Noraini Philip, Dr

Dr. Noraini’s research interest is medical microbiology, focusing on leptospirosis and salmonellosis. She had worked in assessing molecular methods for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis and leptospirosis.  Her current research focuses on the detection and identification of Leptospira and Salmonella in the environments and food samples, respectively. She also working on the identification of virulence factors in Leptospira spp. Besides that, she is also working on the identification of novel antibiotics for leptospirosis and salmonellosis.

Research focus

Leptospirosis, Salmonellosis, Epidemiology, Virulence factors, Molecular Microbiology, Antimicrobial test

Selected publications

1. Philip N, Priya SP, Jumah Badawi AH, Mohd Izhar MH, Mohtarrudin N, Tengku Ibrahim TA, Sekawi Z, Neela VK. Pulmonary haemorrhage as the earliest sign of severe leptospirosis in hamster model challenged with Leptospira interrogans strain HP358. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2022 May 18;16(5):e0010409.
2. Philip N, Jani J, Azhari NN, Sekawi Z, Neela VK. In vivo and in silico virulence analysis of Leptospira species isolated from environments and rodents in leptospirosis outbreak areas in Malaysia. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2021 Nov 5;12:753328.
3. Philip N, Affendy NB, Masri SN, Yuhana MY, Than LT, Sekawi Z, Neela VK. Combined PCR and MAT improves the early diagnosis of the biphasic illness leptospirosis. PloS one. 2020 Sep 11;15(9):e0239069.
4. Philip N, Bahtiar Affendy N, Ramli SN, Arif M, Raja P, Nagandran E, Renganathan P, Taib NM, Masri SN, Yuhana MY, Than LT. Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira kirschneri are the dominant Leptospira species causing human leptospirosis in Central Malaysia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2020 Mar 23;14(3):e0008197.