title: The prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis amongst primary school children in Pulau Ketam, Selangor--1988.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oothuman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rampal
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Omar
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Marwsi
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Mohammod
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeffery
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Salleh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Majid
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gauth
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010123:Oxyuriasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013334:Students