PURPOSE: To assess the prevalence of refractive error and visual impairment in school-age
children in Gombak District, a suburban area near Kuala Lumpur city. DESIGN: Population …

Background Dengue infection is the fastest spreading mosquito-borne viral disease, which
affects people living in the tropical and subtropical countries. Malaysia had large dengue …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the accuracy of autorefraction using three autorefractors comparing
to subjective refraction in diagnosing refractive error in children. DESIGN: A cross-sectional …

Aim: To compare the prevalences of refractive errors in Malay, Chinese and Indian children
in Malaysia and Singapore. Methods: Children aged 7–9 years from three schools in the …

Background COVID-19 emerged as a major public health outbreak in late 2019. Malaysia
reported its first imported case on 25th January 2020, and adopted a policy of extensive …

Purpose The aim of this study was to describe changes over time in the indications and
outcomes of cataract surgery and to discuss optimal timing for the surgery. Design Database …

Importance Aligning outcome measures for cataract surgery, one of the most frequently
performed procedures globally, may facilitate international comparisons that can drive …

Rapid diagnosis is an important intervention in managing the Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak. Real time reverse transcription …

Background Population-based data on prevalence, causes of blindness and extent of
ophthalmological coverage is required for efficient implementation and evaluation of ocular …

The susceptible-infectious-removed (SIR) model offers the simplest framework to study
transmission dynamics of COVID-19, however, it does not factor in its early depleting trend …