Prevalence and associated risk factors of Giardia infection among indigenous communities in rural Malaysia

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Choy, Seow Huey ^a   Al Mekhlafi, Hesham M ^a,b   Mahdy, Mohammed A K ^a,b   Nasr, Nabil N ^a   Sulaiman, Maria ^c   Lim, Yvonne A L ^a   Surin, Johari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c Sabah Health Department ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941775883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06909     Document Type: Article

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