| parasitic infections among karen in kanchanaburi province, western thailand. | the purpose of this study was to determine the rate of intestinal parasitic and malarial infections during a period of low infection among the residents of remote karen villages in thailand. fifty-five males and 64 females, aged 6 months to 70 years, were examined for malaria by thick blood smears using the giemsa staining technique. of the 119 subjects, 4 (3.36%) showed positive for malaria with vivax gametocytes. results suggested that mass screening was not an effective way for diagnosing mal ... | 2003 | 19230576 |