Background: Trichuris trichiura or whipworm is a Platyhelminthes parasite infecting the human gastrointestinal tract. soil-transmitted helminth (STH). A tropical climate like Indonesia an ideal place for STH. Prevalence of STH still high in Indonesia, ranging from 2,5 – to 62 %. This lives colon, consuming blood, and nutrition its host as well usually manifests with eosinophilia incomplete bloo...

Two major phyla are responsible for human disease: Nemathelminthes (roundworms) and Platyhelminthes (flatworms). Nematodes are categorized by their migration route. Enterobius and Trichuris are found intraintestinally, whereas filarial worms live in tissue and lymphatics. Platyhelminthes is further divided into two classes: cestodes, or tapeworms; and trematodes, or flukes. Nemathelminthes (Rou...