pensyarah universiti
jabatan parasitologi & entomologi perubatan
zulkarnain.mdidris@ukm.edu.my
Biografi/ Biography :
Zulkarnain Md Idris adalah seorang Pensyarah Kanan di Jabatan Parasitologi dan Entomologi Perubatan, Fakulti Perubatan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) di Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Beliau memperoleh PhD dalam bidang Perubatan dari Karolinska Institutet di Stockholm, Sweden. Beliau memberi penumpuan penyelidikan dalam aspek epidemiologi dan penularan jangkitan parasit, khususnya malaria. Sebelum ini, beliau telah terlibat dalam penyelidikan dan saringan malaria Plasmodium falciparum dan Plasmodium vivax secara molekul dan serologi, termasuk di kawasan endemik di Kenya, Afrika, dan di Vanuatu, Oceania. Semasa pengajian diperingkat PhD, beliau telah menerima beberapa penghargaan, terutamanya dana dari Swedish Initiative di atas sumbangan beliau dalam memperbaiki kaedah memerangi penyakit berjangkit di negara-negara sedang membangun. Penyelidikan semasa beliau kini merangkumi pelbagai aspek kajian malaria, termasuk epidemiologi, jangkitan tanpa gejala dan submikroskopik, dan pemodelan transmisi jangkitan, khususnya dalam kalangan komuniti Orang Asli di Malaysia. Untuk itu, beliau bekerjasama dengan Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, dan universiti-universiti antarabangsa seperti di Sweden, Thailand, Jepun, Indonesia, UK dan USA. Sebagai ahli aktif Persatuan Parasitologi dan Perubatan Tropika Malaysia (MSPTM) dan Rangkaian Malaria Sweden, beliau telah menerbitkan banyak artikel penyelidikan dalam jurnal berimpak tinggi dan berkhidmat sebagai penilai untuk pelbagai jurnal antarabangsa.
Zulkarnain Md Idris is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He earned his PhD in Medicine from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. His research focuses on the epidemiology and transmission of parasitic infections, particularly malaria. He has worked on molecular- and sero-surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria in diverse epidemiological settings, including moderate to high endemic areas in Kenya, Africa, and pre-elimination areas in Vanuatu, Oceania. During his doctoral studies, he received several accolades, notably the World Infection Fund Award from the Swedish Initiative, for his contributions to improving methods of combating infectious diseases in developing countries. His current research encompasses various aspects of malaria, including epidemiology, asymptomatic and submicroscopic infections, and modelling, particularly among indigenous communities in Malaysia. He collaborates with the Ministry of Health, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, and international universities in Sweden, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, the UK, and the USA. An active member of the Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (MSPTM) and the Swedish Malaria Network, he has published numerous research articles in high-impact journals and serves as a reviewer for various international journals.
diana natalia, willy handoko, sari rahmayanti, tri wahyudi, khamisah a. kadir, zulkarnain md idris, ayu a. a. rashid, paul c. s. divis. (2025). community perception and preventive practices regarding malaria in low-endemicity regions on indonesian kalimantan border adjacent to high-endemicity zoonotic malaria in malaysian borneo. - tropical medicine and health. 1 - 14.
inke nadia diniyanti lubis, irbah rea alvieda nainggolan, meliani meliani, beby syofiani hasibuan, kumuthamalar sangaran, luqman samsudin, sriwipa chuangchaiya, paul cliff simon divis, ranti permatasari, zulkarnain md idris. (2025). serology reveals comparable patterns in the transmission intensities of plasmodium falciparum and plasmodium vivax in langkat district, north sumatera province, indonesia. - frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology. 1 - 10.
zulkarnain md idris, wathiqah wahid, mohd ikhwan mukmin seri rakna, nuraffini ghazali, noor wanie hassan, siti nor azreen abdul manap, ahmad imran mohamed, sriwipa chuangchaiya, muhd rafiq mohd kasri. (2024). prevalence and severity of anaemia among the temiar sub-ethnic indigenous orang asli communities in kelantan, peninsular malaysia. - frontiers in public health. 1 - 10.
putri sabrina mohamed yusoff, norsyahida arifin, petrick periyasamy, nor rafeah tumian, fuad ismail, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, zulkarnain md idris, noor wanie hassan, emelia osman. (2024). a comparative analysis of blood and faecal-based laboratory methods in the diagnosis of extraintestinal microsporidia infection. - malaysian journal of pathology. 299 - 306.
luqman samsudin, muhammad farhan mohd jaafar, mohamad khairul anam kamarulzaman, shafizah ahmad shafei, nurul ainaa mohamad shukor, mohammed rohaimie abdul rahman, zulkarnain md idris. (2024). knowledge, attitudes, and practices levels regarding malaria among semai orang asli communities in pos lenjang, pahang. - 8th asia pacific conference on public health. .
