Background: ILI surveillance in Indonesia has been conducted since 2006, but no data on the bacteria can be detected and caused ILI has been obtained. Method: From March to December 2012, Center for Research on Biomedic and Basic Health Technology’s laboratory was receiving throat and nose swab specimens from nine Public Health Centers appointed as the sentinels for ILI surveillance. Thes…
Background: Influenza A virus infection can cause pandemic influenza worldwide. The outbreak of the H1N1 virus occurred in Indonesia in April 2009. A total of 1892 suspected cases of H1N1 were reported between April and the end of December 2009. From 1892 suspected cases, there were only 809 confirmed infected by the H1N1 virus. Since the virus is a new strain, we wanted to know how many cases …
Spondilitis tuberkulosis merupakan penyakit infeksi tulang belakang yang disebabkan oleh Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Penyakit ini dapat ditemukan di semua lapisan masyarakat dan di berbagai usia. Spondilitis tuberkulosis pada anak dapat mengakibatkan deformitas yang merupakan masalah serius. Hal ini disebabkan karena anak-anak memiliki sistem imun yang rentan infeksi pada tulang yang sedang ber…
In the 20th century, influenza virus A infections caused the pandemic severe respiratory illness in humans, some of the cases were fatal. Therefore, it is important for us to know the transmission mechanism and factors that can affect the virulence of influenza viruses. Virulence of influenza virus in birds, mammals and humans is determined by its ability to inflict damage to host cells caused …
Background: Rotavirus is the most common etiologic agent causes severe diarrhea in infants and children worldwide. Globally, every year 600,000 deaths in children less than 5 years associated with rotavirus infection. Commonly used to detect rotavirus stool samples, but getting stool samples were more difficult than rectal swab. The purpose of this study was to compare the results of the use of…