| 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 |