SEROPREVALENSI DAN FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN TOKSOPLASMOSIS PADA PEKERJA RUMAH POTONG HEWAN DAN PENJUAL DAGING DI KABUPATEN KULONPROGO

Background: Toxoplasmosis is a prevalent disease in the worldwide with public health impact. Its emerged social economic impacts include suffering, health cost, loss of productivity, need of specialized education, and treatment cost. The seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in goats in Kulonprogo regency in 2011 was 95.6%. The current practice in meat inspection in Kulonprogo makes toxoplasmosis transmission risk to the workers who have direct contact with the meat possible. The study aimed to find out the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis among slaughterhouse workers as well as meat sellers, and also to find out the factors associated with the occurence of the infection in Kulonprogo regency. Methods: This study was an observational analytic study using cross-sectional design. The study subjects were all 82 of the slaughterhouse workers and meat sellers in Kulonprogo regency. The variables studied were toxoplasmosis, age, type of meat, type of job, period of working, habit of washing hands, habit of eat or drink in the workplace, raw meat and vegetables consumption, contact with soil, and contact with cat. The serology examination utilized ELISA. The data analysis included the use of cross tabulation for bivariate analysis continued with multivariate analysis. Results: Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in slaughterhouse workers and meat sellers in Kulonprogo regency is 63.4% in which the highest result is IgG positive with IgM negative (59.8%). The factors which are related to the toxoplasmosis occurrence in slaughterhouse workers and meat sellers in Kulonprogo regency are contact with goat/ sheep meat (p=0.000), period of working �20 years (p=0.002), period of working 10-19 years (p=0.035), the habit of washing hands occasionally (p=0.001) and eating or drinking in the workplace (p=0.031). Multivariate analysis result indicates that contact with goat/sheep meat (OR=37,