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.
Keywords: Cryptosporidium; Mississippi; Soil-transmitted helminths; Strongyloides; Toxocara; United States; cryptosporidiosis; giardiasis; parasites; pediatric; strongyloidiasis; toxocariasis; zoonoses.