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Volume 21, Number 2—February 2015
Dispatch

Ascariasis in Humans and Pigs on Small-Scale Farms, Maine, USA, 2010–2013

Leigh Ann MillerComments to Author , Kate Colby, Susan E. Manning, Donald Hoenig, Elizabeth McEvoy, Susan P. Montgomery, Blaine Mathison, Marcos de Almeida, Henry Bishop, Alexandre Dasilva, and Stephen Sears
Author affiliations: Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Augusta, Maine, USA (L.A. Miller, K. Colby, S.E. Manning, S. Sears); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L.A. Miller, S.E. Manning, S. Montgomery, B. Mathison, M. de Almeida, H. Bishop, A. Dasilva); University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, USA (K. Colby); Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Augusta (D. Hoenig, E. McEvoy)

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Table

Sample source information, results of laboratory testing, and case classification for Ascaris spp. nematode infections in humans and pigs on 7 farms, Maine, USA, 2010–2013*

Farm location and source Sample type and year collected Testing laboratory Testing result Case classification
Aroostook County
Woman, age 25 y
 NA
Suspected
Kennebec County
Woman, age 21 y Worms shed in feces, 2010 Private laboratory Ascaris sp. Confirmed
Woman, age 26 y Worms shed in feces, 2010 Private laboratory Ascaris sp. Confirmed
Woman, age NA
 NA
Suspected
Lincoln County†
Boy, age 3 y Worms shed in feces, 2012 CDC Ascaris sp. Confirmed
Woman, age 31 y Worms shed in feces, 2012 CDC Ascaris sp. Confirmed
Woman, age 29 y Worms shed in feces, 2012 CDC Ascaris sp. Confirmed
Woman, age 36 y NA Probable
Woman, age 25 y NA Probable
Farm X pigs Pooled pig feces, 2012 Cornell A. suum eggs NA
Farm X pigs at slaughter
 5 worms collected from pigs, 2012
 CDC
 Ascaris sp.
 NA
Piscataquis County
Woman, age 53 y Worms shed in feces, 2013 CDC Ascaris sp. Confirmed
Pig from farm
 Pooled pig feces, 2013
 Cornell
 A. suum eggs
 NA
Somerset County
Woman, age 24 y
 Worms shed in feces, 2012
 Private laboratory
 Ascaris sp.
 Confirmed
Waldo County
Woman, age 29 y Worms shed in feces, 2012 CDC Ascaris sp. Confirmed
Girl, age 4 y NA Probable
Girl, age 2 y NA Probable

*Boldface indicates samples from farm X. CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Cornell, Cornell University Animal Health Diagnostic Center; NA, not available.
†Two farms were located in Lincoln County.

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