ABSTRACT
Results of a serology survey in September 1972 for Entamoeba histolytica and Toxoplasma gondii antibodies among 915 volunteers from the Malili area of South Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia are presented. Indirect hemagglutination antibody titers for amoebiasis were found in 22.7% of the sampled population while 9.5% demonstrated antibody titers greater than or equal to 1:128. The frequency distribution of antibody titers were similar by sex and age. There was no significant correlation between stool positivity and seropositivity. Indirect hemagglutination antibody titers for T. gondii were detected in 62% of the population sampled, and titers greater than or equal to 1:32 were demonstrated in 29% of the samples tested. The distribution of antibody titers was similar in males and females. In both sexes the prevalence of IHA antibody titer against T. gondii increased with age. There was no consistent association between altitude and prevalence of seropositive samples.
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Adolescent , Adult , Amebiasis/diagnosis , Child , Child, Preschool , Entamoebiasis/diagnosis , Female , Hemagglutination Tests , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Middle Aged , Toxoplasmosis/diagnosisABSTRACT
A biomedical survey was conducted in 9 villages in the Malili area of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Blood specimens were examined for malaria and microfilariae; stool specimens were examined for intestinal parasites. Malaria parasitemias were rare; Plasmodium falciparum was detected in 10 and P. vivax in 11 of 985 blood smears. Malayan filariasis was endemic to all villages surveyed. The overall prevalence of detectable microfilaremias was 15%, varying from 34% in Kawata to 1% in Nuha. Microfilarial densities, expressed as MfD50 averaged 8.0 and varied from 1.1 in Timampu to 16.0 in Karabbe. Intestinal parasites were common. Although Schistosoma japonicum was not found, 97% of the examined had one or more intestinal parasites as follows: Ascaris lumbricoides (74%), Trichuris trichiura (65%), hookworm (62%), Entamoeba coli (38%), Endolimax nana (10%), Entamoeba histolytica (6%), Iodamoeba bütschlii (4%), Entamoeba hartmanni (3%), Giardia lamblia (2%) Chilomastix mesnili (1%) and Enterobius vermicularis (1%). Strongyloides stercoralis larvae and Hymenolepis nana eggs were detected once each and heterophyid-like eggs were detected twice.
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Adolescent , Adult , Brugia , Child , Female , Filariasis/epidemiology , Helminthiasis/epidemiology , Humans , Indonesia , Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/epidemiology , Malaria/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Parasitic Diseases/epidemiology , Plasmodium falciparum , Plasmodium vivax , Protozoan Infections/epidemiologySubject(s)
Adolescent , Adult , Antibodies/analysis , Blood/parasitology , Child , Encephalitis Virus, Japanese/immunology , Entamoeba histolytica/immunology , Female , Humans , Indonesia , Intestines/parasitology , Leptospira/immunology , Male , Orthomyxoviridae/immunology , Pseudomonas/immunology , Toxoplasma/immunologyABSTRACT
Sputum specimens from more than 1000 Indonesian tuberculosis suspects were examined by bacteriologic culture, and by bright field and fluorescence microscopy. Two hundred twenty had positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures and of these 68% were positive by fluorescence microscopy. Agreement between culture, both negative and positive, and fluorescence microscopy was 87%. Sensitivity to antituberculous drugs was performed in 209 isolates. Significant resistance to isoniazid, para-amino salicylic acid, and streptomycin was found i.e. 65 (31%), 19 (19%), 54 (26%), respectively. Fluorescence microscopy was a useful method for rapid microscopic confirmation of tuberculosis and was especially valuable in detecting difficult-to-culture organisms.
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Humans , Indonesia , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Microscopy, Fluorescence , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/drug effects , Sputum/microbiology , Staining and Labeling , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/diagnosisABSTRACT
Antibodies against plague were lacking in 237 wild mammal sera from Java and 103 from Kalimantan. Wild mammal spleens, 114 from Java and 18 from Kalimantan were negative for plague bacilli. A variety of mammalian species and areas was examined.