The negritos: a medical study

ABSTRACT

The most common diseases afflicting the Negritos are malnutrition, intestinal parasitism, and upper respiratory tract infection. Inadequate food intake, unhygienic conditions and poverty are mainly responsible for their occurrenceInteresting results noted in the PTC taste sensitivity test and in the distribution of the major blood groups signify that genetic studies may be helpful in establishing the biological origin of the aborigines of the Philippines. (Conclusion)