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Giardiasis and severe ascariasis were significantly associated with low serum retinol levels (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.004 and <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.018, respectively). Logistic regression confirmed the significant association of giardiasis with low serum retinol (odds ratio = 2.7, 95% confidence interval = 1.3\u20135.5). In conclusion, vitamin A deficiency is still a public health problem in rural Malaysia. Vitamin A supplementation and treatment of intestinal parasitic infections should be distributed periodically to these children to improve their health and nutritional status.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.2010.09-0371","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,9,1]],"date-time":"2010-09-01T17:27:59Z","timestamp":1283362079000},"page":"523-527","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Giardiasis and Poor Vitamin A Status among Aboriginal School Children in Rural Malaysia"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"83","author":[{"given":"Hesham M.","family":"Al-Mekhlafi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Johari","family":"Surin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Atiya A.","family":"Sallam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ariffin W.","family":"Abdullah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mohammed A. 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