Sabah Wildlife Department

MARKED DECLINE IN BEARDED PIG (SUS BARBATUS) DETECTIONS IN SABAH, MALAYSIA, DURING THE AFRICAN SWINE FEVER OUTBREAK, 2021

African swine fever (ASF) has recently swept through Southeast Asia, beginning in 2018, posing a significant threat to populations of native wild pig species. In Borneo, the population of wild bearded pigs (Sus barbatus) declined sharply during the period of regional ASF spread....

Spatial patterns of mosquito communities and monkey malaria vectors in a tropical riverine forest in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

Abstract Background Understanding how vector ecology intersects with host behaviour is essential for predicting zoonotic malaria risk in tropical ecosystems. In Malaysian Borneo, zoonotic transmission of simian malaria parasites such as Plasmodium knowlesi is shaped by interactio...