Sahimin, N and Lim, Y A L and Ariffin, F and Behnke, J M and Basáñez, M-G and Walker, M and Lewis, J W and Noordin, R and Abdullah, K A and Mohd Zain, S N (2017) Socio-demographic determinants of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in migrant workers of Peninsular Malaysia. Parasites & Vectors, 10 (238).
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Abstract
The number of migrants working in Malaysia has increased sharply since the 1970’s and there is concern that infectious diseases endemic in other (e.g. neighbouring) countries may be inadvertently imported. Compulsory medical screening prior to entering the workforce does not include parasitic infections such as toxoplasmosis. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection among migrant workers in Peninsular Malaysia by means of serosurveys conducted on a voluntary basis among low-skilled and semi-skilled workers from five working sectors, namely, manufacturing, food service, agriculture and plantation, construction and domestic work.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| RVC Publication Type: | Research (full) paper |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2167-8 |
| Departments: | Pathobiology and Population Sciences |
| Research Programmes: | Livestock Production and Health |
| Depositing User: | RVC Auto-import |
| Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2020 22:39 |
| URI: | http://researchonline.rvc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11024 |
| Date Deposited: | 22 November 2017 |