A holistic approach is needed to control the perpetual burden of soil-transmitted helminth infections among indigenous schoolchildren in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Nasr, Nabil A., Al-Mekhlafi, Hesham M., Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian, Elyana, Fatin Nur, Sady, Hany, Atroosh, Wahib M., Dawaki, Salwa, Al-Delaimy, Ahmed K., Al-Areeqi, Mona A., Wehaish, Abkar A., Anuar, Tengku Shahrul, Mahmud, Rohela
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd. 2020
• Subjects: GN Anthropology; RB Pathology; RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/36763/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1,142 Orang Ali schoolchildren in six states of Peninsular Malaysia to investigate the current prevalence and risk factors of STH infections. Faecal samples were examined using direct smear, formalin-ether sedimentation, Kato-Katz, and Harada-Mori methods...