Malaria relapse affects 500<\/p>\n
PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Lack of control in the use of anti-
\nmalarial drugs and abatement programs have caused malaria to
\nspread further in Banyumas regency, Central Java, affecting at
\nleast 500 people.<\/p>\n
Musadad Bikry Noor, chairman of Commission E for people's
\nwelfare at the local legislature, said that the disease recurred
\nbecause many local people did not take the anti-malaria drugs for
\nthe full term and the regency health office did not complete the
\nabatement program.<\/p>\n
Malaria hit the regency earlier this year, attacking at least
\n10,000 people and claiming 107 lives. The health office stopped
\nthe anti-malaria spraying program after covering only 1,500
\nhouses.<\/p>\n
Musadad said that the incomplete medication would make the
\nrecurrence of malaria more difficult to handle since the virus in
\nthe would now become more resistant to drugs.<\/p>\n
Kemranjen, Tambak, Sumpiuh and Somageda are the four districts
\nthat have been hit by malaria virus. Musadad said that of 56
\npeople tested, some 40 percent were positive for malaria. --JP<\/p>",
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