ABSTRACT The prevalenses of soil transmitted helminths ISTH) infection in Lombok are relatively high. It is closley associated with poor environmetal hygiene. non healthy sanitation status, poverty and improper health services. The highest prevalences is normally observed in elementary school children. The aim of this study was to evalaute the relationship between hygien…
Infeksi kecacingan yang ditularkan melalui tanah masih merupakan masalah kesehatan di daerah pedesaan. Parasit cacing yang paling banyak menginfeksi adalah Ascaris lumbricoides, Cacing tambang (hookworm) dan Trichuris trichiura. Penyakit ini umumnya terkait dengan faktor sosial-ekonomi, perilaku hidup bersih dan sehat. Penelitian bertujuan mengetahui prevalensi infeksi kecacingan yang ditularka…
Filariasis is still a public health problem in lndonesia especially in rural areas. In South Sumatra Province, 186 patients with chronic filariasis were reported in 2009 and 130 of them came from Banyuasin District. In Muara Padang SubDistrict, there were 7 patients with chronic filariasis and 1 of them lived in Muara Padang Village. A finger blood survey has never been conducted in Muara Padan…
The transmission of schistosomiasis is still ongoing in Dodolo and Mekarsari Villages ofNapu highland, Poso District. The people who infected with Schistosoma japonicum, intermediate host. Oncomelania hnpensis lindoensis snails that infected by cercaria. infective stage of S. japonicum and reservoir host, rats, which infected by S. japonicum were still (bund. The purpose of this study was to id…
Zingiber officinate, Rosc, is a well known plat which can be used for the treatment of various diseases, and has been reported as an effective medicinal plant against Dirofilaria immitis in animal. The volatile oil and the pungent of Zingiber officinate, Rosc. have been effectively used larvae stage 3 (L3) B. malayi in vitro study. This study was designed to investigate the effect of the volati…
Malayan filariasis is still the major public health problem in Indonesia. In endemic area, when microfilaremia and clinical manifestations are absent, the diagnosis of malayan filariasis is extremely important, particurlarly for filariasis control. With the development of hybridoma technology, it is possible to produce monoclonal antibody against any stage of brugia malayi, which is capable of …