| predominance of blastocystis sp. infection among school children in peninsular malaysia. | one of the largest cross-sectional study in recent years was carried out to investigate the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among urban and rural school children from five states namely selangor, perak, pahang, kedah and johor in peninsula malaysia. this information would be vital for school authorities to influence strategies for providing better health especially in terms of reducing intestinal parasitism. | 2016 | 26914483 |
| prevalence and risk factors of intestinal parasitism among two indigenous sub-ethnic groups in peninsular malaysia. | intestinal parasitic infections (ipis) among indigenous people have been widely documented in malaysia, however, the prevalence of these infections remains high. in the past, most studies have focused on specific species of parasites but polyparasitism has received limited attention. in addition, epidemiology studies on indigenous people tend to consider them as a homogenous group, whereas in reality different sub-ethnic groups have different cultural and living practices. variations in living h ... | 2016 | 27430215 |
| prevalence and distribution of soil-transmitted helminthiases among orang asli children living in peripheral selangor, malaysia. | soil-transmitted helminthiases are a public health problem in rural communities. a cross-sectional study of the prevalence and distribution of ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura and hookworm was conducted in 281 orang asli children (aborigines) aged between 2 and 15 years, from 8 orang asli villages in selangor, malaysia. all the children were infected with soil-transmitted helminthes, with 26.3% of the children infected either with a. lumbricoides, t. trichiura or hookworm and 72.6% havi ... | 2006 | 16771211 |