Lampung: 2010 Chikungunya cases

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Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/02/16/chikungunya-outbreak-continues-lampung.html

Chikungunya outbreak continues in Lampung

The Jakarta Post | Tue, 02/16/2010 2:03 PM | National

At least 420 people in Sidomulyo, South Lampung regency, have been infected with the mosquito-borne chikungunya disease since early in the month, prompting local health authorities to declare the outbreak an emergency.

A top official at the local health agency, Kristi Endrawati, told Antara news agency in Kalianda on Tuesday that the disease had spread from one village to another within a relatively short time.

She said the aedes aegypti mosquito, which carries the chikungunya virus and spreads it to humans through its bite, was rapidly reproducing in cacao plantation areas in the regency.

?The cacao pod can hold water and become a mosquito nest which contributes to the spread of the aedes aegypti mosquito. It is impossible to fog all the plantations since they are too big and it is not effective. We only fog residential areas," she said.

Once infected with chikungunya, victims develop a high fever, reddish spots, joint pain, vomiting, flu symptoms and headaches.

Officials from the agency have campaigned to ask local people to cover all water catchments and clean all ponds periodically to reduce the number of mosquitoes in the area especially during the rainy season.

Earlier this year, over 12,000 people in Lampung were recorded to have contracted the disease, the highest recorded number in the last ten years.

 

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Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/02/19/lampung-regency-chikungunya-alert.html

Lampung regency on chikungunya alert

The Jakarta Post | Fri, 02/19/2010 3:45 PM | National

Health authorities in South Lampung have declared a special alert for the chikungunya virus in Bakauheni district, after 121 residents contracted the disease.

The alert was issued following an increase in the number of infected residents, South Lampung disease prevention and surveillance chief Kristi Endrawati told Antara news agency Friday.

?During the rainy season, the spread of chikungunya disease has intensified,? she said.

The disease first infected residents in Hatta village before spreading to other areas of Bakauheni.

Once infected with the virus, victims typically develop a high fever, reddish spots, joint pains, flu symptoms and headaches and vomiting.

Numbers of the aedes aegypti mosquito, which carries the chikungunya virus and spreads it in humans through its bite, were rapidly increasing in cacao plantation areas in the regency, she said.

Kristi said that the agency has held campaign asking local residents to bury cacao pods, which can hold water and become serve as a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

?We have also conducted fogging in Bakauheni?s densely-populated areas, and provided medical services to locals,? she said.

In South Kalimantan regency of Banjar, at least 4,500 people were infected weith the disease over the past 40 days.

Banjar disease prevention agency chief Endah Labati said recently that the number was expected to increase because the mosquitoes were breeding quickly in the wet season.

 

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Source: http://regional.kompas.com/read/2010/03/26/18482359/Kasus.Chikungunya.di.Lampung.Meluas..

Chikungunya cases in Lampung Spreads
Friday, March 26, 2010 | 18:48 pm

BANDAR LAMPUNG, KOMPAS.com - The spread of Chikungunya in Lampung Province expanded at the beginning of this year. Rainfall and land area distribution of the vector carrying the virus complicates handling.

Based on the data recapitulation Lampung Province Health Office, January through February was recorded at least 18,171 cases of Chikungunya in the Lampung. This figure could grow a lot since the data from the districts / cities is not all collected, especially for the month of March.

According to the Head of Disease Control and Environmental Health Service of Lampung Province, Diah Iskraini, Friday (26/3/2010) This figure has exceeded the case last year, and need a thorough awareness of society and government.

Chikungunya attacked almost all districts in Lampung, except City Metro. Most endemic regions, the District Tanggamus by 4670 the number of cases, and Way Kanan regency followed by the 3534 patients. Some regions have set up an outbreak of this disease.

Chikungunya disease is not as deadly as dengue fever. However, sufferers can experience overwhelming pain in her joints. Alphavirus infection caused by Chikungunya brought the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.

 

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Source: http://www.mediaindonesia.com/webtorial/tanahair/?bar_id=MTQ2MjQ1

Tuesday, June 1, 2010 09:26 AM
Chikungunya outbreak in South Lampung
KALIANDA - MI: The unusual (KLB) chikungu re-occurred in Sub Rajabasa, South Lampung Regency, and already more than a thousand local residents who contracted the disease, from April to May.

Chief Medical Officer of South Lampung patients chikungu Djalaluddin states in the region may still be on the increase.

"We will hold a mass treatment through health centers and poskedes and distribution of abate for the community to reduce these chikungnya attacks," he said in Kalianda, Tuesday (1 / 6).

According to him, chikungu outbreak was caused by district is growing region, so many mosquitoes lay their eggs in the skin of cocoa that is not buried.

"Efforts to fumigation is less effective with a very wide area," he said.

Of the 16 villages in District Rajabasa, there are several villages which increased the number of patients because of the spread of other regions, namely the village of Talbot, Rajabasa and awkward.

South Lampung Health Department expects to apply the community clean and healthy lifestyle behaviors (PHBS) such as performing three M (bury, drain and cover) water reservoirs.

In addition, if located in the garden for farming, suggested using a closed and use antinyamuk clothing to prevent mosquito bites and membanyak white water consumption. (Ant/OL-7)

 

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Number of Chikungunya Patients in Waykanan Reaches 3370

Archipelago / Thursday, October 21, 2010

Metrotvnews.com, Waykanan: Waykanan District Health Department put the number of people with chikungunya disease in the region from January to October 2010 has reached 3370 people.

"The number of chikungunya cases in 2010 was increased when compared with 2009 to reach 2349," said Chief District Health Office Waykanan, Sri Widodo, in Blambanganumpu, Thursday (21/10).

In January 2010, patients with chikungunya disease in an area located on the west district Tulangbawang it reached 2875 people.