| prevalence of hepatitis e virus among swine and humans in two different ethnic communities in indonesia. | the purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis e virus (hev) infection in swine and humans in different environments in java and bali, indonesia. the prevalence of anti-hev antibodies in people over 20 years old living in communities in bali was significantly higher than that in java. while 68.8% and 90.0% of swine in bali were anti-hev positive at 1 and 2 months of age, respectively, swine in java were at significantly lower risk of hev infection by the age of 2 months ... | 2010 | 21191625 |
| avian influenza a h5n1 infections in bali province, indonesia: a behavioral, virological and seroepidemiological study. | bali province was affected by avian influenza h5n1 outbreaks in birds in october 2003. despite ongoing circulation of the virus, no human infection had been identified by december 2005. | 2009 | 19459276 |
| taenia solium cysticercosis in bali, indonesia: serology and mtdna analysis. | an active taenia solium cysticercosis case in bali, indonesia, was followed-up by serology and computed tomography. serology using semi-purified glycoprotein and recombinant antigens showed a drastic drop in titers after calcification of the cysts. three paraffin-embedded cysts, prepared for histopathological examination, from three other patients were used for mtdna analysis. the sequences of cox1 gene from t. solium cysticerci from bali differed from those in papua and other asian countries. | 2008 | 17920648 |
| identification of genotype 4 hepatitis e virus strains from a patient with acute hepatitis e and farm pigs in bali, indonesia. | a previous study revealed that antibodies to hepatitis e virus (hev) (anti-hev) are highly prevalent among healthy individuals and farm pigs in bali, indonesia, and suggested that hev infection may occur via zoonosis among balinese people. however, there were no reports of acute hepatitis e in bali. to elucidate whether balinese hev strains recovered from infected humans and pigs have significant sequence similarity, serum samples obtained from 57 patients (age, mean +/- standard deviation, 31.1 ... | 2007 | 17596841 |
| taeniasis/cysticercosis in papua (irian jaya), indonesia. | reports showed that an important parasitic zoonotic disease caused by taenia solium, taenia saginata and taenia asiatica is found endemic in several areas of indonesia including papua, bali and north sumatra. at present it is known that the highest prevalence of taeniasis/cysticercosis in indonesia, caused by t. solium is among the indigenous communities in papua (formerly irian jaya). in the early 1970s, 8-9% of stool samples from the enarotali hospital, paniai district (irian jaya) were found ... | 2006 | 16376603 |
| high prevalence of taenia saginata taeniasis and status of taenia solium cysticercosis in bali, indonesia, 2002-2004. | an epidemiological survey of taeniasis/cysticercosis was carried out in one semi-urban and two urban villages in three districts of bali, indonesia in 2002 and 2004. in total, 398 local people from 247 families were diagnosed by anamnesis and clinical examinations, and 60 residents were suspected to be taeniasis carriers. among 60 suspected carriers, 56 persons expelled a total of 61 taeniid adult worms after praziquantel treatment. from 398 residents, 252 stool samples were available for analys ... | 2006 | 16199069 |
| serological markers of hepatitis b, c, and e viruses and human immunodeficiency virus type-1 infections in pregnant women in bali, indonesia. | except for hepatitis b virus (hbv), there have been few data on serological markers of hepatitis viruses such as hepatitis c virus (hcv) and e virus (hev), and human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (hiv) in bali, indonesia. during 5 months from april to august 2003, sera were collected from 2,450 pregnant women at eight jurisdictions in bali, and they were tested for markers of these viruses. only one (0.04%) was positive for antibody to hcv, but none for antibody to hiv. hepatitis b surface antig ... | 2005 | 15714491 |
| persistent occurrence of a single streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus clone in the pig and monkey population in indonesia. | in the present study 41 mucoid growing streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus strains (37 strains isolated from healthy two from diseased pigs, two strains isolated from healthy monkeys) appeared to be phenotypically and genotypically identical to mucoid growing s. equi subsp. zooepidemicus strains isolated from a previously described outbreak among the pig and monkey population on the island of bali, indonesia. these findings indicate that the mucoid growing s. equi subsp. zooepidemicus clone ... | 2004 | 15365243 |
| prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis e virus among apparently healthy humans and pigs in bali, indonesia: identification of a pig infected with a genotype 4 hepatitis e virus. | in indonesia where hepatitis e virus (hev) is believed to be highly endemic, only three outbreaks of hev transmission have been documented to date in restricted areas (west kalimantan and east java). a total of 1,115 serum samples collected from apparently healthy individuals in bali, lombok, and surabaya in indonesia in 1996 where epidemic hev transmissions have never been reported, were tested for igg class antibodies to hev (anti-hev). in bali, anti-hev was detected in 20% (54/276) of the tes ... | 2004 | 15042646 |
| [the state of vector-borne diseases in indonesia]. | from epidemiological point of view, indonesia is an extremely interesting area owing its insular structure and ecological, anthropological, cultural and economical diversity. as everywhere, vector-borne diseases are the result of complex and variable epidemiological systems, subject both to biogeographical rules and human activity. two main arboviroses are present in indonesia: dengue and japanese encephalitis. dengue appears as an endemoepidemic disease and is mostly circumscribed to urban area ... | 2000 | 11775322 |
| the first report on human cases serologically diagnosed as japanese encephalitis in indonesia. | although japanese encephalitis (je) virus was isolated from mosquitos in 1974, human je cases have never been reported in indonesia in spite of the prevalence of anti-je antibodies among human and pig populations as well as abundant je vector mosquitos. in this report, we describe serological diagnosis of je cases in bali. indonesia. using igm-capture elisa both on serum and cerebrospinal fluid (csf) of the patients. in the first series of our investigation (series 1), we examined serum specimen ... | 1999 | 10928363 |
| a survey of urban pet ownership in bali. | a personal interview survey was conducted to determine the type and characteristics of the animals kept by 200 households in a traditional balinese community in denpasar, indonesia. fifty-seven per cent of the households owned an animal. one or more birds were kept by 45.2 per cent of households, dogs were owned by 39 per cent, cats by 18.5 per cent and some other sort of animal was owned by 4.5 per cent of households. chickens were the most commonly kept bird (29.5 per cent of households) follo ... | 1995 | 8578662 |
| elisa antibodies to cysticerci of taenia solium in human populations in new guinea, oceania, and southeast asia. | the presence of elisa antibodies to cysticerci of taenia solium was surveyed in populations of new guinea, micronesia, and several areas of southeast asia. it is confirmed that cysticercosis in new guinea remains limited to the primary wissel lakes focus in irian jaya, where the disease was introduced by the importation of infected pigs, and that it has not spread to populations east or south of the wissel lakes, or to papua new guinea. on the island of bali, indonesia, 21% of sera were positive ... | 1981 | 6211771 |
| studies of experimental jembrana disease in bali cattle. i. transmission and persistence of the infectious agent in ruminants and pigs, and resistance of recovered cattle to re-infection. | the agent causing jembrana disease, an enzootic disease of bos javanicus (bali cattle) occurring in bali, indonesia, was shown to occur at high titres in the blood of animals during the febrile period of the disease and to persist in cattle for 25 months after clinical recovery. during the febrile period of the disease, most of the infectious agent appeared to be associated with the plasma fraction of whole blood. there was a linear relationship between the number of organisms inoculated into su ... | 1990 | 2394846 |
| taeniasis in indonesia with special reference to samosir island, north sumatra. | in indonesia, taeniasis is endemic on the islands of bali, irian jaya and sumatra. the balinese eat pork or beef raw in a dish called "lawar". natives of irian jaya also have a custom of preparing and consuming raw pork. on samosir island in north sumatra, undercooked pork is consumed in traditional ceremonies. in bali, the local people defecate into cages (called "teba") of domestic animals. in irian jaya, pigs are allowed to feed on human feces inside houses at night. the natives of samosir is ... | 1991 | 1822896 |
