Abstract :
Banyak manfaat didapatkan dari mengkonsumsi sayuran. Namun sayuran dapat
menjadi perantara penularan Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) dan meningkatkan
angka kesakitan akibat infeksi ini. Berbagai penelitian membuktikan kontaminasi
parasit usus di berbagai sayuran dengan jumlah beragam. Hal ini diperburuk dengan
kebiasaan mengkonsumsi sayuran mentah di Indonesia. Maka dilakukanlah penelitian
pada selada karena sering dikonsumsi menang. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk
mengetahui dan membandingkan kontaminasi Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH)
pada selada di pasar tradisional dan pasar swalayan wilayah Bekasi. Jenis penelitian
yang digunakan adalah penelitian eksperimen dengan menggunakan 20 sampel selada
dari masing-masing pasar tradisional pasar swalayan wilayah Bekasi. Ditemukan
100% sampel selada yang diteliti menggunakan media perendaman larutan deterjen
cair 10% positif terkontaminasi telur Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) dengan
jumlah yang bervariasi. Spesies STH yang ditemukan adalah Ascaris
lumbricoides(75,35%), Trichuris trichiura (4,19%), dan cacing tambang (20,46%).
Terdapat perbedaan antara jumlah telur STH pada selada di pasar tradisional
sebanyak (54,88%) dan pasar swalayan sebanyak (45,12%). Dengan demikian, jenis
pasar tempat menjual selada bermakna terhadap kontaminasi telur Soil Transmitted
Helminths (STH).
Kata kunci: selada, larutan deterjn cair 10%, telur STH, pasar tradisional dan pasar
swalayan. / We can get a lot of benefit by consuming vegetables. But, vegetables also can be an
intermediary transmission of Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) and increase the
morbidity because of infection. Some researches proved parasites contamination in
any vegetables with vary of number. It is worsened by a habit to consume raw
vegetables in Indonesia. This research was done by using lettuce that often consume
uncooked. This research aims to determine and compare contamination of Soil
Transmitted Helminths (STH) eggs on lettuce from traditional and modern markets.
This type of research is experimental research that use 20 samples of lettuce from
each traditional and modern market in Bekasi. From all samples, 100% samples of
lettuce that were soaked in 10% liquid detergent solution were positive contaminated
by Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) in varying amounts. Species of Soil Transmitted
Helminths (STH) eggs that was found were Ascaris lumbricoides (75,35%), Trichuris
trichuria (4,19%), and hookworm (20,46%). There was a difference between the
number of Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) eggs contamination on lettuce from
traditional markets as much as (54,88%) and modern markets as much as (45,12%).
Thus, the type of marketselling lettuce significantly to contamination of Soil
Transmitted Helminths (STH) eggs.
Keyword: lettuce, 10% liquid detergent solution, Soil Transmitted Helmiths (STH)
eggs, traditional market, and modern market.