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Impact of seasonality on the prevalence and risk factors of Giardia lamblia infections among the aborigines

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dc.contributor.affiliationsFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
dc.contributor.affiliationsSultan Abdul Halim mu'Adzam Shah International Islamic University
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
dc.contributor.authorNoradilah S.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMoktar N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLee I.L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSalleh F.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAnuar T.S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T08:42:30Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T08:42:30Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractObjective: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of Giardia (G.) lamblia infections among the aboriginal community during the wet and dry seasons. Methods: A total of 473 stool samples from the aborigines in Temerloh, Pahang, Malaysia were collected during wet (n=256) and dry seasons (n=217). Smear of all the PVA-preserved stool samples were subjected to Trichrome staining and microscopic examination under 1 000 x magnification (Nikon eclipse E100) for the detection of G. lamblia. Positivity was recorded based on the presence of G. lamblia in trophozoite and/or cyst forms. Results: The prevalence of giardiasis was 12.10% and 8.29% during the wet and dry season, respectively. Age of less or equal to 15 years old and presence of other family members with G. lamblia infection were found to be the significant risk factors to acquire G. lamblia infections during both seasons. Untreated water supply was the significant risk factor of giardiasis during the dry season. This study highlighted the possibility of anthroponotic transmission of G. lamblia during both seasons and waterborne transmission during the dry season in the aboriginal community. Conclusions: This study suggests that seasonal variation plays an important role in the prevalence and risk factor of G. lamblia infection in the aboriginal community. Therefore, close contact with Giardia-infected family members and water-related activities or usage of untreated water must be avoided to reduce the burden of G. lamblia infection in this community.en_US
dc.description.natureFinalen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4103/1995-7645.262075
dc.identifier.epage320
dc.identifier.issn19957645
dc.identifier.issue7
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85068822324
dc.identifier.spage315
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dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/9323
dc.identifier.volume12
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWolters Kluwer Medknow Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAsian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAborigineen_US
dc.subjectAnthroponoticen_US
dc.subjectGiardiaen_US
dc.subjectSeasonalityen_US
dc.subjectWaterborneen_US
dc.titleImpact of seasonality on the prevalence and risk factors of Giardia lamblia infections among the aboriginesen_US
dc.title.alternativeAsian Pac. J. Trop. Med.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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