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 Associate Professor

Department of  Apparatuses and Labs

Labs and Devices Administration

Contact Information

Phone: 640-0000 Ext. 23025

Email: mjamjoom@kau.edu.sa

Manal Bakur Jamjoom

 Associate Professor

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Dr. M. B. Jamjoom is currently holding an associate professor position in the department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine at King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As a teaching academic staff, she participates in teaching the Medical Parasitology module to second and third year medical students. She also supervises many research projects. Her research interests include: Cell culture, DNA and RNA isolation, PCR amplification, gene cloning, DNA sequencing and comparative DNA sequencing, electron microscopy, parasitic infection and environmental impact water quality studies, assessing the efficiency of new anti-parasitic drugs and endemic parasitic diseases in Saudi Arabia.

Education

  • 2003

    Doctorate degree from Biology and Control of Parasites & Disease VectorsLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine, The University of Liverpool, ليفربول, بريطانيا

Employment

  • 1990-حاليا

    Associate professor , King Abdul-Aziz University, جده, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

Parasites
Cell culture
DNA isolation
PCR amplification
Gene cloning
DNA sequencing and comparative DNA sequencing

Electron microscopy

Publication

 

Shalaby I, Banaja AA, Jamjoom MB. A Comparative Study on the Prevalence of Some Parasite in Animals Slaughtered at New Taif abattoir. Global Veterinaria. 2011; 6(3):295-299.

Shalaby I, Gherbawy Y. Jamjoom MB, Banaja AA. Genotypic characterization of cutaneous leishmaniasis at Al Baha and Al Qasim Provinces (Saudi Arabia). Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011; 11(7):807-813.

 

Jamjoom M, Sultan AH. Diagnosis of clinical samples spotted on FTA cards using PCR-based methods. J Egypt Soc Parasitol . 2009; 39(1):227-246.

 

Banaja AA, Jamjoom MB, Shalaby IM, Gherbawy YA. Discrimination between susceptible and non-susceptible Biomphalaria alexandrina snails the intermediate hosts of Schistsomiasis in Western Saudi Arabia using random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis. Belgium Journal of Zoology. 2008; 138(2):191-195.

 

Al-Harthi SA, Jamjoom MB. PCR assay in malaria diagnosis using filter paper samples from Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. J. Egypt Soc. Parasitol. 2008; 38(3): 693-706.

 

Jamjoom MB.  Contribution of electron microscopic studies to the biology and classification of parasitic cestodes (review article). J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2007; 37(3 Suppl):1125-1158.

 

Jamjoom MB, Banaja AA.

Comparative Studies on the Susceptible and Non-Susceptible Biomphalaria alexandrina the Intermediate Snail Host of Schistosoma mansoni in Western Saudi Arabia. W. J. Med.  Sci. 2007; 2(2): 108-114.

Al-Harthi SA, Jamjoom MB. Preliminary study of the prevalence of Intestinal parasites among diarrheic iInhabitants in Makkah Al Mukaramah. J. Egypt Soc. Parasitol. 2007; 37(2): 671-680.

 

 

Al-Harthi SA, Jamjoom MB. Diagnosis and Differentiation of Entamoeba Infection in Makkah Al Mukarramah Using Microscopy and Stool Antigen Detection Kits. W. J. Med.  Sci. 2007; 2(1): 15-20.

 

Jamjoom MB.  Shalaby IMI. The contribution of electron microscopic studies to the taxonomy and biology of parasitic trematodes. W. J. Zool. 2006; 1(2): 64-81.

 

Jamjoom MB. Review on electron microscopic studies to the taxonomy and biology of parasitic Nemathelminthes. J. Egypt Soc. Parasitol. 2007; 37 (1): 67-105.

 

Al-Harthi SA, Jamjoom MB.  Enteroparasitic Occurrence in Stools from residents in south-western region of Saudi Arabia before and during Umrah season. Saudi Med. J. 2007; 28 (3): 22-25.

 

Jamjoom MB. Molecular identification of some Schistosoma mansoni isolates in Saudi Arabia. W. J. Med.  Sci. 2006; 1(2): 102-107.

 

Jamjoom MB, Azhar EA, Tonkal AM, Al-Harthi SA, Ashankyty IM. Detection of Malaria in Saudi Arabia by Real-Time PCR. J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2006; 36 (3): 737-748.

 

Al-Harthi SA, Jamjoom MB, Ghazi HO. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among pregnant women in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Umm Al-Qura Univ. J.Sci.Med. Eng. 2006; 18 (2):  217-227.

 

Tonkal  AM, Salem HS, Jamjoom MB,  Altaieb AM, Al-Bar Hassan. Preliminary study on the effect of Ziziphus spina christi, on selected Leishmania species.  Sc. J. Az. Med. Fac. (Girls). 2005; 26 (1): 1915-1921.

 

Jamjoom MB, Ashford RW, Bates PA, M. Chance, Kemp SI, Noyes HA.  L. donovani is the only cause of visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa; previous description of L. infantum and L. archibaldi from this region are a consequence of convergent evolution in isoenzyme data.  Parasitology. 2004; 129: 1-11.

 

Jamjoom MB, Ashford RW, Bates PA, Kemp SJ, Noyes HA. Polymorphic microsatellite repeats are not conserved between Leishmania donovani and Leishmania major. Mol. Ecolo. Notes. 2002; 2: 104-106.

 

Jamjoom MB, Ashford RW, Bates PA, Kemp SJ, Noyes HA. Towards a standard battery of microsatellite markers for the analysis of the Leishmania donovani complex. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2002; 96: 265-270.

 

Shalaby IMI, Banaja AA and Jamjoom MB. Ultrastructural observation on the etiological agent of cutaneous Leishmaniasis in South Western Saudi Arabia. Egypt. J. Physiol. Sci. 1996; 21(3): 259-294.

 

Shalaby IMI, Banaja AA and Jamjoom MB. Growth rate study on an isolate of the etiological agent of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in South Western Saudi Arabia grown in three different culture media. Ain. Shams. Sci. Bull. 1994; 32: 165-173.

 

Dehlawi GY, Ismail MF, Hamdi SA, Jamjoom MB. Ultrastructure of spermiogenesis of Saudian reptiles. 6. The sperm head differentiation in Agama adramitana. Arch. Androl. 1992; 28(3): 223-234.

Scientific interests

Medical parasitology
Molecular biology
Cell culture
Cloning 

Courses

Medical parasitology 303 Med Para
Immune, Blood and Lymphatic system SYS 223
Nervous system and Special senses SYS 329
Reproductive system SYS326
Articles Para

Areas of expertise

Molecular biology and prasitology techniques