PREVALENCE OF DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS AMONG AN ORANG ASLI POPULATION IN RURAL MALAYSIA

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作者：

Anuar, Tengku Shahrul ^{[1
]}

Hasim, Liyana ^{[1
]}

Moktar, Norhayati ^{[2
]}

Salleh, Fatmah Md ^{[2
]}

Al-Melchlafi, Hesham M. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Teknol MARA, Fac Hlth Sci, Dept Med Lab Technol, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

[2] Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Med Ctr, Dept Parasitol & Med Entomol, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[3] Univ Malaya, Fac Med, Dept Parasitol, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

来源：

SOUTHEAST ASIAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH | 2015年 / 46卷 / 05期

关键词：

prevalence; dientamoebiasis; Orang Asli; Malaysia; INFECTIONS; CYST;

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中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Dientamoeba fragilis is a trichomonad parasite that can infect the gastrointestinal tract of humans causing gastrointestinal disease. Little is known about its epidemiology. We evaluated the prevalence of D. fragilis by conducting a cross sectional study of an Orang Ash population in rural Malaysia. We examined stool samples from 150 participants for D. fragilis using Wheatley's trichrome stain and collected demographic data from each participant using a structured questionnaire. Five participants (3.3%) had D. fragilis in their stool; four of these were aged <15 years; 3 were male and 2 were female. All participants with positive stool sample for D. fragilis were symptomatic; 3 had diarrhea and 2 had other gastrointestinal symptoms. D. fragilis is present in the study population. Further studies are needed to determine the virulence, pathogenicity and mode of transmission of D. fragilis in the study population.

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页码：844 / 849

页数：6

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