Indonesia is the fourth most populous country after China, India and America. There has been an epidemiological transition. While the prevalence of infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and dengue fever is still high, the incidence of non-communicable diseases is increasing. High rates of morbidity becomes good opportunity to develop medicine for infectious diseases as well as non-c…
Background:The severity of clinical manifestation of dengue infection depends on the 4 virus serotypes. The aim of the study is to explore the distribution of dengue virus serotypes in 3 cities (Pontianak, Medan and Jakarta) in 2008. Methods: The study was across-sectional designed; data were obtained from each 2 hospitals in Pontianak, Medan and Jakarta. Sera samples were collected from pati…
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is caused by a virus belongs to Flavivirus group; the disease is transmited by mosquito bites (Ae, aegyti and Ae albopictus). There are four dengue virus serotypes (Dengue-1, Dengue-2, Dengue-3 and Dengue-4), these all 4 serotypes were found in Indonesia. The majority of the mortality cases were due to the serious manifestation of the infections, such as DHF and D…
Dengue Haemorraghic Fever (DBD) remains one of the main major health problem, The morbidity rate increases from year to year, especially in the urban area like Jakarta. It is caused by flaviviridae virus, and transmitted through mosquitoes biting (Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus). Although the morbidity from 1990 to 2006 was high (total cases showed 22.807 in 1990, and 111.730 in 2006),…
Guntur is a village in Bener sub-district; in 2005 the annual parasite incidence (API) was 9.02%. This village is the only a high case incidence area (HCI) left among 27 villages in this area. Geographically, is a hilly area wich is also far from health facility (remote area) Malaria active case finding done by village malaria trained person (juru malaria desa/JMD) had been abandoned since S…