A) GENERAL RESEARCH (VIROLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY)

I. Contribution to Journals
(Listed on chronological basis)

1) Ali, A.S., Mukhtar, M.M. and Mohammed, M.E.H. (1997). Proliferative responses by chicken lymphocytes following vaccinations with Newcastle disease, infectious bursal disease and fowlpox virus antigens. Jurnal Veterinar Malaysia 9 (2): 51-54.

2) Ali, A.S., Mohd-Azmi, M.L. and Aini, I. (1998). Immune responses to a non-pathogenic pseudorabies virus (mA1p) in mice. Jurnal Veterinar Malaysia 10(2): 55-62.

3) Mohd-Azmi, M.L., Ali, A.S., Aini, I., Sheikh-Omar, A.R. and Bahaman, A.R. (1999). The immunomodulatory effects of algammulin adjuvant on protection and antibody response to pseudorabies virus. Jurnal Veterinar Malaysia 11(2): 93-97.

4) Abdalla, M.O., Mohammed, M.E.H., Ali, A.S., Mukhtar, M.M. and Mohd-Azmi, M.L. (1999). Immunostimulatory effects of Levamisole and egg white powder on humoral and cellular immunity to Newcastle disease vaccination. Malaysian Applied Biology 28 (1 & 2): 73-77.

5) Mohd-Azmi, M.L., Ali, A.S., Musa, N. and Aini, I. (1999). Polymerase chain reaction for detection of pseudorabies virus DNA in infected mouse tissues. Malaysian Applied Biology 28 (1 & 2): 85-91.

6) Mohd-Azmi, M.L. and Ali, A.S. (2000). Enhancement and suppression of immune responses to equine herpesvirus type-1 in mice depleted of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells. Malaysian Applied Biology 29 (1 & 2): 111-119.

7) Mohd-Azmi, M.L., Ali, A.S. and Kheng, W.K. (2000). DNA fingerprinting of Red jungle fowl, village chicken and broilers. Asian Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 13 (8): 1040-1043.

8) Mohd-Azmi, M.L. and Ali, A.S. (2000). Advances in the pathogenicity and immunology of equine herpesvirus type-1. Jurnal Veterinar Malaysia 12: 1-13.

9) Ali, A.S. and Mukhtar, M.M. (2000). The stimulatory effect of Newcastle disease virus to the chicken lymphocytes: an in vitro cell-mediated immunity correlate. Sudan Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry 39 (1 & 2): 79-86.

10) Ali, A.S. and Mukhtar, M.M. (2000). Measurement of cell-mediated immunity to infectious bursal disease virus and fowlpox virus. Sudan Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry 39(1 & 2): 87-96.

11) Ali, A.S., Mohd-Azmi, M.L., Aini, I., Sheikh-Omar, A.R. and Bahaman, A.R. (2001). Immunosuppresive effects of Cyclophosphamide and Corticosteroides on virus growth and antibody response to a non-pathogenic strain of pseudorabies virus. Jurnal Veterinar Malaysia 13 (1& 2): 36-41.

12) Mohd-Azmi, M.L., Ali, A.S. Shobna, P. and Sukardi, S. (2001). Contamination of commercial bovine sera, cell culture and vaccines by bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) as detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Jurnal Veterinar Malaysia 13 (1 & 2): 42-47.

13) Mohd-Azmi, M.L., Hoo, K.N., Ali, A.S., Salim, N. and Too, H.L. (2001). Sero-prevalence of Aujeszky’s disease in third division (Sibu) of Sarawak. Jurnal Veterinar Malaysia 13 (1 & 2): 19-25.

14) Ali, A.S. and Mohd-Azmi, M.L. (2002). Immunostaining of pseudorabies virus proteins with homologous and heterologous sera. Journal of Union of Arab Biologist (Cairo), 18 (A): 319-325.

15) Zeenathul N. A., Mohd-Azmi, M. L., Ali, A. S, Aini. I., Sheik-Omar, A. R, Abdul-Rahim, A, M., Bahaman, A. R. and Kamarudin, A. I. (2002). Genomic variations among wildtype and mutant strains of pseudorabies virus. Revista Argentina de Microbiologia 34(1): 7-14.

16) Sana, A.A., Khalfalla, A.I., and Ali, A.S. (2003). Newcastle disease in village chickens in the Sudan: Prevalence of antibodies against the disease Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa 51: 117-119.

17) Ali, A. S., Mohd-Azmi, M.L. and El Jalii, I. M. (2003). Different immunogenic peptides of pseudorabies virus detected by sera prepared in different animal species. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 2(10): 572- 575.

18) Ali, A. S. Abdalla, M. O. and Mohammed, M. E. H. (2004). Interaction between Newcastle disease and infectious bursal disease vaccines commonly used in Sudan. International Journal of Poultry Science 3(4): 300-304.

19) Sahar, M. O., Ali, A. S. and Mahasin, E. (2004). Residual pathogenic effects of infectious bursal disease vaccines containing intermediate and hot strains of the virus in broiler chickens. International Journal of Poultry Science 3(6): 415-418.

20) Tabidi, M. H., Makkawi, A. Mahasin, E. and Ali, A. S. (2004). Comparative evaluation of haemagglutination inhibition test and enzyme-linked immuosorbent assay for detection of antibodies against Newcastle disease vaccine in broiler chicks. International Journal of Poultry Sciences 3(10): 668-670.

21) Tabidi, M. H., Makkawi, A. Mahasin, E. and Ali, A. S. (2004). The serological responses in chicks vaccinated with combined or single infectious bursal disease and Newcastle disease vaccines. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 3(1): 9-12.

22) Sana, A.A., Khalafalla, A.I., Ali, A.S. and El-Hassan. S.M. (2004). Newcastle disease in village chickens in Sudan: Survey of the disease incidence and isolation of the causative virus. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 3(1): 32-35.

23) El Jalii, I. M., Bahaman, A. R. and Ali, A. S. (2004). Polymerase Chain Reaction for Diagnosis of Human Leptospirosis. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances 3(4): 202-204.