Indonesia is fifth in the tuberculosis (TB) prevalence globally and this country is one of the largest tobacco producers. Smoking has been reported to be an important risk factor for TB and a reduc…
Indonesia is one of the countries with the largest number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the world. Environmental factors play significant roles in infection and disease development in children livi…
In 1992, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared tuberculosis as a Global Emergency. In 2004, WHO stated that there are 8.8 million new cases for tuberculosis. Indonesia ranks third in the…
Pulmonory TB is an Infection of the lung diseases caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and being a health problem for the world. Pulmonary TB is closely related to poverty, malnutrition, slums, ho…
Today, the approach of the incidence of infection surveillance. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has shiffed from voluntary approach Conselling and Testing (VCT) to the Provider Innitiated counse…
Aim: to develop an assay system of a radioisotope (32P)-based PCR dot-blot hybridization technique and evaluation of the assay directly for TB sputum samples to detect mutation at codon 306 of embB…
Multiple Drug Resistance Tuberkulosis (MDR TB) is caused by germs Mycobacterium tUberculosis that are resistan to antituberculosis drugs minimal two Rifampicin and isoniazid with or without resista…