inke nadia diniyanti lubis, irbah rea alvieda nainggolan, meliani meliani, beby syofiani hasibuan, kumuthamalar sangaran, luqman samsudin, sriwipa chuangchaiya, paul cliff simon divis, ranti permatasari, zulkarnain md idris. (2025). serology reveals comparable patterns in the transmission intensities of plasmodium falciparum and plasmodium vivax in langkat district, north sumatera province, indonesia. - frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology. 1 - 10.
diana natalia, willy handoko, sari rahmayanti, tri wahyudi, khamisah a. kadir, zulkarnain md idris, ayu a. a. rashid, paul c. s. divis. (2025). community perception and preventive practices regarding malaria in low-endemicity regions on indonesian kalimantan border adjacent to high-endemicity zoonotic malaria in malaysian borneo. - tropical medicine and health. 1 - 14.
zulkarnain md idris, wathiqah wahid, mohd ikhwan mukmin seri rakna, nuraffini ghazali, noor wanie hassan, siti nor azreen abdul manap, ahmad imran mohamed, sriwipa chuangchaiya, muhd rafiq mohd kasri. (2024). prevalence and severity of anaemia among the temiar sub-ethnic indigenous orang asli communities in kelantan, peninsular malaysia. - frontiers in public health. 1 - 10.
luqman samsudin, muhammad farhan mohd jaafar, mohamad khairul anam kamarulzaman, noor natasha mohd nor, shafzah ahmad shafei, nurul ainaa mohamad shukor, mohammed rohaimie abdul rahman, kumuthamalar sangaran, wan rosmawati wan ismail, jenn zhueng tam, zulkarnain md idris . (2024). knowledge, attitude and practice levels regarding malaria among the semai sub-ethnic indigenous orang asli communities in pahang, peninsular malaysia: a stepping stone towards the prevention of human malaria re-establishment. - malaria journal. 1 - 14.
mohd amirul fitri a. rahim, mohd bakhtiar munajat, nor diyana dian, mohd ikhwan mukmin seri rakna, wathiqah wahid, nuraffini ghazali, noor wanie hassan, siti nor azreen abdul manap, muhd rafiq mohd kasri, ahmad imran mohamed...zulkarnain md idris. (2023). naturally acquired antibody response to plasmodium falciparum and plasmodium vivax among indigenous orang asli communities in peninsular malaysia. - frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology. 1-15.
putri sabrina mohamed yusoff, norsyahida arifin, petrick periyasamy, nor rafeah tumian, fuad ismail, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, zulkarnain md idris, noor wanie hassan, emelia osman. (2024). a comparative analysis of blood and faecal-based laboratory methods in the diagnosis of extraintestinal microsporidia infection. - malaysian journal of pathology. 299 - 306.
nor diyana dian, mohd amirul fitri a rahim, zulkarnain md idris. (2022). plasmodium cynomolgi: an emerging threat of zoonotic malaria species in malaysia?. - asian pacific journal of tropical medicine. 4-6.
ahmad basyir muhammad, elora nor azman, nur ashrina eddie, nur iman azmi, valerie chong tze yee, zulkarnain md idris. (2022). the rise of plasmodium knowlesi cases: implication to malaysia's malaria-free status. - asian pacific journal of tropical medicine. 337-338.
laoprom n, prathummang s, chuangchaiya s, navanesan s, munajat mb , suwannatrai, at, idris zm. (2021). opisthorchis viverrini metacercarial infection in cyprinid fish in nakhon phanom province, northeastern thailand. - tropical biomedicine. 25-30.
anis safirah mohammad zahariluddin, zulkarnain md idris, shalisah sharip and emelia osman. (2021). potential association between latent toxoplasmosis and schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders. - southeast asian journal of tropical medicine and public health. 96-111.
diana natalia, willy handoko, sari rahmayanti, tri wahyudi, khamisah a. kadir, zulkarnain md idris, ayu a. a. rashid, paul c. s. divis. (2025). community perception and preventive practices regarding malaria in low-endemicity regions on indonesian kalimantan border adjacent to high-endemicity zoonotic malaria in malaysian borneo. - tropical medicine and health. 1 - 14.
inke nadia diniyanti lubis, irbah rea alvieda nainggolan, meliani meliani, beby syofiani hasibuan, kumuthamalar sangaran, luqman samsudin, sriwipa chuangchaiya, paul cliff simon divis, ranti permatasari, zulkarnain md idris. (2025). serology reveals comparable patterns in the transmission intensities of plasmodium falciparum and plasmodium vivax in langkat district, north sumatera province, indonesia. - frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology. 1 - 10.
