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Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
Dispatch

Surveillance for Soil-Transmitted Helminths in High-Risk County, Mississippi, USA

Richard S. Bradbury, Lora Martin, Lacy Malloch, Maygan Martin, John M. Williams, Kayla Patterson, Cameron Sanders, Gurbaksh Singh, Irene Arguello, Eduardo Rodriguez, Paul Byers, Lisa Haynie, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, and Charlotte V. HobbsComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Federation University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (R.S. Bradbury); University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA (L. Martin, L. Malloch, M. Martin, J.M. Williams, K. Patterson, C. Sanders, G. Singh, I. Arguello, L. Haynie, C. Hobbs); Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA (E. Rodriguez); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (E. Rodriguez, Y. Qvarnstrom); Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson (P. Byers)

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Table 1

Demographic characteristics of 354 school-age children enrolled in a study of soil-transmitted helminth infection, Rankin County, Mississippi, USA, February 2020–September 2021*

Characteristic No. (%)
Sex
M 196 (55.4)
F 158 (44.6)
Total
 354 (100)
Ethnicity†
Hispanic 15 (4.3)
Not Hispanic 332 (94.6)
Prefer not to answer 3 (0.8)
Unknown 1 (0.3)
Total
 351 (100)
Race
White 277 (78.2)
Black or African American 60 (16.9)
Asian 2 (0.6)
AI/AN 0
NHOPI 0
White and Black or African American 10 (2.8)
White, Asian, and AI/AN 2 (0.6)
White and AI/AN 1 (0.3)
White, AI/AN, and NHOPI 1 (0.3)
Unknown 0
Prefer not to answer 1 (0.3)
Total 354 (100)

*Median age of children enrolled was 8 years (interquartile range 5.0–11.5 years). AI/AN, American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. †Records missing for 3 children.

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