Orang Asli (Indigenous Malaysian) Biomedical Bibliography AS Baer

Pertanian Malaysia, Serdang, 1992. (Found 42% of adults had chronic illnesses and 63% had had
an acute illness, on 2-week recall.)
148. Sulaiman, S., A. R. Sohadi, and J. Jeffrey. Human helminth parasite burdens on
cyclorrhaphan flies trapped at an aboriginal settlement in Malaysia. Bull. Entomological
Research 79:625-629, 1989. (On Bkt. Lanjan rainfall, sanitation, and disease; Temuan.)
149. Sulaiman, S., et al. The role of some cyclorrhaphan flies as carriers of human helminths in
Malaysia. Med. Veterinary Entomology 3 (1):1-6, 1988. (On Bkt. Lanjan Temuan.)
150. Swainson, L., and A. McGregor. Compensating for development: Orang Asli experiences of
Malaysia’s Sungai Selangor dam. Asia Pacific Viewpoint 49 (2):155-167, 2008. (Two Temuan
communities in northern Selangor, Gerachi and Pertak, were forcibly dispossessed to make way
for this dam. As has been recorded in other Orang Asli areas, the medical buildings later
provided had no nurses or doctors or medical supplies in them; the dispossession led to an
increase in male alcohol consumption.)
151. Tan, D. S. K. Leptospirosis in rural West Malaysia MJM 24 (4):261-266, 1970. (This
zoonotic disease was found in Orang Asli and others.)
152. Tesh, R. B., et al. The distribution and prevalence of group A arbovirus neutralizing
antibodies among human populations in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. AJTMH 24
(4):664-675, 1975. (On Senoi of Upper Perak.)
153. Thomas, V., and B. Sinniah. Seroepidemiology of amoebiasis in Peninsular Malaysia.
Annals Tropical Med. Parasitology 76 (2):602-606, 1977. (Among 84 Temuan at Bkt. Lanjan,
Entamoeba infection had an 8.3% prevalence overall but increased with age. No sex difference
or acute amoebic dysentery was found.)
154. Thomas, V., B. Sinniah, and P. L. Yap. Prevalence of antibodies including IgM to
toxoplasma gondii in Malaysia. SEAJTMPH 11 (1):119-125, 1980. (Of the 268 Orang Asli
blood samples tested, 19% had significant levels of Toxoplasma antibodies, as compared to 34%
for Malays.)
155. Umar, N. A., et al. Iron deficiency anaemia as an adjunct to soil-transmitted helminthiasis
among Orang Asli children of Selangor, Malaysia. Asia Pacific J. Clinical Nutrition (suppl.)
13:S124, 2004. (Over 40% of 281 children tested had low hemoglobin concentrations, possibly
associated with helminthiasis.)
156. Veeman, V. The delivery of primary health care: a case study of the Aborigines of
Peninsular Malaysia. Thesis, Diploma of Royal College Nursing, Institute of Advanced Nursing,
London, 1986-87. (Describes serious problems in health-care delivery at the JHEOA-run
Gombak hospital and in Orang Asli village settings.)
157. Venugopalam, B., et al. Hepatitis A outbreak in Hulu Langat District, Selangor State,
Malaysia. MJM 59 (5):670-673, 2004. (Both Malays and Orang Asli were victims of this April-
October, 2002, outbreak; the upriver Orang Asli were blamed for the river contamination, citing
their lack of toilet facilities or adequate water supply.)
158. Vythilingam, I., et al. Prevalence of head lice infestation among Orang Asli in Pos Betau
using permethrin-impregnated bednets. Malaysian J. Med. Laboratory Sci. 10 (2):51-53, 1998.