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A case of intestinal myiasis in Malaysia

Cheong WH, Mahadevan S, Lie Kian Joe

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health, 1973 Jun;4(2):281.

PMID: 4749090

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic*

Fulltext Intestinal parasitic infections in man: a review

Norhayati M, Fatmah MS, Yusof S, Edariah AB

Med J Malaysia, 2003 Jun;58(2):296-305; quiz 306.

PMID: 14569755

Intestinal parasites of importance to man are Enterobius vermicularis, the soil-transmitted helminthes (STH)--Ascaris lumbricoides Tricburis trichiura, bookworms (Necator americans/Ancylostoma duodenale) and Strongyloides stercoralis and the protozoa Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia duodenalis. Other protozoa such as Cryptosporidium sp. and Isopora sp. are becoming important in causing prolonged diarrhea in immunocompromised patients. It is estimated that almost 1 billion, 500 million and 900 million people worldwide are infected by the major nematode species--A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura and hookworms respectively. Most of the infections are endemic and widely distributed throughout poor and socio-economically deprived communities in the tropics and subtropics. Environmental, socio-economic, demographic and health-related behavior is known to influence the transmission and distribution of these infections. In giardiasis, one study indicates that age < or = 12 years and the presence of family members infected with Giardia were risk factors for infection. Most of the infections occur in children and both genders are equally affected. Epidemiological studies of STH infections have shown that the prevalence and intensity of infection are highest among children 4-15 years of age. The frequency of distribution of STH infections is over-dispersed and highly aggregated. areas reinfection can occur as early as 2 months post-treatment, and by 4 months, almost half of the population treated become reinfected. By 6 months the intensity of infection was similar to pretreatment level.

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/etiology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology*; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/prevention & control

Fulltext Critique of article: "Prevalence and Distribution of Intestinal and Blood Parasites Among Ibans in the Nanga Atoi in the Second Division of Sarawak" (sic). By Neo CB, Cheah YK, Chin PW, et al

Hardin S, Kiyu A, Chang Moh Seng

Med J Malaysia, 1988 Sep;43(3):269-71.

PMID: 3241591

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology*

Fulltext Prevalence of soil transmitted helminths in school children in the Federal Territory of Malaysia

George J, Ow Yang CK

Med J Malaysia, 1982 Mar;37(1):35-9.

PMID: 7121344

A study conducted in. all the government schools in Wilayah to find the prevalence rate of worm infection in. urban schools revealed that 50 percent of the 7,682 school children. examined suffered from helminthiasis. More than 50 percent had mixed infections, worm infection was more prevalent among Malays and Indians. Both males and females had an equal prevalence of worm infection. Schools near the squatter areas had high infection rates. This was attributed to poverty, cultural factors, and environmental sanitation in the squatter areas.

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology*; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/transmission

Alimentary human infection with Capillaria sp. from the Philippines

Sandosham AA

Med J Malaya, 1968 Mar;22(3):233.

PMID: 4234369

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic*

Intestinal parasitic infections in an estate hospital (rubber, oil palm) in Selangor State, Malaysia

Bisseru B

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health, 1971 Mar;2(1):89-90.

PMID: 5112353

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology*

Intestinal parasitism among Penan children of the Upper Baram, Sarawak

Kan SP, Yap SB, Yap PL

Asia Pac J Public Health, 1987;1(1):38-41.

PMID: 3452378

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology*; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/parasitology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/transmission

Soil-transmitted helminthiases in Malaysia: a socioeconomic and public health problem

Kan SP

Public Health Rev, 1988;16(1-2):127-47.

PMID: 3073434

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology*; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/prevention & control; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/transmission

[Investigation on the parasites of alien laborers in Kaohsiung]

Yen CM, Tsen LT, Leu SN, Chung LY, Hsieh HC, Chen ER

Gaoxiong Yi Xue Ke Xue Za Zhi, 1995 Jul;11(7):390-7.

PMID: 7650778

In the past year, stool specimens of 1,732 alien laborers were examined for intestinal parasites. There was no significant difference in the positive rate between males and females. All alien laborers were examined in 3 hospitals and the positive rates were 24.8% (191/769), 13.6% (109/804) and 12.6% (20/159). Broken down by nationality, the positive rates in laborers from Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia were 23.9% (192/803), 20.3% (62/305), 12.1% (60/498) and 4.8% (6/126) respectively. Of all alien laborers, 17.2% (297/1,732) had single infections of parasites and 1.3% (23/1,732) had multiple infections. Opisthorchis viverrinii was the most prevalent parasite found in infected alien laborers. 91.5% of alien laborers were aged from 21 to 40-years-old and had positive rates of parasites reaching 91.0%. The time of arrival in Taiwan had an effect in all alien laborers examined for parasites. The positive rate in laborers arriving during April to June was 22.7% which was significantly higher than the 16.3% for laborers arriving in other months.

