Towards an effective control programme of soil-transmitted helminth infections among Orang Asli in rural Malaysia. Part 1: Prevalence and associated key factors

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nasr, Nabil A ^a   Al Mekhlafi, Hesham M ^a,c   Ahmed, Abdulhamid ^b   Roslan, Muhammad Aidil ^a   Bulgiba, Awang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Hookworm; Malaysia; Orang Asli; Soil transmitted helminths; Trichuris

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BEHAVIOR; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HARADA MORI CULTURE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KATO KATZ CULTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; ORANG ASLI; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEDIMENTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84872780773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-27     Document Type: Article

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