A cross-sectional study of amebiasis among Orang Asli school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Penderas, Pahang. / Fatin Syamimi Mohamad Zahidan

Amebiasis also recognized as infection by Entamoeba histolytica is still ubiquitous in rural Malaysia particularly among Orang Asli school children. This infection can be transmitted through ingestion of water or food contaminated with stool that contains E. histolytica cysts. Clinical manifestation...

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Main Author:	Mohamad Zahidan, Fatin Syamimi
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Published:	2015
Subjects:	Infectious and parasitic diseases
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.273592020-01-21T03:35:31Z A cross-sectional study of amebiasis among Orang Asli school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Penderas, Pahang. / Fatin Syamimi Mohamad Zahidan 2015 Mohamad Zahidan, Fatin Syamimi Infectious and parasitic diseases General special. Patient monitoring Amebiasis also recognized as infection by Entamoeba histolytica is still ubiquitous in rural Malaysia particularly among Orang Asli school children. This infection can be transmitted through ingestion of water or food contaminated with stool that contains E. histolytica cysts. Clinical manifestations of amebiasis ranging from asymptomatic colonization of intestinal wall to amoebic colitis which was dysentery or diarrhea andinvasive extraintestinal infection can be present in the form of liver abscess. Up tothis date, knowledge about the prevalence of amebiasis among underprivileged communities such as Orang Asli was not well documented. To contribute to the better understanding about the epidemiology of this infection, a cross-sectional study has been conducted in Pahang to provide the information regarding the prevalence, possible risk factors and clinical manifestations that associated with amebiasis. Pretested questionnaire was used for collecting demographic, socio-economic, environmental and behavioral data and further analyzed using Pearson's Chi-square, univariate and multivariate analyses. A total of89 stool samples were collected from Orang Asli school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Penderas, Pahang. All stool samples were examined by using Wheatley's trichrome stain. Thirteen (14.61%)samples were microscopically positive with E. histolytica/E. dispar complex either cysts and/or trophozoites. The prevalence of this infection discovered an age independency relationship, with higher prevalent rates were observed among those aged ~o years compared to their counterparts (15.2% vs. 14%). According to genders, the present findings discovered that there was no significant difference between boys and girls with amebiasis. However, the prevalence of E. histolytica/E. dispar complex was found high among girls to boy with the ratio of 1.79: 1. There was no possible risk factors could be found in the present study. Diarrhea (p = 0.58) and other gastrointestinal symptoms (p = 0.49) were not statistically significant with E. histolytica/E. dispar complex infection. Essentially, the present findings highlighted that E. histolytica/E. dispar complex infection is still widespread among Orang Asli school children. Further studies using molecular technique such as single-round polymerase chain reaction should be carried out in order to differentiate the morphologically identical species of pathogenic, E. histolytica from the nonpathogenic, E. dispar species. This well documented information will be an advantageous for the public health authorities to consider special planning and implementation of specific prevention and control approach to totally eradicate this infection among Orang Asli school children in rural Malaysia. 2015 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27359/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27359/1/TD_FATIN%20SYAMIMI%20MOHAMAD%20ZAHIDAN%20HS%2015_5.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Health Sciences
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spellingShingle	Infectious and parasitic diseases Infectious and parasitic diseases Mohamad Zahidan, Fatin Syamimi A cross-sectional study of amebiasis among Orang Asli school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Penderas, Pahang. / Fatin Syamimi Mohamad Zahidan
description	Amebiasis also recognized as infection by Entamoeba histolytica is still ubiquitous in rural Malaysia particularly among Orang Asli school children. This infection can be transmitted through ingestion of water or food contaminated with stool that contains E. histolytica cysts. Clinical manifestations of amebiasis ranging from asymptomatic colonization of intestinal wall to amoebic colitis which was dysentery or diarrhea andinvasive extraintestinal infection can be present in the form of liver abscess. Up tothis date, knowledge about the prevalence of amebiasis among underprivileged communities such as Orang Asli was not well documented. To contribute to the better understanding about the epidemiology of this infection, a cross-sectional study has been conducted in Pahang to provide the information regarding the prevalence, possible risk factors and clinical manifestations that associated with amebiasis. Pretested questionnaire was used for collecting demographic, socio-economic, environmental and behavioral data and further analyzed using Pearson's Chi-square, univariate and multivariate analyses. A total of89 stool samples were collected from Orang Asli school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Penderas, Pahang. All stool samples were examined by using Wheatley's trichrome stain. Thirteen (14.61%)samples were microscopically positive with E. histolytica/E. dispar complex either cysts and/or trophozoites. The prevalence of this infection discovered an age independency relationship, with higher prevalent rates were observed among those aged ~o years compared to their counterparts (15.2% vs. 14%). According to genders, the present findings discovered that there was no significant difference between boys and girls with amebiasis. However, the prevalence of E. histolytica/E. dispar complex was found high among girls to boy with the ratio of 1.79: 1. There was no possible risk factors could be found in the present study. Diarrhea (p = 0.58) and other gastrointestinal symptoms (p = 0.49) were not statistically significant with E. histolytica/E. dispar complex infection. Essentially, the present findings highlighted that E. histolytica/E. dispar complex infection is still widespread among Orang Asli school children. Further studies using molecular technique such as single-round polymerase chain reaction should be carried out in order to differentiate the morphologically identical species of pathogenic, E. histolytica from the nonpathogenic, E. dispar species. This well documented information will be an advantageous for the public health authorities to consider special planning and implementation of specific prevention and control approach to totally eradicate this infection among Orang Asli school children in rural Malaysia.
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author	Mohamad Zahidan, Fatin Syamimi
author_facet	Mohamad Zahidan, Fatin Syamimi
author_sort	Mohamad Zahidan, Fatin Syamimi
title	A cross-sectional study of amebiasis among Orang Asli school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Penderas, Pahang. / Fatin Syamimi Mohamad Zahidan
title_short	A cross-sectional study of amebiasis among Orang Asli school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Penderas, Pahang. / Fatin Syamimi Mohamad Zahidan
title_full	A cross-sectional study of amebiasis among Orang Asli school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Penderas, Pahang. / Fatin Syamimi Mohamad Zahidan
title_fullStr	A cross-sectional study of amebiasis among Orang Asli school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Penderas, Pahang. / Fatin Syamimi Mohamad Zahidan
title_full_unstemmed	A cross-sectional study of amebiasis among Orang Asli school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Penderas, Pahang. / Fatin Syamimi Mohamad Zahidan
title_sort	cross-sectional study of amebiasis among orang asli school children in sekolah kebangsaan penderas, pahang. / fatin syamimi mohamad zahidan
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department	Faculty of Health Sciences
publishDate	2015
url	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27359/1/TD_FATIN%20SYAMIMI%20MOHAMAD%20ZAHIDAN%20HS%2015_5.pdf
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A cross-sectional study of amebiasis among Orang Asli school children in Sekolah Kebangsaan Penderas, Pahang. / Fatin Syamimi Mohamad Zahidan

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