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Wibowo/Special photo: Three medical lecturers, doctor Farida, doctor Utami and doctor Irena participating in the International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria 2016 in Australia


Kaliurang (UII News) – Three lecturers from the Faculty of Medicine (FK) Universitas Islam Indonesia  (UII) followed International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria 2016, which was attended by various countries, with a total of around 800 people.

 

This was revealed by one of the lecturers who attended the event, Dr.dr. Farida Juliantina Rachmawaty, M.Kes. after participating in the activity on Sunday – Thursday, 16-20 Dzulhijah 1437 H / 18-22 September 2016 which was held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, South Bank, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

 

According to Doctor Farida, this 4 yearly activity discusses the problem of tropical infections and malaria. Malaria was widely discussed in this meeting. In parallel class sessions divided into several topics such as zoonotic diseases, filariasis, HIV, dengue, tuberculosis, travel medicine, and others.

 

“There are 8 parallel classes with different topics. Several diseases infected in certain areas were also discussed, such as Ebola, Hendra virus and Hanta virus, hopefully Indonesia will be free from this disease," he said.

 

Furthermore, the expert in microbiology, FK UII, added that at this congress, participants from FK UII presented the results of their research in the form of a poster. Dr. dr. Farida Juliantina Rachmawaty, M.Kes with the title The Effects of Ethanol Extract and Essential Oil of Red Betel Vine (Piper crocatum) Leaves Towards Cell Walls of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

 

"For doctor Utami Mulyaningrum, M.Sc, the poster was presented with the title Diagnostic Performance of Immunocytochemical Assay in Blood Smear for Dengue Antigen Detection from Acute Febrile Illness Patients, while doctor Irena Agustiningtyas, M.Sc. with the title Seroprevalence and Spatial Analysis of Toxoplasmosis in The Watershed of North Central Java Province," said doctor Farida, and I hope the results will bring benefits.Wibowo/Tri

 

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