Chronic helminthic infection among Puerto Ricans residing in the continental U.S.

The prevalence of intestinal parasites in Puerto Rican farm workers in western Massachusetts.

“…However, the prevalence rate was almost double that reported by Winsberg, et al, for the urban population, thus suggesting a higher degree of exposure to the migrant worker than to his counterpart living in the cities. Two cases of hookworm infections were detected in children born in the United States who had never traveled outside the area, thus confirming that there is ample opportunity for the transmission of pathogenic parasites on farms, and also suggesting that migrant workers [11][12][13] These studies have concerned themselves with preschool and school children,7 8 11, 14 or with hospitalized or ambulatory patients.9' 10, 12, 13 One study done in Chicago, which surveyed a generally asymptomatic population, may give a truer picture of the extent of parasitosis in the Puerto Rican population which has settled in large urban areas on the mainland. "5 To the best of our knowledge Puerto Rican farm workers on the mainland have not been surveyed for parasites.…”