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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2025

Is Parasitic Contamination of Soil in the Southern United States Related to Poverty and Does It Represent a Human Health Threat? A Perspective.

Joel L N Barratt, Paul T Cantey, Susan P Montgomery, Anne Straily, Sarah G H Sapp, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Brian H Raphael

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Joel L N BarrattDivision of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Paul T CanteyDivision of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Susan P MontgomeryDivision of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Anne StrailyDivision of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Sarah G H SappDivision of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Yvonne QvarnstromDivision of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Brian H RaphaelDivision of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

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Abstract

In recent years, multiple reports have emerged describing real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) detection of DNA derived from human parasite species in environmental soil samples. In one such report, sampling was focused in impoverished areas of the southeastern United States, and a link between poverty and the presence of parasite DNA in soil was proposed. Whether transmission of certain parasitic diseases persists in the United States in association with poverty remains an important question. However, we emphasize caution when reviewing interpretations drawn solely from qPCR detection of parasite-derived environmental DNA without further verification. We discuss here the limitations of using qPCR to test environmental DNA samples, the need for sampling strategies that are unbiased and repeatable, and the importance of selecting appropriate control areas and statistical tests to draw meaningful conclusions.

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Parasitic DiseasesPovertySoilAnimalsHumansReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSoutheastern United StatesUnited StatesSoil

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PMID39903932
PMCPMC11965745

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