zulkarnain md idris, wathiqah wahid, mohd ikhwan mukmin seri rakna, nuraffini ghazali, noor wanie hassan, siti nor azreen abdul manap, ahmad imran mohamed, sriwipa chuangchaiya, muhd rafiq mohd kasri. (2024). prevalence and severity of anaemia among the temiar sub-ethnic indigenous orang asli communities in kelantan, peninsular malaysia. - frontiers in public health. 1 - 10.
luqman samsudin, muhammad farhan mohd jaafar, mohamad khairul anam kamarulzaman, noor natasha mohd nor, shafzah ahmad shafei, nurul ainaa mohamad shukor, mohammed rohaimie abdul rahman, kumuthamalar sangaran, wan rosmawati wan ismail, jenn zhueng tam, zulkarnain md idris . (2024). knowledge, attitude and practice levels regarding malaria among the semai sub-ethnic indigenous orang asli communities in pahang, peninsular malaysia: a stepping stone towards the prevention of human malaria re-establishment. - malaria journal. 1 - 14.
putri sabrina mohamed yusoff, norsyahida arifin, petrick periyasamy, nor rafeah tumian, fuad ismail, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, zulkarnain md idris, noor wanie hassan, emelia osman. (2024). a comparative analysis of blood and faecal-based laboratory methods in the diagnosis of extraintestinal microsporidia infection. - malaysian journal of pathology. 299 - 306.
zulkarnain md idris. (2021). kerakusan terhadap alam punca malaria. - mingguan malaysia. 34.
zulkarnain md idris. (2021). perubahan lanskap alam sekitar dan kesannya terhadap eradikasi penyakit malaria. - resmi (research medicine innovation). 3-4.
anis safirah mz., zulkarnain, mi, shalisah, s., emelia, o.. (2019). seroepidemiological study of toxoplasmosis among patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in kuala lumpur. - minggu penyelidikan & peubatan ke-21. 23.
zulkarnain md idris, wathiqah wahid, nuraffini ghazali, noor wanie hassan, siti nor azreen abdul manap, ahmad imran mohamed, emelia osman, sriwipa chuangchaiya, inke nadia d lubis, paul cs divis, muhd rafiq mohd kasri, sherwin chan, akira kaneko, kevin ka tetteh. (2024). community-based molecular and serological surveillance of malaria: a study among indigenous temiar orang asli in peninsular malaysia. - 21st international congress for tropical medicine and malaria secretariat (ictmm 2024). .
luqman samsudin, muhammad farhan mohd jaafar, mohamad khairul anam kamarulzaman, shafizah ahmad shafei, nurul ainaa mohamad shukor, mohammed rohaimie abdul rahman, zulkarnain md idris. (2024). knowledge, attitudes, and practices levels regarding malaria among semai orang asli communities in pos lenjang, pahang. - 8th asia pacific conference on public health. .
zulkarnain md idris, mohd amirul fitri a. rahim, mohd bakhtiar munajat, wathiqah wahid, nuraffini ghazali, noor wanie hassan, muhd rafiq mohd kasri, emelia osman, inke nadia d. lubis, paul c.s. divis, kevin k.a. tetteh. (2023). exposure to plasmodium falciparum and plasmodium vivax among indigenous communities in kelantan, malaysia. - 59th annual scientific conference of the malaysian society of parasitology and tropical medicine. 1-100.
zarith suraya s., noor wanie h., nuraffini g., natasha nur afiqah mnf., mohd rizal n., mohd rafizul my., siti nor azreen am., ahmad imran m., anizah r., syamsa rizal a., zulkarnain mi., rahmah n., emelia o.. (2023). knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) and risk factors assessment associated with intestinal parasitic infections among orang asli community in gua musang, kelantan. - 59th annual scientific conference of the malaysian society of parasitology & tropical medicine. 47.
zulkarnain bin md idris;wathiqah binti wahid. (2023). molecular identification of human and non-human primate plasmodium parasites in southern settlements of orang asli in gua musang, kelantan. - . .
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ANALISIS KOS-KEBERKESANAN KAWALAN MALARIA ANTARA “OUTDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING” (ORS), “LONG LASTING INSECTICIDAL NET (LLIN)/INSECTICIDE TREATED NET (ITN) DAN KOMBINASI “ORS” DAN “LLIN/ITN” DALAM PENURUNAN MALARIA ZOONOTIK DI SABAH | unit malaria, sektor penyakit bawaan vektor, kementerian kesihatan malaysia | 42.2% (2024-11-01 sehingga 2026-10-31) |