pensyarah perubatan
jabatan parasitologi & entomologi perubatan
azlinmy@ukm.edu.my
Kluster Kepakaran/ Cluster of Expertise :
Biografi/ Biography :
Dr. Azlin Muhammad bertugas sebagai Pensyarah Perubatan Kanan di Fakulti Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), di mana beliau juga pernah berkhidmat sebagai Ketua Jabatan Parasitologi & Entomologi Perubatan dari 2017 - 2021. Beliau memperolehi MBBCH BaO daripada National Universiti Ireland (Galway) pada tahun 2000 dan Sarjana Kesihatan Awam dalam Kesihatan Tropika dari Universiti Queensland, Australia, pada tahun 2007.
Kerjaya Dr. Azlin bermula di Ireland, di mana beliau bekerja sebagai Pegawai Perubatan dengan Lembaga Kesihatan Barat Ireland di Galway dan sebagai Houseman dengan Lembaga Kesihatan Barat Laut Ireland di Letterkenny. Kepakaran beliau dalam parasitologi telah diiktiraf secara meluas, membawa kepada peranan beliau sebagai Pakar Perunding Parasitologi untuk kedua-dua sektor swasta dan kerajaan sejak 2018. Beliau juga mengetuai Diagnosis Makmal Klinikal di Jabatan Parasitologi di UKM, jawatan yang dipegangnya sejak 2008.
Minat penyelidikan Dr Azlin tertumpu kepada jangkitan parasit dalam pelbagai komuniti, termasuk kawasan luar bandar, Orang Asli, murid sekolah, dan persekitaran bandar, serta kajian parasit di alam sekitar khususnya yang melibatkan makanan.
Dr. Azlin Muhammad is a Senior Medical Lecturer at the Medical Faculty of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), where she also has servds as the Head of the Department of Parasitology & Medical Entomology from 2017 - 2021. She earned her MBBCH BaO from the National University of Ireland (Galway) in 2000 and her Master of Public Health in Tropical Health from the University of Queensland, Australia, in 2007.
Dr. Azlin`s extensive career began in Ireland, where she worked as a Medical Officer with the Irish Western Health Board in Galway and as a Houseman with the Irish Northwest Health Board in Letterkenny. Her expertise in parasitology has been widely recognized, leading to her role as a Consultant Parasitologist for both private and government sectors since 2018. She also heads the Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis in the Department of Parasitology at UKM, a position she has held since 2008.
Dr. Azlin`s research interests are focused on parasitic infections in various communities, including rural areas, Orang Asli, school children, and urban settings, as well as the study of parasites in the environment, particularly in water and food markets.
'azlin muhammad@mohd yasin. (2025). awas! ada cacing jahat dari tanah!. - . .
'azlin muhammad@mohd yasin. (2025). morphological differentiation of plasmodium species (bengkel “basic malaria microscopy & diagnostik workshop 2025”). - . .
'azlin muhammad@mohd yasin. (2025). basic intestinal protozoa identifications (bengkel parasitologi: teknik asas pengenalpastian parasit usus). - . .
'azlin muhammad@mohd yasin. (2025). basic intestinal nematode identification (bengkel parasitologi: teknik asas pengenalpastian parasit usus). - . .
wathiqah wahid, nurly syakirin mohd arshad, nurul nabihah zahanordin, nur athirah ahmad fahmi, ahmad azri mohamad, zeti rahayu abdul karim, azlin muhammad. (2025). medicine & health. - medicine & health. 38 - 38.
abigail hui en chan, teera kusolsuk, dorn watthanakulpanich, wallop pakdee, pham ngoc doanh, azlin mohd yasin, paron dekumyoy & urusa thaenkham. (2023). prevalence of strongyloides in southeast asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis with implications for public health and sustainable control strategies. - infectious diseases of poverty. 1-16.
zulkarnain md idris, fatin nor shakila zainal, lee shu ching, amiruzair azmin, zakiah hamdan, ummi athirah kamaruzaman, chim w. chan, m. aiman mohtar, mohd bakhtiar munajat, azlin muhammad yasin. (2021). malaria in urban kuala lumpur, malaysia from 2005 to 2017. - travel medicine and infectious disease. 1-2.
aishah hani azil, umi kalsom ali, azlin mohd yasin, sharifah azura salleh. (2021). awareness and preparedness of healthcare workers against the first wave of the covid-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey across 57 countries. - plos one. 1-29.
tengku shahrul anuar, hesham m al-mekhlafi, mohamed kamel abdul ghani, emelia osman, azlin mohd yasin, anisah nordin, siti nor azreen, fatmah md salleh, nuraffini ghazali, mekadina bernadus, norhayati. (2012). prevalence and risk factors associated with entamoeba histolytica/dispar/moshkovskii infection among three orang asli ethnic groups in malaysia. - plos one. 7(10):1-11.
tengku shahrul anuar, norhayati moktar, mohamed kamel abdul ghani, emelia osman, azlin mohd yasin, anisah nordin, siti nor azreen, fatmah md salleh, nuraffini ghazali, mekadina bernadus, hesham m.... (2012). giardiasis among different tribes of orang asli in malaysia: highlighting the presence of other family members infected with giardia intestinalis as a main risk factor. - international journal for parasitology. 42(9):871-880.
