インドネシアにおけるウイルス感染症の血清疫学的研究

医学地理学的考察

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 This article deals with data of virologic-serological surveys conducted by Kobe University and Indonesian co-operative medical teams during the period of 1964-1970. Human and animal sera collected from geographically representative areas of Indonesia were measured for hemagglutination-inhibiting (HI) antibodies against arboviruses (group A, chikungunya; group B, dengue types 1-4, yellow fever and Japanese encephalitis), influenza viruses (six A variants and one B) and rubella virus. A small-scale immunofluorescent tests of anti-EB (Epstein-Barr) antibodies were additionally carried out. Data with sera from residents of Japanese Main Islands were compared in order to look into medico-geographical features of Indonesia and Japan in the viral epidemiology. Problems of medical and public health importance, such as prediction and prevention of the possible occurrence of the diseases, significance of "Southeast Asian hemorrhagic fever, " etc., are discussed.