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SUBMITTER: Ngui R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3335690 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ngui Romano R Ching Lee Soo LS Kai Tan Tiong TT Roslan Muhammad Aidil MA Lim Yvonne A L YA
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20120501 5
Species identification of human hookworm infections among eight communities in rural areas of Peninsular Malaysia was determined during 2009-2011. Fecal samples were examined by microscopy and subsequently, the internal transcribed spacer 2 and 28S ribosomal RNA region of Necator americanus and Ancylostoma spp. were sequenced. Overall, 9.1% (58 of 634) were identified positive by microscopy for hookworm infection, and 47 (81.0%) of 58 were successfully amplified and sequenced. Sequence compariso ...[more]