PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS AMONG ORANG ASLI SCHOOLCHILDREN IN POS SENDERUT, PAHANG, MALAYSIA
AL-HARAZI, T., ABD GHANI, M., OTHMAN, H. (2013). PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS AMONG ORANG ASLI SCHOOLCHILDREN IN POS SENDERUT, PAHANG, MALAYSIA. EKB Journal Management System, 43(3), 561-568. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2013.93278
TALAL AL-HARAZI; MOHAMED KAMEL ABD GHANI; HIDAYATULFATHI OTHMAN. "PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS AMONG ORANG ASLI SCHOOLCHILDREN IN POS SENDERUT, PAHANG, MALAYSIA". EKB Journal Management System, 43, 3, 2013, 561-568. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2013.93278
AL-HARAZI, T., ABD GHANI, M., OTHMAN, H. (2013). 'PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS AMONG ORANG ASLI SCHOOLCHILDREN IN POS SENDERUT, PAHANG, MALAYSIA', EKB Journal Management System, 43(3), pp. 561-568. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2013.93278
AL-HARAZI, T., ABD GHANI, M., OTHMAN, H. PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS AMONG ORANG ASLI SCHOOLCHILDREN IN POS SENDERUT, PAHANG, MALAYSIA. EKB Journal Management System, 2013; 43(3): 561-568. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2013.93278

PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS AMONG ORANG ASLI SCHOOLCHILDREN IN POS SENDERUT, PAHANG, MALAYSIA

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Article 1, Volume 43, Issue 3, December 2013, Page 561-568  XML PDF (228.17 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2013.93278
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Authors
TALAL AL-HARAZI1; MOHAMED KAMEL ABD GHANI2; HIDAYATULFATHI OTHMAN2
1Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Taiz University, Yemen.
2Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Allied and Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Abstract
The current study determined the prevalence of intestinal protozoan infections among the Orang Asli schoolchildren in Pos Senderut, Pahang, Malaysia. The overall intestinal protozoan infection rate was 85% (261 out of 307). The highest
prevalence rates were due to Entamoeba coli (24.4%), Giardia lamblia (21.8%), Blastocystis hominis (21.2%) and Entamoeba histolytica (15.0%). The prevalence of Iodamoeba butschlii was only 2.9%. Among the positive samples, mixed infection with B. hominis and E. histolytica was 3.3%, B. hominis and G. lamblia was 2.9%, G. lamblia and E. histolytica was 2.0% and triple infections (B. hominis, G. lamblia and E. histolytica) was 1.0 %. The prevalence of the infection was high in all age groups (6-14 years old). Thus, we can conclude that intestinal protozoan infections are still representing a serious public health problem in aboriginal communities, especially among children.
Keywords
Protozoan infections; school children; Orang Asli; Malaysia
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