Parasitic Disease Surveillance, Mississippi, USA

Authors

Richard S. Bradbury, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Meredith Lane, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Irene Arguello, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Sukwan Handali, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gretchen Cooley, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nils Pilotte, Smith College
John M. Williams, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Sam Jameson, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Susan P. Montgomery, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kathryn Hellmann, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Michelle Tharp, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Lisa Haynie, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Regina Galloway, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Bruce Brackin, Mississippi Department of Health
Brian Kirmse, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Lisa Stempak, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Paul Byers, Mississippi Department of Health
Steven Williams, Smith CollegeFollow
Fazlay Faruque, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Charlotte V. Hobbs, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1-2021

Publication Title

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Abstract

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.

Volume

27

Issue

8

First Page

2201

Last Page

2204

DOI

10.3201/eid2708.204318

ISSN

10806040

Comments

Archived as published. Open access article.

Recommended Citation

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; and Hobbs, Charlotte V., "Parasitic Disease Surveillance, Mississippi, USA" (2021). Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/bio_facpubs/252