Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Biology, University of Leeds, U.K
  • 2 Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1999 Mar;54(1):96-101.
PMID: 10972011

Abstract

School children from 3 primary and 2 secondary schools in Sarawak were examined for the presence of gastrointestinal helminths. One primary school and 1 secondary school were located in a town (Serian), the other primary and secondary schools were in the countryside outside Serian. The intestinal helminths detected were Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Enterobius vermicularis and hookworm. Children from the rural schools had higher numbers of eggs in their faeces than those from the Serian schools. Children from the rural primary schools had higher number of eggs than those from the rural secondary school. The prevalence of Ascaris, Trichuris and hookworms in male and female and in primary and secondary school children was recorded.

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