Open AccessPrevalensi Dengue Pada Mahasiswa Universitas Surabaya
Author(s) -
Dina Chamidah
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jurnal ilmiah kedokteran wijaya kusuma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2580-5967
pISSN - 1978-2071
DOI - 10.30742/jikw.v6i1.334
Subject(s) - dengue fever , dengue hemorrhagic fever , medicine , headaches , dengue virus , abdominal pain , transmission (telecommunications) , socioeconomic status , pediatrics , environmental health , immunology , surgery , population , electrical engineering , engineering
In Indonesia, dengue fever is still common. This has caused many troubled people in Indonesia including Surabaya, East Java. Clinical signs of dengue start from mild illness to life-threatening shock syndrome. So it takes a development of a treatment to combat dengue fever. The purpose of this study is to see the prevalence of dengue fever in students. The prevalence of dengue fever at the University of Surabaya accounted for 17%, as we approached 81 people among them 14 were infected with dengue hemorrhagic fever. There were 42 (65%) people suffering from headaches, 19 (29%) joints, 26 (40%) muscle pain and 16 (25%) had abdominal pain, and from 64 among the 18-23 age group. The data obtained is helpful in determining the therapeutic approach to infections that appear. Furthermore, demographic factors such as age, gender, socioeconomic status with dengue virus transmission are also being considered.