title: Parasitic infections among aborigine children at Post Brooke, Kelantan, Malaysia.
abstract: This study investigated the prevalence of parasitic infections among aborigine children at Post Brooke, Kelantan. Eighty-four formalin-fixed specimens and 78 PVA-fixed specimens were obtained. 79.8% and 35.9% of the samples were positive for helminth ova and protozoa respectively. The parasites detected (single plus mixed infections) were A. lumbricoides (50/84, 59.5%), T. trichiura (35/84, 41.7%), hookworm (5/84, 6.0%), S stercoralis (1/84, 1.2%), G. intestinalis (18/78, 23.1%), E. histolytica (7/78, 9.0%) and E. coli (7/78, 9.0%). Two hundred thick blood film examinations detected only one case of Plasmodium falciparum infection. A high prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among the children at Post Brooke was demonstrated in this study; thus there is an urgent need to improve the hygiene, education and living standards of this population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rahmah
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Ariff
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abdullah
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shariman
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Nazli
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Rizal
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007223:Infant; D008296:Malaysia; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D044469:Racial Groups