Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious and chronic disease. This disease stillleads to high morbidity and mortality rate in many countries including lndonesia. WHO's report in 2011, stated that Indonesia is the fourth largest country contributing to TB cases in the world. In many developing countries, children aged below 15 years with TB are 15 % of all TB cases. In Kabupaten Wonosobo, the number of…
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…
Leptospirosis is a zoonosis disease which is suspectedly the most widely spread in the world, included lndonesia. In 2011, the number of leptospirosis case in Yogyakarta City was multi-folded compared with the previous years. The study was aimed to understand the factors correlated with the disease incidence in that city in 2011 by conducting an observational study with case control design. The…
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…
The purpose of the research was to identify which factors inf!uencity delayed cervix cancer cases in examining to hospital. The research was observational with csse control design. Location of research was done in Poli Onkologi RSU Dr. Soetomo Surabaya. The subjects were pulled from population by probability sampling. Independent variables of this research were knowledge level, have a feeling o…
Introduction: Coronary calcification is a subclinical condition that may cause coronary artery disease (CAD). The main issue of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the intermitten hypoxemia which is an important stimulus to increase morbidity and mortality in cardiovascular disease. In this study we investigate the male OSA patients with abnormal calcium score (Ca score) to predict CAD. Methods:…