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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Descriptive Epidemiology of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in the United States: Using Big Data to Characterize Patients and Analyze Parasitic Disease Trends.

Chad L Cross, Bryson Carrier, Miklo A A Alcala, Louisa A Messenger

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Chad L CrossDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8756-5607
Bryson CarrierDepartment of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences, School of Integrated Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7786-4240
Miklo A A AlcalaParasitology & Vector Biology (PARAVEC) Laboratory, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA.
Louisa A MessengerParasitology & Vector Biology (PARAVEC) Laboratory, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3107-6214

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) include species responsible for hookworm disease, ascariasis, and trichuriasis. In the United States, STH infections have been greatly reduced with anthelmintic medications and improved hygiene and sanitation, however, cases still regularly occur, but limited epidemiological data exist. We investigated the occurrence of STH infections using big-data analytics of inpatient medical discharge records (1998-2020). Data were obtained from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample. We developed an algorithm to extract International Classification of Diseases codes for STH infections from over 805 million records. We report patient characteristics and other epidemiological data. We found a mean of 223 (SD = 70.1) cases annually over the 23 years. Ascariasis (total

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Big DataHelminthiasisSoilAdolescentAdultAgedAnimalsAscariasisChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHelminthsHookworm InfectionsHumansInfantMaleSoilascariasisdescriptive epidemiologyhookworm diseaseparasitologytrichuriasis

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PMID39770351
PMCPMC11676031

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