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Lack of human awareness and the need for increased public education regarding the zoonotic parasite, Baylisascaris procyonis

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Baylisascaris procyonis is a large parasitic nematode found in the small intestines of raccoons (Procyon lotor), the definitive host, and causes larva migrans in humans and other animals. Humans can become infected by ingesting B.
Jacob L. Ogdee, Scott E. Henke, David B. Wester   +2 more
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Opinion and report of the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) on the assessment of the impact of fox population dynamics on public health

Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2025.
ABSTRACT The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) can be hunted as a game species. It may also be listed as a “species likely to cause damage” (ESOD – the acronym in French), for public health reasons among others. Conversely, benefits linked to the presence of foxes are also put forward, such as the predation of rodents carrying zoonotic agents.
Emmanuelle Gilot‐Fromont, Isabelle Villena, Elsa Bonnaud, Claude Fischer, Etienne Giraud, Annick Linden, François Meurens, Carine Paraud, Francis Raoul, Céline Richomme, Sandrine Ruette, Michel Trommetter, Isabelle Vallée, Gilles Meyer, Xavier Bailly, Catherine Belloc, Stéphane Bertagnoli, Alain Boissy, Séverine Boullier, Henri‐Jean Boulouis, Eric Cardinale, Aurélie Courcoul, Alice De Boyer Des Roches, Barbara Dufour, Veasna Duong, Lionel Grisot, Claire Guinat, Nadia Haddad, Elsa Jourdain, Hervé Juin, Sophie Le Bouquin‐Le Neveu, Caroline Le Maréchal, Sophie Le Poder, Yves Millemann, Pierre Mormède, Carole Peroz, Claire Ponsart, Claude Saegerman, Jean‐François Valarcher, Isabelle Vallée, Agnès Waret‐Szkuta, Natacha Woronoff‐Rehn, Laura Maxim, Louis‐Georges Soler, Bénédicte Apouey, Luc Baumstark, Céline Bonnet, Thierry Brunelle, France Caillavet, Alain Carpentier, Thomas Coutrot, Cécile Detang‐Dessendre, Serge Garcia, Julien Gauthey, Emmanuelle Lavaine, Christine Le Clainche, Marc Leandri, Youenn Loheac, Sélim Louafi, Eric Plottu, Elodie Rouviere, Maïder Saint‐Jean, Denis Salles, Léa Tardieu, Jean‐Christophe Vergnaud, Philippe Fravalo, Frédéric Auvray, Mickaël Boni, Frédéric Borges, Gilles Bornert, Frédéric Carlin, Catherine Chubilleau, Monika Coton, Georges Daube, Noémie Desriac, Florence Dubois‐Brissonnet, Michel Federighi, Michel Gautier, Michèle Gourmelon, Sandrine Guillou, Stéphane Guyot, Didier Hilaire, Nathalie Jourdan‐da Silva, Claire Le Henaff‐Le Marrec, Sandra Martin‐Latil, Jeanne‐Marie Membré, Eric Oswald, Nadia Oulahal, Pascal Piveteau, Sabine Schorr‐Galindo, Régine Talon, Isabelle Villena, Emmanuelle Robardet, Nathalie Arnich, Karine Fiore, Florence Etoré, Véronique Raimond, Catherine Collignon   +97 more
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Geographic Variation in the Prevalence of Candidatus Neoehrlichia procyonis in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in the United States and Canada

MicrobiologyOpen, Volume 14, Issue 1, February 2025.
A total of 167/394 (42.4%) raccoons were positive for Candidatus Neoehrlichia procyonis. Spatial variation was noted with higher prevalences in the Southeast region of the United States and in California. Ca. N. procyonis is widespread in raccoon populations, but the spatial variation in prevalence may be related to vector distribution or another ...
Meghan Lewis, Kayla B. Garrett, Christopher A. Cleveland, Sonia M. Hernandez, Mark Swain, Michael J. Yabsley   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Child with Raccoon Roundworm Meningoencephalitis: A Pathogen Emerging in your Own Backyard?

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2009
Raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) is a cause of devastating neural and ocular disease. The first documented case of raccoon roundworm encephalitis in Canada, in a seven-year-old boy who presented with severe neurological impairment, is ...
Jan Hajek, Yvonne Yau, Peter Kertes, Teesta Soman, Suzanne Laughlin, Ronik Kanani, Kevin Kazacos, Sriveny Dangoudoubiyam, Mary Anne Opavsky   +8 more
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Symposium Review: Wild Animal Welfare is in Our Backyards

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Volume 107, Issue 2, April 2026.
Bonnie Fairbanks Flint, David R. Daversa, M. Camille Hopkins, Jessica X. Wright‐Lichter   +3 more
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Clinical, Laboratory Characteristics, and Microorganism Infection Status in Neonates With Meningitis in Vietnam: A Cross‐Sectional Descriptive Study

International Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Objective This study is aimed at describing the clinical and laboratory characteristics and determining the prevalence of microbial pathogens causing neonatal meningitis detected by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) real‐time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Materials and Methods A cross‐sectional descriptive study was conducted on 55 neonates diagnosed with ...
Tho Kieu Anh Pham, Binh Thien Nguyen, Phuong Minh Nguyen, Khai Quang Tran, Nikhat Kaura   +4 more
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Otitis media/interna and encephalitozoonosis are the most common causes of head tilt in pet rabbits in the UK: 73 cases (2009‒2020)

Veterinary Record, Volume 195, Issue 1, 6/13 July 2024.
Abstract Background There are limited studies that identify diseases associated with head tilt in pet rabbits. Methods This was an observational, retrospective, single‐centre study of rabbits with head tilt presented between 2009 and 2020. Descriptive statistics were performed for all cases, whereas univariate and multivariate analyses were only ...
Theofanis Liatis, Nikoleta Makri, Michał Czopowicz, Jenna Richardson, Tim Nuttall, Anna Suñol   +5 more
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Zoonotic bacterial and parasitic intestinal pathogens in foxes, raccoons and other predators from eastern Germany

Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 16, Issue 3, June 2024.
Our study involved the examination of faecal samples from wild predators in eastern Germany to identify parasitic and bacterial pathogens. In our investigation, we found Baylisascaris procyonis in raccoons, a parasite known to cause a potentially lethal disease in humans.
Sonja Kittl, Caroline F. Frey, Isabelle Brodard, Nadia Scalisi, Maria Elena Vargas Amado, Andreas Thomann, Peter Schierack, Joerg Jores   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

LAND-USE EFFECTS ON PREVALENCE OF RACCOON ROUNDWORM (BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS) [PDF]

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2008
The raccoon (Procyon lotor) is the definitive host of Baylisascaris procyonis, a large intestinal roundworm that is zoonotic and can result in fatal or severe central nervous system disease in young children. Prevalence of infection among raccoon populations often is high, and in the midwestern United States, B. procyonis has been reported in 68-82% of
L Kristen, Page, Stanley D, Gehrt, Nathaniel P, Robinson   +2 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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