| parasitic infections among aborigine children at post brooke, kelantan, malaysia. | this study investigated the prevalence of parasitic infections among aborigine children at post brooke, kelantan. eighty-four formalin-fixed specimens and 78 pva-fixed specimens were obtained. 79.8% and 35.9% of the samples were positive for helminth ova and protozoa respectively. the parasites detected (single plus mixed infections) were a. lumbricoides (50/84, 59.5%), t. trichiura (35/84, 41.7%), hookworm (5/84, 6.0%), s stercoralis (1/84, 1.2%), g. intestinalis (18/78, 23.1%), e. histolytica ... | 1997 | 10968120 |
| seroepidemiology of malaria: age-specific pattern of plasmodium falciparum antibody, parasite and spleen rates among children in an endemic area in peninsular malaysia. | a seroepidemiological study was carried out on orang asli (aborigines) children who lead a semi-nomadic life in the deep jungles of ulu kelantan, malaysia. out of a total of about 190 children below 14 years, 143 were studied. blood was collected from finger pricks on standard "strip type" filter papers for indirect fluorescent antibody (ifa) tests with plasmodium falciparum antigen. a positive reaction at 1:10 dilution in infants and young children was considered positive and the reasons are gi ... | 1981 | 7027557 |
| seroepidemiology of malaria in peninsular malaysia: plasmodium falciparum antibody profile of adults in four states. | in 1973, 2610 sera were collected from adults living in 22 localities in four states in peninsular malaysia and tested by ifat for plasmodium falciparum antibodies. a larger number of thin films were examined. the attack phase of the malaria eradication programme (mep) in these areas was started between 1968 and 1973. the results showed that the highest prevalence rates and geometrical mean reciprocal titres (cmrt) were among adults from kelantan where the antibody prevalence varied greatly amon ... | 1980 | 7001690 |
| the incrimination of anopheles maculatus as the vector of human malaria at the kelantan-thai border. | | 1968 | 4234381 |