Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is an infectious disease caused by dengue virus and spread by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Among the 14 kecamatans in Yogyakarla City, Ngampilan was one of the highest cases of DHF in 2011, i.e. 38 cases. This study was aimed to understand the factors related with those DHF incidence by conducting an observational study employed case-control desi…
Wet noodle is a food product with high water level which can reach 52 %. Eventhough, formaline is a harmful chemical which is prohibited for food, nonetheless it is often used for preserving ingredient in wet noodle production. Chitosan is a by-product of shrimp and crab processing which can be utilized as a substitution of formaline. The study was aimed to understand whether the preserving tim…
One of the government's efforts in tackling the problems of cold lava (food victims of post Merapi eruption was building temporary shelter houses or known as hun tara. Similar with the common houses, the sanitation facilities of those shelter houses also need maintainance in order to minimize the potentiality of disease spreading. Therefore, the objective of the study was to determine the relat…
The existence of flies in traditional markets may support the spreading of diseases which are caused by this vector insect. One of the controlling methods is to add selasih (Ocimum basilicum) oil onto fly adhesive paper. This method is environmentally friendly and specifically only affect the flies target. The study was aimed to understand the influence of the selasih oil towards the number of …
Background: High prevalence of worm infection in Indonesia (70-80%) partially identified as Soi! Transmitted Helminthes (STH) from Nematodes, but Cestodes and Trematodes is also found in Indonesia. Worm infection named as neglected diseases because it doesn't cause mortality although reduced the quality of human resources. It will be important to do research to get the worm infection database f…
Aim: to confirm the role of bile acid value as single marker for liver function test as compared to the conventional liver function tests on obstructive jaundice patients. Methods: before and after study on severe obstructive jaundice patients was performedfrom December 2007 until January 2009. The liver function markers were measured before, 7th day and 14th day after bile duet decompression (…