Drinking water is a significant predictor of Blastocystis infection among rural Malaysian primary schoolchildren - ABDULSALAM, AWATIF M.; ITHOI, INIT; AL-MEKHLAFI, HESHAM M.; AHMED, ABDULHAMID; SURIN, JOHARI; MAK, JOON-WAH (Parasitology, 2012)
Keywords: Adolescent; Analysis of Variance; Asymptomatic Infections; Biological and medical sciences; Blastocystis; Blastocystis Infections - diagnosis; Blastocystis Infections - epidemiology; Blastocystis Infections - physiopathology; Child; Drinking water; Drinking Water - parasitology; Education; educational status; feces; Feces - parasitology; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gastrointestinal system; General aspects; General aspects and techniques. Study of several systematic groups. Models; health education; Humans; immunocompromised population; in vitro culture; infection; Invertebrates; Malaysia; Malaysia - epidemiology; Male; microscopy; mothers; multivariate analysis; Prevalence; Protozoa; Rural areas; rural communities; Rural Population; school children; Schools; Socioeconomic Factors; socioeconomics; Water supply; Water Supply - economics; Malaysia; Asia; predictors; schoolchildren; Malaysia; drinking water; Blastocystis; Infection; Protozoa; Drinking water; Lobosea; Primary; Parasite