Neglected Tropical Diseases among Two Indigenous Subtribes in Peninsular Malaysia : Highlighting Differences and Co-Infection of Helminthiasis and Sarcocystosis

• Main Authors: Soo, Ching Lee, Romano, Ngui, Tiong, Kai Tan, Roslan, Muhammad Aidil, Yvonne Ai, Lian Lim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: PLOS 2014
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; RZ Other systems of medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42192/1/Neglected.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42192/; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0107980; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107980

Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections have been documented among these minority groups since 1938. However the prevalence of STH is still high among these communities. Most studies tend to consider the Orang Asli (indigenous) as a homogenous group. In contrary, different subtribes have their ow...