Parasitic Disease Surveillance, Mississippi, USA

Surveillance for soil-transmitted helminths, strongyloidiasis, cryptosporidiosis, and giardiasis was conducted in Mississippi, USA. PCR performed on 224 fecal samples for all soil-transmitted helminths and on 370 samples for only Necator americanus and Strongyloides stercoralis identified 1 S. sterc...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2021-08, Vol.27 (8), p.2201-2204
Main Authors: Bradbury, Richard S, Lane, Meredith, Arguello, Irene, Handali, Sukwan, Cooley, Gretchen, Pilotte, Nils, Williams, John M, Jameson, Sam, Montgomery, Susan P, Hellmann, Kathryn, Tharp, Michelle, Haynie, Lisa, Galloway, Regina, Brackin, Bruce, Kirmse, Brian, Stempak, Lisa, Byers, Paul, Williams, Steven, Faruque, Fazlay, Hobbs, Charlotte V
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Language:English
Subjects:
Antibodies
Antigens
Cryptosporidiosis
Cryptosporidium
Disease control
Dispatch
Epidemiology
Feces
Health surveillance
Infections
Parasites
Parasitic Disease Surveillance, Mississippi, USA
Parasitic diseases
Pediatrics
Public health
Risk factors
Sanitation
Soil-transmitted helminths
Statistics
Strongyloides
strongyloidiasis
Toxocara
toxocariasis
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Summary:Surveillance for soil-transmitted helminths, strongyloidiasis, cryptosporidiosis, and giardiasis was conducted in Mississippi, USA. PCR performed on 224 fecal samples for all soil-transmitted helminths and on 370 samples for only Necator americanus and Strongyloides stercoralis identified 1 S. stercoralis infection. Seroprevalences were 8.8% for Toxocara, 27.4% for Cryptosporidium, 5.7% for Giardia, and 0.2% for Strongyloides parasites.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2708.204318