017. Pteropine orthoreovirus: An important emerging virus causing infectious disease in the tropics? J. Infect. Dev. Ctries., 11: 215-219.
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  2. Lau, P.S., K.V.G. Leong, C.E. Ong, A.N.H.M. Dong and Y. Pan, 2017. In vitro functional characterisation of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C19 allelic variants CYP2C19*23 and CYP2C19*24. Biochem. Genet., 55: 48-62.
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  3. Krishnappa, P., H.M. Kong, I.B. Mohamad, K. Voon and S.D. Somanath, 2017. CD40 polymorphism in cervical carcinoma in a subset of Malaysian population. J. Obstet. Gynaecol. Res., 43: 923-928.
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  4. Chiew, M.Y., N.Y. Boo, K. Voon, S.K. Cheong and P.P. Leong, 2017. Generation of a MLL-AF9-specific stem cell model of acute monocytic leukemia. Leukemia Lymphoma, 58: 162-170.
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  5. Pulikkotil, S.J., C.G. Toh, K. Mohandas and K.V.G. Leong, 2016. Effect of photodynamic therapy adjunct to scaling and root planing in periodontitis patients: A randomized clinical trial. Aust. Dental J., 61: 440-445.
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  6. Voon, K., Y.F. Tan, P.P. Leong, C.L. Teng and R. Gunnasekaran et al., 2015. Pteropine orthoreovirus infection among out-patients with acute upper respiratory tract infection in Malaysia. J. Med. Virol., 87: 2149-2153.
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  7. Chua, K.B., Y. Malik and K. Voon, 2015. Monoclonal antibody-escape variant of dengue virus serotype 1: Genetic composition and envelope protein expression. Trop. Biomed., 32: 344-351.
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  8. Fong, J.H., K. Voon, S. Ambu and J.W. Mak, 2014. Phylogenetic analysis and identification of Sarcocystic spp. found in rodents in Peninsular Malaysia. Int. e-J. Sci. Med. Educ., 8: 12-17.

  9. Voon, K., Q.M. Ng, M. Yu, L.F. Wang and K.B. Chua, 2012. Genetic analysis of Saffold virus-Penang in relation to other newly discovered Saffold viruses. Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 43: 917-926.
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  10. Tang, L.I.C., A.P.K. Ling, R.Y. Koh, S.M. Chye and K.G.L. Voon, 2012. Screening of anti-dengue activity in methanolic extracts of medicinal plants. BMC Complementary Altern. Med., Vol. 12. 10.1186/1472-6882-12-3.
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  11. Voon, K., K.B. Chua, M. Yu, G. Crameri, J.A. Barr, Y. Malik and L.F. Wang, 2011. Evolutionary relationship of the L- and M-class genome segments of bat-borne fusogenic orthoreoviruses in Malaysia and Australia. J. Gen. Virol., 92: 2930-2936.
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  12. Chua, K.B., K. Voon, M. Yu, W.N.A.W. Ali, A.R. Kasri and L.F. Wang, 2011. Saffold virus infection in children, Malaysia, 2009. Emerg. Infect. Dis., 17: 1562-1564.
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  13. Chua, K.B., K. Voon, M. Yu, C. Keniscope, K.A. Rasid and L.F. Wang, 2011. Investigation of a potential zoonotic transmission of orthoreovirus associated with acute influenza-like illness in an adult patient. PLoS ONE, Vol. 6. 10.1371/journal.pone.0025434.
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  14. Chua, K.B., K. Voon, G. Crameri, H.S. Tan and J. Rosli et al., 2008. Identification and characterization of a new orthoreovirus from patients with acute respiratory infections. PLoS ONE, Vol. 3. 10.1371/journal.pone.0003803.
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  15. Voon, G.L., M. Hair-Bejo, A.R. Omar and I. Aini, 2004. The potential role of very virulent infectious bursal disease virus of Malaysian isolate as an apoptosis inducer for cancer therapy. Ann. Microsc., 4: 83-87.