Despite persistent sanitation issues and a public health emergency, a study reveals that children in Alabama do not have soil-transmitted hookworms.

Published Date: 13 Dec 2023

In hundreds of tested children, a study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases found no cases of soil-transmitted hookworm, disproving a long-held public health concern that connected the disease to continued sanitation.

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