Characteristic suspect related incidence of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF): Cross sectional study on suspect in endemic area Semarang city, Indonesia

Abstract

Objectives Semarang city is one of the areas in Central Java Province with increasing number of DHF cases from 2011-2015. The aim of this was to describe the epidemiology based on virus strain and host characteristics of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF)’s suspect on three health facilities in Semarang City. Methods This cross sectional design used variables of virus strain, patient characteristic, blood type, domicile, and the result of diagnose. The samples were 67 respondents with . The number of 21 respondents who were detected DHF examined by PCR to know dengue virus strain. The data was analyzed using frequency distribution and bivariate analysis. Results The result showed that respondents who were diagnosed with DHF were mostly male 34.3%; age range around children 35.3%; blood type O, 8 out of 21 respondents and the dengue virus stereotype that was found was DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4. Conclusions The DHF incidents are mostly found in males than females, but the ratio was not too visible. Meanwhile based on the age, many suspects of DHF were children with the range between 0-14 years old. The result found that the proportion of the respondents diagnosed with DHF was mostly the respondents with the AB type, and the dengue virus strain type that is detected using PCR were DEN-2 and DEN-3.