Serodiagnosis of plague is very useful for its retrospective confirmation and for epidemiologic studies in humans and in rodents, since rats constitute the main natural reservoir of Yersinia pestis. We have developed a rapid test for the detection of IgG antibodies to fraction 1 (F1) based on immunochromatography and protein A to detect both human and rat IgG. When tested with reference human s...

Outbreaks of zoonotic diseases in humans and livestock are not uncommon, and an important component in containment of such emerging viral diseases is rapid and reliable diagnostics. Such methods are often PCR-based and hence require the availability of sequence data from the pathogen. Rattus norvegicus (R. norvegicus) is a known reservoir for important zoonotic pathogens. Transmission may be di...

Fleas are the vectors of many communicable diseases that are normally found in oriental rats. Climate and environmental changes influence the habitat and migration patterns of vectors. In this study, the oriental rat flea abundance, represented as total flea index, was determined in correlation to host specificity and various environmental factors. The number of hosts and fleas calculated from ...

In Indonesia, cruciferous cabbage is known as Ceciwis (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata f. alba Alef), a vegetable that can be consumed diet from Tegal one of the plants rich in flavonoids and phenol proposed has an antidyslipidemic ac-tivity. The purpose this study to see how affect lipid profile Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus) fed high-fat diet. Method: Rats divided into seven groups: norma...