ArticleAnnals of tropical medicine and parasitology2011
Childhood Cryptosporidium infection among aboriginal communities in Peninsular Malaysia.
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- Prevalence and risk factors of intestinal protozoal infections among patients in Malaysia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Cryptosporidium spp. prevalence in the general population in Guinea: first large-scale screening study.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2024Article
- Cryptosporidiosis in a Zoonotic Gastrointestinal Disorder Perspective: Present Status, Risk Factors, Pathophysiology, and Treatment, Particularly in Immunocompromised Patients.Journal of tropical medicine · 2024Review
- Molecular Epidemiology of Human Cryptosporidiosis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2021Review
- Risk Factors for Enterovirus A71 Seropositivity in Rural Indigenous Populations in West Malaysia.PloS one · 2016Article
- Predominance of Blastocystis sp. Infection among School Children in Peninsular Malaysia.PloS one · 2016Article
- Neglected tropical diseases among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): overview and update.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015Review
- Risk factors for cryptosporidiosis among children in a semi urban slum in southern India: a nested case-control study.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2014Article
- Epidemiology of intestinal polyparasitism among Orang Asli school children in rural Malaysia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2014Article
- Aboriginal populations and their neglected tropical diseases.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2014Article
- Serum IgG responses and seroconversion patterns to Cryptosporidium gp15 among children in a birth cohort in south India.Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI · 2012Article
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Abstract
Cryptosporidium is a coccidian parasite that is prevalent worldwide, some species of which cause morbidity in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals. The prevalence and predictors of Cryptosporidium infection, and its effect on nutritional status, have recently been explored among 276 children (141 boys and 135 girls, aged 2-15 years) in aboriginal (Orang Asli) villages in the Malaysian state of Selangor. Faecal smears were examined by the modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining technique while socio-economic data were collected using a standardized questionnaire. Nutritional status was assessed by anthropometric measurements. Cryptosporidium infection, which was detected in 7.2% of the aboriginal children, was found to be significantly associated with low birthweight (≤2.5 kg), being part of a large household (with more than seven members) and prolonged breast feeding (>2 years). The output of a binary logistic regression confirmed that large household size was a significant predictor of Cryptosporidium infection (giving an odds ratio of 2.15, with a 95% confidence interval of 1.25-5.02). Cryptosporidium infection is clearly a public-health problem among the aboriginal children of Selangor, with person-to-person the most likely mode of transmission.
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