The burden of moderate-to-heavy soil-transmitted helminth infections among rural malaysian aborigines: an urgent need for an integrated control programme

• Main Authors: Ahmed, A., Al-Mekhlafi, H.M., Choy, S.H., Ithoi, I., Al-Adhroey, A.H., Abdulsalam, A.M., Surin, Johari
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2011
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/3350/1/The_burden_of_moderate-to-heavy_soil_transmitted_helminth_infections_among_rural.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/3350/

Background: Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections, among the most common neglected tropical diseases, continue to be a major threat to the health and socioeconomic wellbeing of infected people especially children in developing countries. Methods: A cross-sectional study among 254 aboriginal sch...