Deng, Lian
Lou, Haiyi
Zhang, Xiaoxi
Thiruvahindrapuram, Bhooma
Lu, Dongsheng
Marshall, Christian R.
Liu, Chang
Xie, Bo
Xu, Wanxing
Wong, Lai-Ping
Yew, Chee-Wei
Farhang, Aghakhanian
Ong, Rick Twee-Hee
Hoque, Mohammad Zahirul
Thuhairah, Abdul Rahman
Jong, Bhak
Phipps, Maude E.
Scherer, Stephen W.
Teo, Yik-Ying
Kumar, Subbiah Vijay
Hoh, Boon-Peng
Xu, Shuhua
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (91731303, 31771388)
Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (19YF1455200)
Article History
Received: 20 June 2019
Accepted: 25 October 2019
First Online: 12 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Research and Ethics Committee of Universiti Teknologi MARA [Ref no: 600-RMI (5/1/6)], the Department of Orang Asli Development (Jabatan Kemajuan Orang Asli Malaysia, JAKOA) [JHEOA.PP.30.052.Jld 5(17)], and the Universiti Malaysia Sabah Medical Research Ethics Committee [code: JKEtika 4/10(3)], as well as the district offices, village chief, and the chairperson of the Committee of Village Development and Security. It was also approved by the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee of Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (ER-SIBS-261903). Informed written consent was obtained from the volunteers aged 18 years and above. Their family history, pedigree, and self-reported ethnicity were recorded via an interview using local dialect.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.