Entamoeba infections and associated risk factors among migrant workers in peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Sahimin, Norhidayu, Yunus, Muhammad Hafiznur, Douadi, Benacer, Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian, Noordin, Rahmah, Behnke, Jerzy Marian, Mohd Zain, Siti Nursheena
• Format: Article
• Published: Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2019
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/23589/; http://msptm.org/files/Vol36No4/1014-1026-Mohd-Zain-SN.pdf

The influx of low skilled migrant workers to Malaysia from low socio-economic countries where gastrointestinal parasitic infections are prevalent has raised concerns about transmission to the local population. Three methods for detection (serology, microscopy and molecular techniques) were utilized...