Roundworm: An Ascaris lumbricoides egg under a microscope.
ALMOST two-thirds of migrant workers screened in a study are found to be infected with intestinal parasites, including one alien species not detected here before, a research has found.
This finding shows that a mass-drug administration needs to be carried out on newly arrived foreign workers, says the group of researchers at Universiti Malaya (UM) who carried out the study.
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