Epidemiology of Intestinal Polyparasitism among Orang Asli School Children in Rural Malaysia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Al Delaimy, Ahmed K ^a,b   Al Mekhlafi, Hesham M ^a,c   Nasr, Nabil A ^a   Sady, Hany ^a   Atroosh, Wahib M ^a   Nashiry, Mohammed ^d   Anuar, Tengku S ^d   Moktar, Norhayati ^e   Lim, Yvonne A L ^a   Mahmud, Rohela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANBAR   (Iraq)

^c SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^d UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DEFECATION HABIT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTAMOEBA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HAND WASHING; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INTESTINAL POLYPARASITISM; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; WATER SUPPLY; AGE; ANIMAL; FECES; HYGIENE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84930528006     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003074     Document Type: Article

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