| parasitic infections among orang asli (aborigine) in the cameron highlands, malaysia. | in april 2004, an outbreak of acute diarrheal illness occurred among the orang asli (aborigine) in the cameron highlands, pahang state, peninsular malaysia, where rotavirus was later implicated as the cause. in the course of the epidemic investigation, stool samples were collected and examined for infectious agents including parasites. soil transmitted helminthes (sth), namely ascaris lumbricoides (25.7%), trichuris trichiura (31.1%) and hookworm (8.1%), and intestinal protozoa, which included g ... | 2007 | 17877212 |
| pattern and predictors of soil-transmitted helminth reinfection among aboriginal schoolchildren in rural peninsular malaysia. | data on soil-transmitted helminth (sth) infections and reinfection among orang asli (aborigine) schoolchildren and their nutritional and socioeconomic status were analyzed to investigate the pattern and the possible predictors of sth reinfection. in this longitudinal study, 120 (60 males and 60 females) orang asli primary schoolchildren aged 7-12 years and living in remote areas in pos betau, kuala lipis, pahang were screened for the presence of sth using modified cellophane thick smear and hara ... | 2008 | 18582430 |