Determining intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) in inmates from Kajang Prison, Selangor, Malaysia for improved prison management

• Main Authors: Lorainne, Angal, Rohela, Mahmud, Sajideh, Samin, Yap, Nan Jiun, Romano, Ngui, Amirah, Amir, Init, Ithoi, Adeeba, Kamarulzaman, Yvonne Ai, Lian Lim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2015
• Subjects: RZ Other systems of medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42168/1/Determining.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42168/; https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-015-1178-3
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Background: The prison management in Malaysia is proactively seeking to improve the health status of the prison inmates. Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) are widely distributed throughout the world and are still gaining great concern due to their significant morbidity and mortality among infe...