Abstract
A comparative study was carried out to identify the prevalence of intestinalparasitic infestation among students in 3 different types of primary school1ocaled inAmpang area, Kuala Lumpur. A survey of infection rate was done from April 10 June2001. Stool samples were randomly collected from one'hundred and elevenschoolchildren aged 9-12 years were examined for intestinal parasites, using a lightmicroscope (or direct smear and after concentration for formol.-either method. It wasfound that an overall prevalence of intestinal parasite infection of schoolchildren was51%. The infection rate of males and females was (60.3''1) and (29.20/0) respectively.Prevalence seems to be higher in the younger age groups. Also, the usual intestinalparasites were found more commonly in local and foreign schools than internationalschooL The local school had the highest prevalence (62%1), followed by the foreignschool (52%) and international school (38.90/0). The prevalence in the international schoolwas much lower compared to the local and foreign schools.
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