| the situation of cysticercosis/taeniasis in animals/man in bali. | the balinese always serve "lawar" at traditional ceremonies. it consists of half raw pork mixed with coconut and vegetables. in bali, not all families have toilets in their houses and their animals are usually reared around the house area. the prevalence of taeniasis in humans in bali varied from 0.8% to 23% and most worms recovered from patients were t. saginata (sutisna, 1989). although pork was consumed more often than beef, the prevalence of cysticercosis in pigs and cattle was always low. s ... | 1991 | 1822895 |
| challenges for control of taeniasis/cysticercosis in indonesia. | taeniasis/cysticercosis has been reported from several provinces of indonesia: papua (=former irian jaya), bali, north sumatra, east nusa tenggara, south east sulawesi, lampung, north sulawesi, jakarta, west kalimantan, and east java. the highest level of endemicity of taeniasis/cysticercosis has been found in papua. recent surveys in jayawijaya district of papua in 2000 and 2001 showed that 5 of 58 local people (8.6%) harbored the adult tapeworm, taenia solium, whereas 44 of 96 people (45.8%), ... | 2006 | 16380290 |
| cysticercosis in indonesia: epidemiological aspects. | cysticercosis caused by the larval stage, cysticercus or cysticerci, of the pork tapeworm taenia solium was recognized at first in bali and in paniai district, irian jaya (papua), indonesia in the 1970s. in the 1990s a rapid increase in the number of the cases of epileptic seizures and burns in jayawijaya district, eastern papua, was observed. there were a total of 1,120 new cases of burns (7.0%) and 293 new cases of epileptic seizures (1.8%) from 15,939 local people during 1991-1995. both histo ... | 2001 | 12041608 |
| risk factors for japanese encephalitis: a case-control study. | japanese encephalitis (je) has been found to be endemic in bali, indonesia. a case-control study was conducted to identify factors associated with je infection. all 94 serologically confirmed je cases (cases) and 163 cases of encephalitis or aseptic meningitis without je (controls) identified in bali during 2001-2004 were included in the study. potential risk factors were surveyed at hospital admission. univariate analyses revealed the following factors to be associated with je: older age, refer ... | 2010 | 20109262 |
| an investigation on taeniasis and cysticercosis in bali. | a survey was carried out in 3 villages in bali to determine the prevalence of taeniasis in humans and cysticercosis in pigs. a total of 548 people were examined and taenia sp. eggs were found in the faeces of 11. four individuals passed proglottids; two t. solium and two t. saginata and three of these people also passed eggs in the faeces. a total of 12 or 2.2% were infected. three pigs from a slaughterhouse were found heavily infected with cysticercus cellulosae. socio-ecological data indicate ... | 1977 | 614710 |
| improved diagnosis as an aid to better surveillance of taenia solium cysticercosis, a potential public health threat to papua new guinea. | taenia solium cysticercosis has been recognized as a public health problem in indonesian irian jaya since its unfortunate introduction in a number of infected pigs imported from bali. from its original point of introduction in 1971, the infection has spread from the wissel lakes area to other places within irian jaya. the present situation at the border between irian jaya and papua new guinea (png) is difficult to assess accurately but, in light of the flow of refugees and the traditional rights ... | 1995 | 9522870 |
| jembrana disease in bali cattle. | | 1976 | 990093 |
| prevalence of antibodies to japanese encephalitis virus among pigs in bali and east java, indonesia, 2008. | japanese encephalitis virus (jev) is a fatal disease in asia. pigs are considered to be the effective amplifying host for jev in the peridomestic environment. bali island and java island in indonesia provide a model to assess the effect of pigs on jev transmission, since the pig density is nearly 100-fold higher in bali than java, while the geographic and climatologic environments are equivalent in these areas. we surveyed antibodies to jev among 123 pigs in mengwi (bali) and 96 pigs in tulungag ... | 2010 | 20093765 |