Parasitic Zoonosis with Soil as Transmission Media Khesara Sastrin Prasita Negara1, Yulia Sari1, Lilik Wijayanti2, Sri Haryati1, Azzahra Harmalia Anjani3, Alifia Nur Faizah3, Arya Pandu Jatmiko3, Azzahra FA Nisa3
1Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
2Department of Clinical Pathology, Study Program of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
3Student of Undergraduate Medical Education Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret
Abstract
Parasites are one of the causes of the emergence of infections that affect millions of humans in the world ranging from harmless to fatal. Zoonoses are diseases that can naturally be transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa. Zoonoses also apply to a disease-causing organism that lives in an environment such as soil as source of infection. Zoonotic parasitic diseases pose a significant but often overlooked threat to public health, especially in developing countries. Along with the changing times related to increasing migration, international trade, and global warming, it is not surprising that there are significant changes regarding human and animal interactions. This study is to understand the parasitic zoonosis with soil as transmission media. We used literature study using PubMed and Google Scholar. There are primarily Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) infections in the tropical and subtropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, and Asia, where warm moist environments facilitate worm egg and larvae survival, poor hygiene and sanitation prevail, and limited access to safe water sources. In many areas of Indonesia, the environment and socioeconomic conditions are ideal for STH infections. This needs attention for better health education related to hygiene and sanitation for preventing the parasitic zoonotic incidence both locally in Indonesia and globally worldwide.
Keywords: parasitic, zoonosis, soil, transmission media
