Table 1. Prevalence studies on Intestinal parasitic infection in Malaysia from 1999 to 2013.

No	Type of parasite	Type of population	Location	Total sample size	Year	Reference
1	Intestinal parasite	aborigine children	Kelantan	111	2013	[23]
2	Blastocystis sp.	Orang Asli	Negeri Sembilan, Perak and Pahang	500	2014	[24]
3	Giardia sp.	Orang Asli	Selangor, Perak and Pahang	500	2012	[25]
4	Blastocystis sp.	rural primary schoolchildren	Pahang	300	2012	[26]
5	Intestinal parasite	rural community	West Malaysia	550	2012	[27]
6	Intestinal parasite	HIV-infected individuals	Malaysia	346	2011	[28]
7	Cryptosporidium sp	Orang Asli	Selangor	276	2011	[29]
8	Giardia sp.	Orang Asli	Pahang	321	2008	[30]
9	soil-transmitted helminths	Orang Asli	Selangor	281	2007	[31]
10	Intestinal parasite	Orang Asli	Cameron highland	262	2007	[32]
11	intestinal protozoa	Orang Asli	Pahang	130	2007	[6]
12	Cryptosporidium sp.sp	HIV-infected	Kajang Hospital, Selangor	66	2005	[33]
13	Intestinal parasite	public	Kuala Lumpur	246	2005	[9]
14	Intestinal parasite	interior communities	Rejang River, Sarawak	355	2002	[34]
15	Intestinal parasite	aborigine children	Kelantan	162	1997	[35]
16	Giardia duodenalis	rural community	Malaysia	917	1998	[36]
17	Blastocystis sp.	animal handlers	local research institutions and zoo	105	1999	[37]