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Hubungan lingkungan rumah dengan kejadian luar biasa (KLB) difteri di Kabupaten Tasikmalaya (2005-2006) dan Garut, Januari 2007, Jawa Barat (The impact of housing environmental condition of the diphtheria out break in district of Tasikmalaya (2005-2006) and Garut (2007) West Java)
Since 2005 up to 2006 diptheria out break had occur in Tasikmalaya district among 1-15 year old children. Total cases are 55 children with cases died with the Case Family Rate: (CFR) 31,91%. Further on January 2007 the same out break occur in Garut district, with 17 cases die (CFR 11,76%.
Research objective is to identify the correlation of housing environmental condition with the diphtheria out break. Design study was case control study. The amount of 72 case had taken from the 15 village on the out break areas and the same amount (72) non cases taken from the village out of the out break areas. Data were collected through interviewed with structure questioner with the mother as the respondent. Data collected were housing environment, the source of infection, immunization status and mother knowledge the diphtheria concerning the diphtheria.
Research conclude that factors involved in diphtheria out break are housing member room density, housing humidity, quality of the floor, the source of the infection, immunization status of the children and mother knowledge about the disease. The importance factors for the diphtheria out break are immunization status, with OR of 46,403 grater of non immunization children compare with those had immunization program should be further intensified in order to give fully diphtheria protection for the hole children population in those areas.
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