Brugia timori INFECTION IN LEKEBAI, FLORES. clinical aspects
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چکیده
Pengamatan filariasis pada penduduk Nualolo-Lekebai, Pulau Flores telah dilakukan pada bulan Februan 1975. Kampung Nualolo-Lekebai berpenduduk 680 jiwa, pekerjaan bertani dun menganut agama Nasmni. Kebiasaan hidup di antara pendudu k di daerah ini adalah menyerahkan peh ksanuan pekerjaan berat pada kaum wanita, baik di rumah ataupun di kebun. Dalam perjalanan jauh baik ke kebun atau ke pasar, h u m wanitanya selalu berjalan kaki sedangkan h u m prianya menunggang hda. Sejumlah 80% dun penduduk kampung ini telah dipenksa terhadap infeksi parasit filaria dan terhadap gejala filariasis. Dan hasil yang ditemukan temyata penduduk kampung ini mendenta infeksi Brugia timori dengan angka derajat infeksi sebesar 7.0% dan angka derajat elephantiasis sebesar 10.3%. Hal yang menank yang ditemukan dalam pengamatan ini adalah tingginya angka derajat elephantiasis pada kaum wanita dibandingkan dengan pada h u m pria. Fenomena ini mungkin disebabkan oleh kebiasaan hidup h u m wanita di daerah ini sehari-han yang bekerja lebih berat dan berjalan kaki lebih sering dan lebih jauh dibandingkan kaum prianya.
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