wathiqah wahid, nur athirah ahmad fahmi, ahmad firdaus mohd salleh, azlin mohd yasin. (2019). bronchopulmonary lophomoniasis: a rare cause of pneumonia in an immunosuppressed host. - respiratory medicine case reports. 1-3.
rozliana hanim mat hasan, azlin mohd yasin. (2019). prevalence of microsporidiosis among malay school children in besut, terengganu. - medicine & health. 76.
wathiqah wahid, azlin mohd yasin. (2019). the preliminary study of detection parasitic lung infection using bronchoalveolar lavage sample in malaysia. - medicine & health. 73.
w. wathiqah, azlin. (2019). application of routine parasitological staining for bronchoalveolar lavage specimen. - indian journal of medical microbiology. 30.
m. y. azlin*, m. yusof, s. w. foong, m. s. nirwana, r. norsyafiqah. (2019). intestinal parasites in fresh produces of chow kit wet market. - indian journal of medical microbiology. 17.
abigail hui en chan, teera kusolsuk, dorn watthanakulpanich, wallop pakdee, pham ngoc doanh, azlin mohd yasin, paron dekumyoy & urusa thaenkham. (2023). prevalence of strongyloides in southeast asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis with implications for public health and sustainable control strategies. - infectious diseases of poverty. 1-16.
viskasari p. kalanjati, nurina hasanatuludhhiyah, annette d'arqom,azlin muhammad, ancah caesarina novi marchianti, danial habri arsyi, putu bagus dharma permana, i made dwi yudiartana putra susila, octaviana galuh pratiwi, diana purwitasar. (2022). health literacy on covid-19 and covid-19 vaccinations in indonesia [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]. - f1000research. 1-23.
azlin my, mekadina b, rozliana hmh, wathiqah w. (2021). a mixed infection of intestinal microsporidiosis and salmonellosis in a 2-year-old boy with inherited immunodeficiency syndrome. - journal of health and translational medicine. 27-30.
aishah hani azil, umi kalsom ali, azlin mohd yasin, sharifah azura salleh. (2021). awareness and preparedness of healthcare workers against the first wave of the covid-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey across 57 countries. - plos one. 1-29.
zulkarnain md idris, fatin nor shakila zainal, lee shu ching, amiruzair azmin, zakiah hamdan, ummi athirah kamaruzaman, chim w. chan, m. aiman mohtar, mohd bakhtiar munajat, azlin muhammad yasin. (2021). malaria in urban kuala lumpur, malaysia from 2005 to 2017. - travel medicine and infectious disease. 1-2.
wathiqah wahid, nurly syakirin mohd arshad, nurul nabihah zahanordin, nur athirah ahmad fahmi, ahmad azri mohamad, zeti rahayu abdul karim, azlin muhammad.. (2025). disseminated strongyloidiasis in immunocompromised patients: a case series from malaysia . - medicine & health. 38 - 38.
wathiqah wahid, nurul nabihah zahanordin, nurly syakirin mohd arshad, nur athirah ahmad fahmi, habib abdul hakim esa, zeti rahayu abdul karim, azlin muhammad. (2025). diagnostic challenges in non-endemic helminthiases: a case series from malaysia. - medicine & health. 40 - 40.
azlin mohd yasin dan anisah nordin. (2020). intestinal parasitic infections amongst orang asli population and challenges in their management in the 21st century. - . 145-164.
azlin mohd yasin & anisah nordin. (2018). infeksi parasit usus dalam kalangan masyarakat orang asli dan cabaran menanganinya di abad 21. - . 159-180.
aishah hani azil, ‘azlin muhammad @ mohd yasin, siti nor azreen abdul manap, nur athirah ahmad fahmi, noor wanie hassan, mirabell chua pue meen, haarenjeevi krishna kumar, nur fakhira sharina md shafie, syahirul azzif arkam. (2025). tungau di kulit muka anda - sahabat atau musuh dalam diam?. - buletin resmi research medicine innovation. .
'azlin muhammad@mohd yasin. (2025). awas! ada cacing jahat dari tanah!. - . .
azlin muhammad@mohd yasin,yusof mohamed, norsyafiqah roslan, foong siew wai, nirwana md salleh. (2024). makan sayuran segar boleh meningkatkan risiko mendapat jangkitan parasit?. - resmi ( research medicine innovation). .
azlin mohd yasin. (2022). jangkitan zoonotik parasit di kalangan haiwan zoo negara. - . 1-48.
azlin muhammad. (2021). kecacingan - jangkitan parasit usus. - . 1-48.
azlin binti muhammad. (2025). digital bridges for health: leveraging technology and mhealth to improve adherence to iron supplementation and deworming in remote sth-affected areas (joint international tropical medicine meeting (jitmm 2025)). - . .
'azlin muhammad@mohd yasin. (2025). awas! ada cacing jahat dari tanah!. - . .
'azlin muhammad@mohd yasin. (2025). morphological differentiation of plasmodium species (bengkel “basic malaria microscopy & diagnostik workshop 2025”). - . .
'azlin muhammad@mohd yasin. (2025). basic intestinal protozoa identifications (bengkel parasitologi: teknik asas pengenalpastian parasit usus). - . .
'azlin muhammad@mohd yasin. (2025). basic intestinal nematode identification (bengkel parasitologi: teknik asas pengenalpastian parasit usus). - . .
PARASITOLOGY :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Pengalaman / Experience : 15 tahun/years(s)