Infeksi cacing saluran cerna (usus) baik yang tergolong dalam Nematoda usus dengan siklus soil-transmitted helminthes (Ascaris lumbricoides, Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus, Enterobius vermicularis, Trichuris trichiura dan Strongyloides stercoralis), Trematoda usus (Fasciolopsis buski) dan Cestoda (Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Hymenolepis nana) merupakan masalah kesehatan yang meme…
Kecacingan umumnya masih menjadi permasalahan bagi negara berkembang terutama di daerah tropis seperti Indonesia karena prevalensinya yang cukup tinggi. Penularan cacing usus sangat erat kaitannya dengan kondisi higiene dan sanitasi lingkungan yang belum baik. Penelitian dengan desain cross sectional bertujuan untuk mendapatkan data kejadian infeksi cacing usus pada anak-anak di daerah perko…
Helmintiasis generally caused by worms from Soil Transmitted Helminths group (STH) such as Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Hookworm, and Enterobius vermicularis from non STH group. Helmintiasis typical case occurred in South Kalimantan was caused by Fasciolopsis buski. But in a survey by the Indonesian agency for Vector Born Disease Research and Development Tanah Bumbu in 2008-2009 f…
Helminth infection and allergy are associated with elevated levels of IgE, tissue eosinophilia, mastocytosis, and CD4+T cells that initiating by secreting the Th2 cytokines IL-4, IL-5, and IL- 13. However, interaction between the factors was still unclear. This article try to review some articles that related with helminth infection, allergy, and immune system to figured out holistically to exp…