Prevalence of Dengue at Universitas Surabaya's Students

• Main Author: Dina Chamidah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Research and Community Service Department (LPPM) Universitas Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 1978-2071; 2580-5967
• Keywords: Dengue fever; Aedes aegypti; demographic factor; Medicine (General); R5-920; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Jurnal Ilmiah Kedokteran Wijaya Kusuma, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 45-48 (2018)

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.