Epidemiological study of human intestinal parasites in Sarawak, East Malaysia: A review

Abstract

Sarawak is the largest state in Malaysia which is nearly as large as the Peninsular Malaysia. It is situated in the northwest Borneo region and has a complex ethnic and cultural backgrounds (i.e. races and indigenous groups) that comprise approximately 2.656 million population in 2020 (DOSM, 2021). Iban is the largest proportion of this diversity, in addition to the composition of other races which include Malay, Chinese, India and indigenous populations comprising