Rabies virus detection using Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT – PCR) was considered to have high sensitivity and specificity. This method is relatively faster and easy to perform in comparison with other methods such as Fluorescent Antibody Test (FAT) and Mouse Inoculation Test (MIT). Therefore, the RT PCR method is used as ante mortem diagnosis of rabies. A total of 74…
Rabies is still problem for world health including Indonesia. Rabies in Indonesia come to be a serious health problem in community because always almost fatal after symptom clinikal of a disease with level death till 100%. Since 2004 till December 2009 rabies spreading scattered at 24 Provinsi. Provinsi East Nusa Tenggara specially Flores island quantity case from the bite of a mad dog is 16.00…
This study aims to analyze the factors that are considered community in the eradication of rabies virus in the working area Kediri Health Center 1. Tabanan. among thosejactors which are factors which are considered the dominantfactor in the eradication of rabies virus. Measurements performed using community in the region quisioner at WorkHealth Center Kediri! Tabanan. The research was conducted…
Rabies has long been known as one of the major public healht problems in Sikka district, East Nusa Tenggara Province,Indonesia. Flores is an isolated preveiously rabies- free. It started with the importation of three dogs from rabies endemic Sulawesi in September 1997. The rabies virus is present in the saliva of infected animals; all warm-blooded animals are susceptible to rabies, and some may…
In Indonesia, Rabies is still considered as the most common zoonotic disease. It is not due to the number of death cases but to the number of human cases of human bitten by rabies virus infected animals or suspected ones. Most of human rabies cases caused by dog bites, besides cat and monkey bites. If rabies can be eliminated from dogs, rabies in cats and monkeys can also be eliminated as spont…