| Abstrak/Abstract |
The Japanese Encephalitis (JE) virus circulation in Indonesia wasfirst documented in Lombok in 1960, and thevirus wasfirst isolated in 1972 fromCulex tritaeniorhynchusin Bekasi, West Java and Kapuk, West Jakarta. Sincethen, Indonesia has been recognized as an endemic country for JE transmission. Up to now, JE cases have beenfound in at least 29 provinces, with Bali, West Kalimantan, East Nusa Tenggara, West Java and East Java, beingthe areas of highest incidence. However, routine surveillance on JE has not been established at the national leveleven though many surveys were conducted. JEV has been isolated from 10 mosquito species:Culex tritae-niorhynchus, Cx. gelidus, Cx. vishnui, Cx. fuscocephala, Cx. bitaeniorhynchus, Cx. quinquefasciatus, Anopheles vagus,An. kochi, An. annularis,andArmigeres subalbatus. Culex tritaeniorhynchusis the main JE vector in Indonesia. JEhas been detected throughout the Indonesian archipelago from West to East. However, due to a lack of routine,systematic and standardized diagnostic approaches, the JE burden has still not been clearly established yet. Longterm and systematic JE surveillance across Indonesia is a priority, the burden needs to be better assessed andappropriate control measures must be implemented |
