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  1. An analysis of juvenile hormone bisepoxide III in three species of forensically important flies

    Article • International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  2. Molecular detection of a relapsing fever Borrelia in Dermacentor auratus infesting a human, with a brief review of human otoacariasis cases in Malaysia

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, October 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  3. Assessing landfill wastes as a sustainable feeding substrate for black soldier fly larvae

    Article • Environmental Entomology, September 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  4. First molecular evidence of Rickettsia conorii subsp. raoultii from Rhipicephalus linnaei (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting pet rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus) (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) in Peninsular Malaysia

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, April 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  5. New host record and redescription of Amblyomma cordiferum nymphs and larvae infesting Malaysian house rats (Rattus rattus diardii) in Peninsular Malaysia, with molecular evidence of Rickettsia, Borrelia, and Bartonella

    Article • Acta Tropica, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  6. Tick-associated Trypanosoma species (Apicomplexa: Kinetoplastida) from cattle ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Peninsular Malaysia

    Article • Acta Tropica, November 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  7. Black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) reduction of different sludges, subsequent safety, and research gaps

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  8. Antimicrobial Activity of Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Larval Hemolymph against Various Pathogenic Bacteria

    Article • Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, November 2023, Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  9. A checklist of the tick of vultures, with the first record of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus linnaei (Acari: Ixodidae) from the Indian vulture, Gyps indicus (Falconiformes: Accipitridae)

    Article • Systematic and Applied Acarology, May 2023, Systematic and Applied Acarology Society

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  10. First record of Diamesus osculans (Vigors, 1825) (Coleoptera: Silphidae) colonization on a human corpse

    Article • International Journal of Legal Medicine, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  11. An annotated checklist of the chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera, Amblycera, Rhynchophthirina) from domestic and wild mammals in Malaysia

    Article • Zootaxa, April 2023, Magnolia Press

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  12. Rhipicephalus annulatus, R. australis or R. microplus? Discordance between morphological and genetic data among three cattle tick species

    Article • Experimental and Applied Acarology, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  13. Acari community in association with delayed pig carrion decomposition

    Article • Experimental and Applied Acarology, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  14. Soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) in the island nations of Southeast Asia: A review on their distribution, associated hosts and potential pathogens

    Article • Acta Tropica, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  15. A Case of Zoonotic Ancylostoma ceylanicum Infection in a Suburban Area of Selangor, Malaysia

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  16. Colonization of Rabbit Carcasses by Drain Fly Larvae, Psychoda sp. (Diptera: Psychodidae): The First Report

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  17. Differential Carbon Utilization by Bacteria in the Soil Surrounding and on Swine Carcasses with Dipteran Access Delayed

    Article • Pure and Applied Geophysics, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  18. Hermetia illucens and Hermetia fenestrata (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Colonization of “Spoiled” Stingless Bee Geniotrigona thoracica (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Hives in Malaysia

    Article • Insects, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  19. Ticks and tick-borne pathogens in animals and humans in the island nations of Southeast Asia: A review

    Article • Acta Tropica, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  20. Ants associated with a rat carcass: its implications in forensic entomology with special emphasis on Carebara diversa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Article • International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  21. Soil arthropod community responses to carrion with delayed insect access

    Article • Food Webs, September 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  22. Eristalinus arvorum (Fabricius, 1787) (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Human Skull: A New Fly Species of Forensic Importance

    Article • Journal of Forensic Sciences, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  23. Schistosomiasis in Malaysia: A review

    Article • Acta Tropica, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  24. Changes in soil nutrients (ammonia, phosphate and nitrate) associated with rat carcass decomposition under tropical climatic conditions

    Article • Soil Research, January 2019, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Soon Kong Yong, Dr Chong Chin Heo

  25. Preliminary observations of necrophagous dipteran activities and a new host record of parasitoids on a high-rise building

    Article • Polish Journal of Entomology, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  26. Detection of sarcocystosis in goats in Malaysia by light microscopy, histology, and PCR

    Article • Tropical Animal Health and Production, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  27. How insects help in solving forensic cases?

    Article • Journal of Medical Entomology, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  28. First Report on Adulticide Susceptibility Status of Aedes albopictus, Culex quinquefasciatus, and Culex vishnui from a Pig Farm in Tanjung Sepat, Selangor, Malaysia

    Article • Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, September 2013, The American Mosquito Control Association

    Dr Van Lun Low, Dr Chong Chin Heo

  29. Autochthonous Human Schistosomiasis, Malaysia

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2013, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  30. Human Pentastomiasis Caused by Armillifer moniliformis in Malaysian Borneo

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November 2011, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  31. Comparative insect fauna succession on indoor and outdoor monkey carrions in a semi-forested area in Malaysia

    Article • Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, October 2011, Medknow

    Dr Chong Chin Heo

  32. Aural myiasis in a neonate in peninsular Malaysia

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Chong Chin Heo