| malnutrition, malaria and intestinal worms in young children. | a study is reported from two indonesian villages on the prevalence of malnutrition, malaria and intestinal worms among children aged 6-17 months. malnutrition, insofar as it is reflected by blood haemoglobin levels, was the most widespread problem and was evidently caused by food shortages and unsatisfactory traditional feeding practices rather than by disease or other environmental risk factors. | 1997 | 9233058 |
| malaria in wanokaka and loli sub-districts, west sumba district, east nusa tenggara province, indonesia. | malaria has long been known as one of the major public health problems in west sumba district, east nusa tenggara province, indonesia. to obtain baseline data for establishment of a suitable malaria control program in the area, malariometric surveys were conducted in two sub-districts, wanokaka and loli, during the periods of january, may, and august 2005. the survey included three selected villages in each sub-district, and blood smear analyses of 701, 921, and 894 randomly selected subjects in ... | 2006 | 16687671 |
| efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy for treatment of persons with uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria in west sumba district, east nusa tenggara province, indonesia, and genotypic profiles of the parasite. | reports on treatment failures associated with the use of first-and second-line antimalarial drugs chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine have recently increased in many parts of indonesia. the present study evaluated artemisinin-based combination therapy for treatment of persons with uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria in west sumba district, east nusa tenggara province. a total of 103 persons 1-57 years of age were enrolled, given standard artesunate-amodiaquine therapy, and followed ... | 2009 | 19478248 |
| survey of anopheles mosquitoes (diptera:culicidae) in west sumba district, indonesia. | in august 2007, mosquitoes were collected using four different collection methods at 2 upland interior and 2 coastal villages in west sumba district, east nusa tenggara province, indonesia. methods included human-baited and unbaited tent and malaise traps, human-landing collections (hlc), and unbaited cdc light traps. mosquitoes were identified to species by morphological characters and all anophelines were tested for malaria circumsporozoite protein (csp) using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent as ... | 2011 | 21323168 |