Objective: To find out the epidemiologic data of pathogenic intestinal protozoa in diarrheal children and to see the clinical features of pathogenic intestinal protozoa infection in various nutritional status. This study was also aimed to see the relationship between pathogenic intestinal protozoa infections and nutritional status. Method: This study was carried out in dr. Syaiful Anwar Teachin…
A randomized, double blind, controlled field trial was carried out to evaluate the effect of 100.000 IU vitamin A supplement to loctating mothers on duration of free from acute respiratory infection among their infants. From 6 villages in rural-coastal Java, 382 mothers were randomly assigned as vitamin A group (172 mothers) and control group (210 mothers). The infants were followed-up weekly b…
The temperature and humidity are, among others, factors which affect the life span of mosquitoes, Caged female Ae. aegypti mosquitoes, kept inside and outside a building were studied in Semarang and Salatiga. During the study, the temperature and the humidity in Semarang (200 m above sea level) were 29.41 degree celcius and 75.07 percent respectively and in Salatiga (600 above sea level) 23.56 …
Cancer is a problem in Indonesia and its mortality rate is increasing. According to the Cancer Registration Council, in Indonesian women breast cancer is ranked second after cervix cancer. A medicinal plant which is called Jeruju (Acanthus ilicifolius) has been thought by traditional healers in Pasuruan and Probolinggo as effective for the treatment of breast cancer. A study has been done to in…
A randomized, double blind, controlled field trial was carried out to evaluate the effect of 100.000 IU vitamin A supplement to lactating mothers on duration of free from acute respiratory infection among their infants. From 6 villages in rural-coastal Java, 382 mothers were randomly assigned as vitamin A group (172 mothers) and control group (210 mothers). The infants were followed-up weekly b…