Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Abstract
We reviewed the epidemiology of STH in Malaysia from the 1970s to 2009. High prevalence rates persist among the rural Aborigines, estate workers and in urban slums and squatter areas. Trichuris trichiura is the most prevalent helminth in Malaysia ranging from 2.1 to 98.2. Ascaris lumbricoides follows closely with a prevalence rate of 4.6-86.7, while hookworm is the least prevalent (0-37.0). A countrywide control program with special emphasis on school-based intervention is highly recommended among aboriginal people.
Keywords
soil-transmitted helminths, deworming, school-based intervention, Malaysia
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
Volume
42
Issue
3
Publisher
SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network
Additional Information
Correspondence: Abdulhamid Ahmed, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: +6-03-7967 3789; Fax: +6-03-7967 4754 E-mail: halmekhlafi@yahoo.com