ReviewCurrent tropical medicine reports2021
Soil-Transmitted Helminths in the USA: a Review of Five Common Parasites and Future Directions for Avenues of Enhanced Epidemiologic Inquiry.
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- Diagnostic accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests for human intestinal nematode infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
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- Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a focused pyrrolo- and pyrido-quinazolinone natural products-templated library for anti-fungal and anthelmintic activities.Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry · 2026Article
- Transgenesis and targeted mutagenesis in the human-parasitic nematodeFrontiers in parasitology · 2026Review
- Unearthing roundworms: Nematodes as determinants of human health.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Review
- Evidence of Autochthonous Human Strongyloides stercoralis in South Carolina.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Examining Pricing and Availability for Neglected Tropical Disease Therapies in the United States.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Combining country indicators and individual variables to predict soil-transmitted helminth infections among migrant populations: A case study from southern Italy.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Surveillance of soil-transmitted helminths and other intestinal parasites in shelter dogs, Mississippi, USA.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Using pet insurance claims to predict occurrence of vector-borne and zoonotic disease in humans in the United States.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Epidemiologic Investigation of Protozoa and Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Starr County, Texas.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- AssessingScience advances · 2025Article
- Descriptive Epidemiology of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in the United States: Using Big Data to Characterize Patients and Analyze Parasitic Disease Trends.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Parasitic Contamination of Soil in the Southern United States.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Autochthonous Ascariasis, Mississippi, USA.Emerging infectious diseases · 2024Article
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- A Rare Complication of Ascariasis: A Case of Acute Interstitial Nephritis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Using Google Trends to Estimate the Geographic Distribution of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in the United States from 2016 to 2021.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe aim of this review is to present a comprehensive look at five intestinal soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) of global health importance that may continue to plague low-income and rural areas of the USA and argue the need for enhanced surveillance of these infections, which primarily affect the nation's most vulnerable groups. RECENT
findingsHuman STH infections in middle- and high-income countries are at particular risk for being undiagnosed; as common symptoms are non-specific, differentials require a high index of clinical suspicion, and cases are concentrated in areas of poverty where access to care is limited. Although autochthonous STHs are thought to be rare in the USA, infections were once common in the American South and Appalachia and robust epidemiologic surveillance is limited post 1980s. However, recent community studies and case reports from small-scale farms and areas of high rural or inner-city poverty reveal the potential for persisting helminth infections in distinct populations of the country. SUMMARY: STHs are among the most common neglected tropical diseases globally causing significant morbidity in underserved communities and contributing to the continuation of cycles of poverty within vulnerable populations. Due to possible severe disease sequalae and their ability to perpetuate poverty and poverty-associated health outcomes within already vulnerable groups, it is vital that surveillance for these infections is enhanced to bolster health equity in the USA.
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