University of Alabama: Study Finds No Cases of Soil-Transmitted Hookworm in Black Belt Children, Despite Ongoing Sanitation and Public Health Crisis in Region
December 12, 2023
December 12, 2023
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news:
By Savannah Koplon
A study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases found no cases of soil-transmitted hookworm in hundreds of tested children, refuting a long thought public health concern that linked the illness to the ongoing sanitation crisis plaguing Alabama's Black Belt region.
The study tested stool specimens from 704 children from Alabama's Wilco . . .
By Savannah Koplon
A study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases found no cases of soil-transmitted hookworm in hundreds of tested children, refuting a long thought public health concern that linked the illness to the ongoing sanitation crisis plaguing Alabama's Black Belt region.
The study tested stool specimens from 704 children from Alabama's Wilco . . .