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Global migration and transmission of disease: A Malaysian case study

Mass migration from less developed to more developed countries have created a shift in the global population. Urbanization and extension in industrialization of developing nations have resulted in millions migrants migrating to major urban cities around the globe to cope with expanding workforce. Th...

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Main Authors: Mohd Zain, S.N., Lim, Y.A.L., Sahimin, N.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Q Science (General)
QH301 Biology
QR Microbiology
R Medicine
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/17160/1/Global__migration_and_transmission_of_disease_poster.pdf
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spelling my.um.eprints.171602017-08-08T02:33:31Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/17160/ Global migration and transmission of disease: A Malaysian case study Mohd Zain, S.N. Lim, Y.A.L. Sahimin, N. Q Science (General) QH301 Biology QR Microbiology R Medicine Mass migration from less developed to more developed countries have created a shift in the global population. Urbanization and extension in industrialization of developing nations have resulted in millions migrants migrating to major urban cities around the globe to cope with expanding workforce. This has attracted many to flock to major cities in Malaysia both legal and illegally from the South East Asia (Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Myanmar) and South Asian countries (Nepal, India and Bangladesh) where endemic infections are very much prevalent and most likely to pose public health problems to the local community. Presently, compulsory medical screening for workers prior entering to the workforce does not include parasitic screening. As the number of migrant workers has grown exponentially over the past decade and the incidents of communicable disease have become more prevalent in the country, therefore, there is an acute need for a more accurate and current information on the parasitic infections in this particular group of workers and factors associated to infections as it impacts the local community significantly. 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/17160/1/Global__migration_and_transmission_of_disease_poster.pdf Mohd Zain, S.N. and Lim, Y.A.L. and Sahimin, N. (2017) Global migration and transmission of disease: A Malaysian case study. In: British Society for Parasitology 2017, 2-5 April 2017, Dundee University, Scotland.
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QH301 Biology
QR Microbiology
R Medicine
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QH301 Biology
QR Microbiology
R Medicine
Mohd Zain, S.N.
Lim, Y.A.L.
Sahimin, N.
Global migration and transmission of disease: A Malaysian case study
description Mass migration from less developed to more developed countries have created a shift in the global population. Urbanization and extension in industrialization of developing nations have resulted in millions migrants migrating to major urban cities around the globe to cope with expanding workforce. This has attracted many to flock to major cities in Malaysia both legal and illegally from the South East Asia (Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Myanmar) and South Asian countries (Nepal, India and Bangladesh) where endemic infections are very much prevalent and most likely to pose public health problems to the local community. Presently, compulsory medical screening for workers prior entering to the workforce does not include parasitic screening. As the number of migrant workers has grown exponentially over the past decade and the incidents of communicable disease have become more prevalent in the country, therefore, there is an acute need for a more accurate and current information on the parasitic infections in this particular group of workers and factors associated to infections as it impacts the local community significantly.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohd Zain, S.N.
Lim, Y.A.L.
Sahimin, N.
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Lim, Y.A.L.
Sahimin, N.
author_sort Mohd Zain, S.N.
title Global migration and transmission of disease: A Malaysian case study
title_short Global migration and transmission of disease: A Malaysian case study
title_full Global migration and transmission of disease: A Malaysian case study
title_fullStr Global migration and transmission of disease: A Malaysian case study
title_full_unstemmed Global migration and transmission of disease: A Malaysian case study
title_sort global migration and transmission of disease: a malaysian case study
publishDate 2017
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/17160/1/Global__migration_and_transmission_of_disease_poster.pdf
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