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Pekalongan city: Elephantiasis cases

Shiloh

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Source: http://suaramerdeka.com/v1/index.ph...ma-Kelurahan-di-Pekalongan-Endemis-Kaki-Gajah

Google translation:

March 23, 2010 | 22:32 wib | Region
Five of District in Pekalongan endemic Elephant Legs


Pekalongan, CyberNews. Five of the 47 Sub-District in Pekalongan city declared endemic disease elephantiasis. It was revealed from the results of blood tests conducted in the population survey Health Department (health office) local. According to the health office chief Pekalongan dr Dwi Heri MKes authority, to know the disease caused by worms such micro vilaria, the institute conducted a survey throughout the village. Currently 20 of the 47 village surveys have been done taking the blood sample population. "One village taken blood samples of at least 500 people," he said.

Result, there are 18 people stricken with elephantiasis of the five urban villages, each Pasirsari, Tegalrejo, Customs, and Bandengan Bumirejo. All the residents are known to positively direct elephantiasis intensive treatment for two weeks in a row. Then the people around within a certain radius of the administration carried out for five years. "People in the endemic village every year, just taking time, but for people with treatment since given two weeks in a row," he asserted.

Furthermore mentioned, implementation of population blood sampling performed at night after 20:00, because the disease appears at night. "The attacks of mosquitoes, but the emergence of the disease at night, so we did a survey at night in order to detect the disease," said chief health office.

(Nur Khaeruddin / CN14)
 
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