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Risk Factor Related to Malaria Incidence at Santu'un Village, Tabalong District, South Kalimantan Province

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Sant’un village is one of malaria endemic areas in MuaraUya Sub distric, Tabalong district, South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. Annual Parasite Indidences (Apls) from 2007 to 2009 were 11.4, 82.9. and 25.8% respectively. The majority of Muara Uya population are rubber tappers, gold miners and loggers in the forest. Moreover, most of the Muara Uya population do not use mosquito nets when sleeping at nigt. These occupations and community habits may contribute in hight malaria incidence in Muara Uya. However, study concerming risk factor of malaria has not been performed yet. The study was conducted in order to evaluate risk factors that correlate with malaria has not been performed yet. The study was conducted in order to evaluate risk factors that might correlate with malaria insidence in Santu’un village, Muara Uya subdistrict. Two hundred and ninety one subjects were enrolled in this study. Those consisted of 70 people whon microscopically malaria positive and 221 people whom malaria negative. Household visits were conducted to each subject to perform interviews. Data collection of malaria risk factors was obtained using questionaire. The results indicated that main occupations, longgers, gold miners and rubber tapper, were significantly respresent risk factors of malaria incidence. The community habits that also significantly correlated with malaria incidence were the not using of mosquito repellents and not using bed nets. Two clustering cases were also observed during the year of 2010. The coordinate of the first cluster was 1.863500 $ and 115.606700 E with diameter of 0.65 km and the coordinate of the second cluster was 1.838667 $ and 115.607200 E withdiameter of 0.67 km. In conclusion, in Santu’un village, the risk factor that corretaled with the malaria incidence were loggers, gold miners, rubber tappers. In addition the not using of mosquito repellents and not using bed nets were also risk factors of malaria incidence.

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Journal of the Medical Sciences:43(2)2011:133-137

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Yogyakarta : Faculty of Medicine Gajah Mada University., 2011

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0126-1312

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