| intestinal helminth infections amongst school children in the serian district of sarawak. | school children from 3 primary and 2 secondary schools in sarawak were examined for the presence of gastrointestinal helminths. one primary school and 1 secondary school were located in a town (serian), the other primary and secondary schools were in the countryside outside serian. the intestinal helminths detected were ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura, enterobius vermicularis and hookworm. children from the rural schools had higher numbers of eggs in their faeces than those from the se ... | 1999 | 10972011 |
| intestinal parasitic infection among five interior communities at upper rejang river, sarawak, malaysia. | intestinal parasitic infection among five interior communities at bakun valley, upper rejang river, sarawak, malaysia, was investigated as part of a public health impact assessment of the proposed us$ 3 billion bakun hydroelectric project. coproparasitological examination of 355 stool samples from 7 of 16 villages representing 5 of 7 tribes in the area revealed infection rate of 41%. a higher infection rate was found among the settled kayans (56%) than the seminomadic penans (29%). infection rat ... | 2002 | 12118449 |