Dozens of villages in Pekalongan endemic Malaria (Central Java)

Monday, October 18, 2010

PEKALONGAN - MICOM: Dozens of villages in three districts, Kabupaten Pekalongan, a malaria endemic area, so residents are suggested to further improve the cleanliness of their environment, said the Head of Disease Control Section of the District Health Office Pekalongan, Suswondo.

"Kondisi cuaca yang tak menentu dan lingkungan daerah yang kotor akan berpotensi berkembangnya nyamuk anopheles sebagai penyebab penyakit malaria," katanya di Pekalongan, Senin (18/10).

"Erratic weather conditions and environments will be potentially dirty area development Anopheles mosquitoes as the cause of malaria," he said in Pekalongan, Monday (18/10).

Menurut dia belasan desa sebagai endemis penyakit malaria tersebut berada di daerah atas wilayah tiga kecamatan, yaitu Paninggaran, Kandangserang, dan Lebakbarang.

According to him dozens of villages as endemic malaria is located in the area over the territory of three districts, namely Paninggaran, Kandangserang, and Lebakbarang.

Ketiga kecamatan tersebut, katanya, dulunya juga mempunyai riwayat menjadi endemis penyakit malaria karena nyamuk anopheles banyak bersarang di daerah tersebut.

Third district, he said, was once also had a history of endemic malaria because mosquitoes Anopheles many nesting in the area.

"Selain itu, di tiga daerah itu, juga banyak perindukan nyamuk anopheles yang sulit diberantas dan dipantau, apalagi belasan desa di tiga kecamatan berada di daerah kawasan hutan," katanya.

"In addition, in three areas, it is also a lot of Anopheles mosquito breeding is difficult to eradicate and monitored, let alone dozens of villages in three districts in the area of forest area," he said.

Ia mengatakan penyakit malaria juga disebut sebagai penyakit impor karena dibawa oleh warga yang pernah pengidap penyakit itu dan berdomisili di daerah endemis malaria kemudian berpindah ke daerah lain.

He said malaria was also referred to as diseases carried by imported because residents who have people with the disease and living in malaria endemic areas and then move to another area.

Saat berpindah ke daerah lain, katanya, warga yang mengidap penyakit itu sulit terdeteksi padahal bibit penyakit tersebut mudah menular.

When moving to another area, he said, people who develop the disease difficult to detect when the germs are contagious.