The advantage of a chest X-ray in the RLD position in 15 children with DHF hospitalized at the paediatric ward of the Ternate General Hospital within the period of May-June-July 1990 and June-July 1991 were evaluated. Besides clinical and laboratory assessment to establish the diagnosis of DHF according to the WHO guidelines (1975), a chest X-ray in the RLD position was performed on each child …
The effect of the insecticide permethrin 100 EC on Ae. aegypti, the vector for dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, was studied at the Entomology Laboratory, Health Research and Development of Health. Permethrin 100 Ec was sprayed (0.125 g/m2) to common media of resting places of the Ae. aegypti: board, nylon cloth, cotton cloth, wool and straw mats. A significant difference of mosquito knock down (LK 50)…
A trial was conducted using ULV spraying of Lorsban 480 EC (dosages 100 ml/ha and 150 ml/ha), Lorsban 150 ULV (dosages 250 ml/ha) and Malathion 96 EC (dosages 500 ml/ha) against Aedes aegypti-vector of DHF-in Semarang regencyn 1994. Spraying was conducted using portable ULV fontan generator in the morning for two cycles with 7 days interval. The air bioassay test for all insectisides tested sho…
The temperature and humidity are, among others, factors which affect the life span of mosquitoes, Caged female Ae. aegypti mosquitoes, kept inside and outside a building were studied in Semarang and Salatiga. During the study, the temperature and the humidity in Semarang (200 m above sea level) were 29.41 degree celcius and 75.07 percent respectively and in Salatiga (600 above sea level) 23.56 …