Severe Acute Respiratory Infection ( SARI ) pneumonia is an acute infection process of lung tissues with symptoms including fever, cough and difficulty breathing. Data showed that deaths in children < 5 years with pneumonia was approximately 30%. The objective of this article is to analyse the characteristics of the SARI cases in Indonesia in 2008-2009. The data analyzed were part of the dat…
Influenza A/HeN1 virus is a major cause of epidemic influenza in poultry in Indonesia since 2003. Furthermore,Influenza A/H5N1 is considered to threat human health when the human first case was detected in Indonesia in July 2005 and until May 2008, the number of human cases is increasing. The study to determine risk factor of exposure to influenza A/H5N1 virus in collector-house workers was con…
Snce July 2005 until May 2008, Indonesia has reported 133 confirmed cases with case fatality proportion 81%, 54% had history of direct contact with poultry with poultry (chicken). It is important to detect antibody anti H5N1 among high risk population like poultry collector workers in DKI Jakarta. Antibody anti H5N1 were tested by Hemaglutination Inhibition (HI) assay using A/Ck/West Java /67/0…
Snce July 2005 until May 2008, Indonesia has reported 133 confirmed cases with case fatality proportion 81%, 54% had history of direct contact with poultry with poultry (chicken). It is important to detect antibody anti H5N1 among high risk population like poultry collector workers in DKI Jakarta. Antibody anti H5N1 were tested by Hemaglutination Inhibition (HI) assay using A/Ck/West Java /67/0…