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Distribution of Giardia duodenalis (Assemblages A and B) and Cryptosporidium parvum amongst migrant workers in Peninsular Malaysia.
Acta tropica - 1 Jun 2018
Sahimin Norhidayu, Douadi Benacer, Yvonne Lim Ai Lian, Behnke Jerzy M, Mohd Zain Siti Nursheena
Abstract excerpt
The influx of low skilled workers from socioeconomically deprived neighbouring countries to Malaysia has raised concerns about the transmission of communicable gastrointestinal diseases such as giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis to the local population. Therefore, a cross sectional study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of both diseases and the genetic diversity of these pathogens in the migrant...
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