Detecting helminth eggs on the body surface of flies in markets in Makassar

Abstract

Flies as mechanical vectors of disease spread in humans. This study aimed to detect helminth eggs on the flies body surface in markets in Makassar City Market. Flies collected in sale places such as vegetables, chicken and beef, cakes, fish, and trash cans at the market. Then flies and helminth eggs were idemtificated examined in the laboratory for identification of flies and helminth eggs. Flies found throughout markets in Makassar City were Musca domestica, Calliphora spp., and Sarcophaga haemorroidalis. The highest flies number of was Calliphora spp. (n=27) at the fish sale place in Tamalate market. The greatest number of egg helminth was Taenia sp. (n=17) found on the body surface of Chrysomia sp. This study showed that most helminth eggs found on the body surface of Chrysomia sp. compared to other flies.