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Baylisascaris procyonis (Chromadorea Ascarididae): Case Study of the Little-Known Human Health Threat That Is Literally in Your Backyard [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Baylisascariasis is a debilitating and potentially lethal zoonotic disease caused by a nematode parasite that has a worldwide distribution. Baylisascaris spp.
Scott E. Henke
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Baylisascaris procyonis Roundworm in Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor), Mexico [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
We found the zoonotic nematode, Baylisascaris procyonis, in a common raccoon (Procyon lotor) in Mexico. Expansion of raccoons into human-dominated regions might increase the risk of B. procyonis infections in humans.
Ana Luisa Gómez-Sánchez, Carlos Daniel Pinacho-Pinacho, Juan José Barrios-Gutierrez, Ismael Guzmán-Valdivieso, Alberto Gonzalez-Romero, Tania Fonseca-Leal, Andrés M. López-Pérez   +6 more
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Molecular identification of Baylisascaris melis (Gedoelst, 1920) from the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) and ascarids from other wild carnivores in Kazakhstan [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionThe presence of gastrointestinal nematodes, including zoonotic ascarids, in wild canids, felids and mustelids as definitive hosts in Central Asian countries has been documented in many studies based on traditional morphological methods.
Ainura Smagulova, Alexandr Shevtsov, C Bauer   +2 more
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Baylisascaris procyonis Roundworm Infection in Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Washington, USA, 2022 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
We describe a case of Baylisascaris procyonis roundworm infection in a child in Washington, USA, with autism spectrum disorder. Environmental assessment confirmed nearby raccoon habitation and B. procyonis eggs. B.
Beth A. Lipton, Hanna N. Oltean, Roger B. Capron, Arran Hamlet, Susan P. Montgomery, Rebecca J. Chancey, Victoria J.L. Konold, Katherine E. Steffl   +7 more
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Transuterine infection by Baylisascaris transfuga: Neurological migration and fatal debilitation in sibling moose calves (Alces alces gigas) from Alaska [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2018
Larval Baylisascaris nematodes (L3), resulting from transuterine infection and neural migration, were discovered in the cerebrum of sibling moose calves (Alces alces gigas) near 1–3 days in age from Alaska. We provide the first definitive identification,
Eric P. Hoberg, Kathleen Burek-Huntington, Kimberlee Beckmen, Lauren E. Camp, Steven A. Nadler   +4 more
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Distribution and prevalence of Baylisascaris in domestic dogs in the United States and Canada, 2017–2023 [PDF]

One Health
Dogs can serve as alternative definitive hosts for Baylisascaris procyonis, the raccoon roundworm, but prevalence and geographic distribution of canine infections is poorly studied. In a previous study in the United States (US) from 2013 to 2016, 0.005 %
Håkon Jones, Pablo D. Jimenez Castro, Wade Burton, Caroline Sobotyk, Guilherme G. Verocai, Yoko Nagamori, Zephran Warren, Antoinette Marsh, Cassan Pulaski, Heather S.D. Walden, Ashley M. Mitchell, Brian H. Herrin, Jeba R.J. Jesudoss Chelladurai, Michael J. Yabsley   +13 more
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Geographic Distribution of Raccoon Roundworm, Baylisascaris procyonis, Germany and Luxembourg [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
Infestation with Baylisascaris procyonis, a gastrointestinal nematode of the raccoon, can cause fatal disease in humans. We found that the parasite is widespread in central Germany and can pose a public health risk. The spread of B.
Mike Heddergott, Peter Steinbach, Sabine Schwarz, Helena E. Anheyer-Behmenburg, Astrid Sutor, Annette Schliephake, Diana Jeschke, Michael Striese, Franz Müller, Elisabeth Meyer-Kayser, Michael Stubbe, Natalia Osten-Sacken, Susann Krüger, Wolfgang Gaede, Martin Runge, Lothar Hoffmann, Hermann Ansorge, Franz J. Conraths, Alain C. Frantz   +18 more
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Beyond the raccoon roundworm: The natural history of non-raccoon Baylisascaris species in the New World

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2017
A total of 10 species of Baylisascaris, a genus of ascaridoid nematodes, occur worldwide and 6 of them occur in the New World. Most of the Baylisascaris species have a similar life cycle with carnivorous mammals or marsupials serving as definitive hosts ...
Sarah G.H. Sapp, Pooja Gupta, Melissa K. Martin, Maureen H. Murray, Kevin D. Niedringhaus, Madeleine A. Pfaff, Michael J. Yabsley   +6 more
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Molecular characterization of Baylisascaris devosi Sprent, 1952 (Ascaridoidea, Nematoda) from Kamchatka sables

Helminthologia, 2017
The nematodes of the genus Baylisascaris are common intestinal parasites of sables (Martes (M.) zibellina kamtschadalica Birula, 1916) on the entire territory of Kamchatka peninsula.
Tranbenkova Nina A., Spiridonov Sergei E.   +1 more
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Zoonotic Baylisascaris procyonis Infection in Raccoons, Mississippi, USA, 2023–2024 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Baylisascaris procyonis, an emerging zoonotic parasite, causes clinically significant visceral, ophthalmologic, and neurologic disease in humans. We screened raccoons (n = 46) collected from central and southern Mississippi for B. procyonis by necropsy (
Bryan L. Huerta-Beltrán, Huan Zhao, Stephen Mills, Joshua Berry, William Janous, Javian Ervin, Karleigh Butler, Aamani Kalluru, Fritz Valerio, Blake Stefano, Trent Selby, Nicole M. Phillips, Steven Everman, Graham T. Rosser, Charlotte V. Hobbs, Richard S. Bradbury, Scoty M. Hearst   +16 more
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