The prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis amongst primary school children in Pulau Ketam, Selangor--1988.
A survey was conducted to investigate the prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis in 1352 Chinese children between the ages of 6-12 years from the three National Type Chinese Primary Schools in Pulau Ketam in 1988, using the scotch-tape technique on three successive days. The overall prevalence was high (56.88%). The prevalence in Sin Bin School was significantly lower (50.86%) compared to the other two schools (56.60% and 61.04%). Prevalence was significantly higher amongst the 6-7 years age group (61.61%-70.18%) compared to other age groups (47.9%-59.29%). There was no difference in the prevalence between the boys and girls being 56.15% and 57.55% respectively.
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Rampal
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Omar
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Marwsi
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D002648:Child; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010123:Oxyuriasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013334:Students