Filariasis is a chronic infectious disease caused by infection with the filarial worms

that live in the tract and lymph nodes and is transmitted by various species of mosquitoes.
filarial worm infection can cause acute and chronic clinical symptoms (Ministry of Health of
Indonesia, 2006).
Filariasis is spread almost all over Indonesia and in some areas quite high levels of
endemicity. Filariasis endemic areas is generally low-lying areas, especially rural, coastal,
inland, rice fields, marshes, and forests. In general spread of filariasis bancrofti in Sumatra,
Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku and Papua. Wuchereria bancrofti
endemic areas are divided into types of rural and urban types based vectors that transmit.
Wuchereria type found primarily in rural areas of Papua and Nusa Tenggara with vector
Anopheles, Culex and Aides whereas urban types found in Jakarta, Bekasi, Tangerang,
Semarang, Pekalongan and Lebak in slum areas, densely populated and a lot of dirty puddles
Culex quinquefasciatus vector. Brugia malayi scattered in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi
and Maluku islands, while Brugia timore scattered islands of Flores, Alor, Rote, Timor and
Sumba (Yusuf, 2008)
Daftar Pustaka
Kementrian Kesehatan Indonesia. 2006. Epidemiologi filariasis. Departemen kesehatan
Republik Indonesia. Direktorat Jenderal PP&PL Jakarta.
Yusuf, ismail. 2008. Filariasis. http://drismailyusuf.blogspot.com/2008/06/filariasis.html
(11 Desember 2013)