Perbandingan Jumlah Telur Cacing Ascaris lumbricoides pada Tubuh Bagian Luar Kecoa Periplaneta americana dan Lalat Musca domestica di Perumahan Area TPS Kelurahan Merjosari
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- Background: Periplaneta americana cockroaches and Musca domestica flies are mechanical vectors for various pathogenic microorganisms, one of which is Ascaris lumbricoides worm eggs. Ascaris lumbricoides can cause Ascariasis with Spoliative action, toxic action, mechanical effects, and ectopic Ascariasis as its symptoms. The neighborhood of houses adjacent to a temporary landfill can increase the likelihood of infection due to mechanical vector displacement from a temporary landfill to residents’ home. Objective: To prove the presence of Ascaris lumbricoides eggs in the outer body of Periplaneta americana cockroaches and Musca domestica flies. Method: True observational descriptive with cross sectional approach. Samples used were Periplaneta americana cockroach which captured with jar trap in RT 03 RW 01 Merjosari District and Musca domestica fly which were captured by flynet at Merjosari Temporary Landfill. The captured cockroach was given chloroform cotton. Each cockroach was washed by putting it into a centrifuge tube using 1 drop of soap and 5 cc of alcohol 70%, centrifuged for 7 minutes at a speed of 1500 rpm, direct smear and flotation on the centrifuged sediment were done, examined under microscope. The same treatment was carried out on several flies of Musca domestica. Results and Discussion: Data is presented in percentage form table. Worm eggs were only found on the outer body surface of Musca domestica fly, while none were found on Periplaneta americana cockroach outer body surface, possibly because there was no waste contaminated with Ascaris lumbricoides eggs in RT 03 RW 01 Merjosari District’s Temporary Landfill Area and stool disposal system was good. Conclusion: No Ascaris lumbricoides eggs were found on the outer body surface of Periplaneta americana cockroaches but 5 eggs were found on the outer body surface of Musca domestica