1. Surveillance for Soil-Transmitted Helminths in High-Risk County, Mississippi, USA
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Richard S. Bradbury, Lora Martin, Lacy Malloch, Maygan Martin, John M. Williams, Kayla Patterson, Cameron Sanders, Gurbaksh Singh, Irene Arguello, Eduardo Rodriguez, Paul Byers, Lisa Haynie, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, and Charlotte V. Hobbs
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soil-transmitted helminths ,hookworm ,parasites ,Necator americanus ,Strongyloides ,Enterobius ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
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.
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- 2023
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