Rodent-borne diseases are still a problem in Pasuruan regency, East-Java provinces and sylvatic plague has been reported from this area. Health education has often been used as one of methods for diseases prevention. To obtain appropriate materials and methods for health education on plague, a study was conducted from April 1992 - March 1993 in Kayukebek village, Sulorowo hamlet (treatment) and…
Resistance to chloroquine by Plasmodium falciparum in the Oksibil region of Irian Jaya was evaluated by in vivo testing in July 1994 among 44 patients. Study subjects ranged in age from 5 to 42 years. At day 7 of the test 10 subjects (23 percent) had persistent or recurrent asexual parasitemias. Among these infections, 8 were classified RII and 2 RIII levels of resistance on the basis of the po…