Oncomelania hupensis lindoensissnail and its habitat has an important role in the transmission of schistosomiasis in Central Sulawesi, particularly in three isolated areas, Lindu valley, Napu valley and Bada valley. In a part of Schistosomiasis life cycle, inside the snail, Schistosoma japonicummiracidia will undergo a series of stages as sporocyst and cercaria. People are infected by cercaria,…
Schistosomiasis is only found at Napu and Lindu highland, Central Sulawesi in Indonesia. Schistosomiasis still as a public health problem, with its prevalence increase every year. The large scale by mass drug treatment using praziquantel has done to reduce the prevalence since 1980. To look for the possibility evidence of the development of resistance in S. japonicum to praziquantel in ende…
Sejak dilakukannya survey darah jari filariasis pada tahun 2004, Desa Pangku-Tolole telah ditetapkan sebagai desa endemis filariasis. Namun demikian, sejak diketahui sebagai daerah endemis sampai kegiatan penelitian ini dilakukan, Informasi mengenai aspek penentu penularan filariasis dalam hubungannya dengan parasit, vektor dan manusia di wilayah tersebut masih sangat terbatas. Studi ini dilaku…
The identification of a point mutation in voltage-gated sodium channel gene was conducted on the major of dengue vector Aedes aegypti from Simongan Village, Semarang Municypality Central Java, which occurred to be resistant toward malathion and cypermethrin base on WHO methodology standard (impregnated paper). The objectives of this studi was to identify the point mutation on the codon 1014 o…