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology*

Fulltext The prevalence of intestinal parasites among children at the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Idruss H, Zahedi M, Ainiyah AJ

Med J Malaysia, 1982 Dec;37(4):373-7.

PMID: 7167092

A prevalence study for intestinal parasites among 305 infants and young children was conducted at the Paediatric wards of the General Hospital Kuala Lum.pur, Malaysia. 40.8 percent of children were infected with at least one type of intestinal parasites: 39 percent were found to be infected with intestinal helminths and 4.26 percent with intestinal protozoa. Ascaris formed 17.38 percent of the infestation followed by Trichuris (14.75 percent) and hookworm (2.95 percent); 0.3 percent of the cases had Strongyloides stercoralis; 2.30 percent and 2.62 percent of the children had Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia respectively. Indian children were the predominant group found infected, followed by the Chinese and Ma lays. A significant drop in infestation rate of soil-transmitted helminths was detected among the Malays. The significance of the changing pattern in the epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths is
discussed. A brief review of literature is also presented.

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology*

Prevalence, treatment and reinfection of intestinal helminths among schoolchildren in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sinniah B

Public Health, 1984 Jan;98(1):38-42.

PMID: 6709819

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology*

Studies on parasitic infections in Orang Asli (Aborigines) in Peninsular Malaysia

Dissanaike AS, Vijayamma T, Kan SP, Ong HT

Med J Malaysia, 1977 Sep;32(1):48-55.

PMID: 609344

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology

[A NEW TREMATODE SPECIES (RENSCHETREMA, MICROPHALLIDAE) WITH 3 CLASSES FROM THE INTESTINE OF MALAYSIAN BATS]

ROHDE K

Z Parasitenkd, 1964 Mar 10;24:13-22.

PMID: 14174780

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic*

Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites among Food-handlers in Shiraz, Iran

Motazedian MH, Najjari M, Ebrahimipour M, Asgari Q, Mojtabavi S, Mansouri M

Iran J Parasitol, 2015 Oct-Dec;10(4):652-7.

PMID: 26811734

Parasitic intestinal infections are still among socioeconomic problems in the world, especially in developing countries like Iran. Food-handlers that directly deal with production and distribution of foods between societies are one of the most important sources to transmit parasitic infections to humans. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among food-handlers in Shiraz, Iran.

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic

Seasonal variations in the numbers of trichostrongylid nematode eggs and their larvae in the faeces of farmed goats in Malaysia

Rahman WA

Vet Parasitol, 1992 Apr;42(1-2):163-6.

PMID: 1615628

Faecal worm egg counts of goats from two farms in Penang Island, West Malaysia, were monitored over a period of 14 months. The faecal egg count pattern followed that of total rainfall. The humid tropical environment was favourable for the development of various species of trichostrongylid nematodes, namely Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus spp., Oesophagostomum spp. and Cooperia spp. Generally, H. contortus was observed to be the predominant species, more so in the monsoon months of the year.

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/parasitology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/veterinary*

Oesophagostomiasis in man: report of the first Malaysian case with emphasis on its pathology

Karim N, Yang CO

Malays J Pathol, 1992 Jun;14(1):19-24.

PMID: 1469913

This paper describes the first Malaysian case of oesophagostomiasis. The patient was an 8-year-old Malay boy who presented to Ipoh General Hospital, Perak with abdominal pain and weight loss. Examination revealed multiple cavitated pseudotumours of the colon. A hemicolectomy was performed. Examination of the lesions revealed Oesophagostomum worms in the necrotic centres. The differential diagnoses and the pathology caused by Oesophagostomum are discussed. A brief review of the available literature is presented.

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/parasitology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/pathology*

Isospora corvi Ray, Shivnani, Oommen and Bhaskaran, 1952 from the common house crow (Corvus splendens Vieillot) of Selangor, peninsular Malaysia

Poon SK, Chew WK

Folia Parasitol., 1991;38(3):201-7.

