Nur Endah Wahyuningsih

Nutrient Intake of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Patients in Semarang City

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is an acute infectious disease caused by dengue virus and transmission of the virus is mediated by mosquitoes bites [1]. Host immunity against dengue infection is affected by nutrient adequacy which is depending on nutrient intake [2]. The aim of this study was to determine nutrient intake of DHF patients in Semarang city. The DHF sample cases were obtained from three hospitals in Semarang city (n=48), from the period of March to May 2016 and the control groups were obtained from healthy respondents with matched age, sex, and district location (n=48). Nutrient intake were obtained by food recall and calculated using Nutrisurvey Indonesia. Afterwards, the result of the nutrisurvey will be compared to Indonesian daily value according to Permenkes no. 75 about daily value based on age and gender. The results showed that both in cases and control groups the macro-(energy, carbohydrate, protein, fat) and micro-nutrient (vitamins A., C, B1, B2, B6, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, and Iron) intake were below 80% of nutrient adequacy. No correlation was found between nutrient adequacy and DHF cases. We find that macro and micronutrient intake in DHF case and control groups are the same and below 80% of nutrient adequacy. The nutrient intake was not related to DHF cases.