Prevalence and risk factors of geohelminthiasis among the rural village children in Kota Marudu, Sabah, Malaysia.

ABSTRACT: Geohelminthiasis is a worldwide problem, especially in low-income countries. Children from rural areas and those living in poverty, lacking basic health amenities and having poor environmental sanitation are likely to be affected. Adverse effects such as anemia, protein malnutrition, colitis are common which can affect both the children's physical and mental growing development. A cross-sectional study on geohelminthiasis was conducted among children from 238 households in 13 villages in Kota Marudu of northern Sabah, East Malaysia. The study involved interviewing villagers using questionnaires to collect demographic and socio-economic data, getting faecal samples from the children, collecting soil samples and identifying parasite eggs with microscopy and molecular methods. A total of 407

SUBMITTER: Lim-Leroy A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7521721 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature