Carrier of Meningococcal Meningitis on the Haj Pilgrim's from Jakarta Embarcation in 1994 (Carrier Meningitis Meningokok pada Jemaah Haji dari Embarkasi Jakarta, Tahun 1994) | Perpustakaan Badan Kebijakan Pembangunan Kesehatan

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Carrier of Meningococcal Meningitis on the Haj Pilgrim's from Jakarta Embarcation in 1994 (Carrier Meningitis Meningokok pada Jemaah Haji dari Embarkasi Jakarta, Tahun 1994)

Prijanto, Muljati - Personal Name; Simanjuntak, Cyrus - Personal Name; Handayani, Sarwo - Personal Name;

Meningococcal meningitis is caused by Neisseria meningitidis bacteria. Most clinical infections are caused by group A,B or C. Nosopharyngeal can act as persistent source of infection. Until now the prevalence of meningococcal meningitis in Indonesia is stil unknown. The objectives of this study are to obtain data regarding the carrier rate among returning haj pilgrims from Jakarta at embarcation in 1994 and sero groups of N. meningitidis in carriers. Nasopharyngeal swabs were taken from 1.548 haj pilgrims from group of contact persons of cases or suspected cases and other groups from each province at Jakarta embarcation. Isolation and serogrouping were carried out for groups A, B, C. In 1994 the number of meningococcal meningitis cases among Indonesian haj pilgrims in 1994 in Arab Saudi were 4, one of them died. Carrier rate of N. mengitidis found from 7 districts was 0.9 percent (15 carriers). The percentage of carriers in age group of 30-39 years was 1.96 percent, groups of 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and above 70 years were 0.55 percent, 0.65 percent, 1.41 percent and 1.07 percent respectively. Sero groups of N. meningitidis isolated from carriers were 78.59 percent of group B, 7.14 percent of group C and 14.29 percent of group A
B. The study of meningococcal serotype and routine sampling of haj pilgrims in group of cases are stil continued to obtain more data of prevalence and carriers returning to Indonesia.

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Call Number: Buletin Penelitian Kesehatan,24(1)1996:21-27
Publisher: : ., 1996
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Subject(s): meningitis, meningococcal
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