PMID: 1808029

Faecal samples of 56 common house crows (Corvus splendens Vieillot) were collected from the Petaling Jaya and Kelang districts of Selangor, peninsular Malaysia, and examined for coccidia. Intestinal tracts of 8 of the above crows wee histologically examined under light microscopy to determine the site of coccidial infection and the endogenous stages present. Fifty three (94.6%) crows had coccidial oocysts morphologically conforming to only one species of Isospora in their faeces at the time they were examined. The sporulated oocysts were found to be Isospora corviae (Ray et al. 1952) which has been emended to I. corvi. These oocysts are redescribed in greater detail. Corvus splendens is a new host record for I. corvi. Coccidial infection was observed in all the intestinal tracts and generally confined to the anterior two thirds of the intestine. The parasites occurred within intestinal epithelial cells, located usually above the host cell nucleus. Developmental stages of both the asexual and sexual phases were found in the epithelium, and are deemed to be the endogenous stages of I. corvi on the basis of the oocysts recovered from the same crows used for histological study. These stages are described here for the first time. The prevalence of I. corvi, its relationship with the host C. splendens, and its probable transmission from C. macrorhynchus are discussed.

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/parasitology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/veterinary*

A new species of Paracapillaria (Nematoda: Capillariidae) from the intestine of the toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Anura) from the Malayan Peninsula

Moravec F, Modrý D, Jirků M

J Parasitol, 2007 Aug;93(4):907-9.

PMID: 17918374

A new species of parasitic nematode, Paracapillaria malayensis n. sp. (Capillariidae), is described from the small intestine of the toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus imported from the Malayan Peninsula to the Czech Republic. The new species differs from the only other congeneric species, Paracapillaria spratti, mainly in the shape and structure of the spicular proximal end (with a lobular rim), smaller eggs (45-51 x 21-24 microm), longer spicule (336 microm), and the number (37-38) of stichocytes in gravid females; whereas P. spratti parasitizes frogs of the Microhylidae in Papua New Guinea, P. malayensis is a parasite of Bufonidae in the Malayan Peninsula. Other Paracapillaria spp. are parasites of fishes, birds, or mammals and they mostly differ from P. malayensis in the structure of eggs and some other morphological features.

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/parasitology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/veterinary*

A new species of Spauligodon (Nematoda: Oxyuroidea: Pharyngodonidae) in Cyrtodactylus bintangrendah (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia

Bursey CR, Goldberg SR, Grismer LL

J Parasitol, 2014 Jun;100(3):317-22.

PMID: 24450328 DOI: 10.1645/13-410.1

Spauligodon bintangensis n. sp. from the intestines of Cyrtodactylus bintangrendah (Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia is described and illustrated. Spauligodon bintangensis n. sp. represents the 51st species assigned to the genus and the first species from the Oriental Region. The new species is most similar to Spauligodon atlanticus, Spauligodon eremiasi, and Spauligodon occidentalis, but is easily separated by position of vulva, prebulbar in S. atlanticus and S. occidentalis , postbulbar in the new species, and location of lateral alae; in S. eremiasi, the lateral alae occur only in the fourth quarter of the body, whereas in the new species the lateral alae begin just posterior to lips.

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/parasitology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/veterinary*

Prevalence of parasites in working pig-tailed Macaques (Macaca nemestrina) in Kelantan, Malaysia

Choong SS, Mimi Armiladiana M, Ruhil HH, Peng TL

J Med Primatol, 2019 08;48(4):207-210.

PMID: 31025372 DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12416

BACKGROUND: Coconut is an important commodity in Kelantan, and pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) have been traditionally used for coconut-plucking for over a century. Most of these animals were sourced from the wild population, and the parasitic status of these macaques is unknown, plus the impacts caused by these parasites are usually underestimated by the owners.

METHODS: A total of 30 macaques were sampled for blood, faeces and hair plucks to detect parasite.

RESULTS: Out of 21 faecal samples examined, 11 (52%) were determined positive for one or more gastrointestinal parasites, namely Trichostrongylus spp., Strongyloides spp., Anatrichosoma spp., Capillaria spp., Trichuris spp. and Paramphisotomum spp. Filaria was detected in one (3%) of the blood samples. For ectoparasites, only lice, Pedicinus sp., were found in 9 (30%) macaques.

CONCLUSIONS: It is imperative that the parasitic status of these animals be determined so that necessary actions and preventive measures can be implemented to prevent zoonotic transmissions.

Matched MeSH terms: Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/parasitology; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/veterinary*

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