Surveillance for Soil-Transmitted Helminths in High-Risk County, Mississippi, USA

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bradbury, Richard S. ; Martin, Lora ; Malloch, Lacy ; Martin, Maygan ; Williams, John M. ; Patterson, Kayla ; Sanders, Cameron ; Singh, Gurbaksh ; Arguello, Irene ; Rodriguez, Eduardo ; Byers, Paul ; Haynie, Lisa ; Qvarnstrom, Yvonne ; Hobbs, Charlotte V.
• Description:
  Recent reports of hookworm infection in Alabama, USA, has prompted surveillance in Mississippi, given the states' similar environmental conditions. We collected stool specimens from 277 children in Rankin County, Mississippi. Kato-Katz microscopic smear, agar plate culture, and quantitative PCR indicated no soil-transmitted helminths. Nevertheless, further surveillance in other high-risk Mississippi counties is warranted.
• Subjects:
  Dispatch Surveillance For Soil-Transmitted Helminths In High-Risk County, Mississippi, USA
• Keywords:
  Animals Child Enterobius Feces Helminths Hookworm Humans Mississippi Necator Americanus Parasites Pediatric Prevalence Soil Soil-transmitted Helminths Strongyloides United States

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(12):2533-2537
• Pubmed ID:
  37987591
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10683803
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2f803a90e709af273f09ebaf0ada1ffd7d5bfe9e84ab78da490011bcbe1c501d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/138524/cdc_138524_DS1.pdf
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