A Child with Raccoon Roundworm Meningoencephalitis: A Pathogen Emerging in your Own Backyard? [PDF]
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 +8 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 +18 more
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Raccoon roundworm prevalence (Baylisascaris procyonis) at the North Carolina Zoo, USA [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Baylisascaris procyonis is an important zoonotic nematode of raccoons (Procyon lotor). Infection with this parasite has important health implications for humans, zoo animals, and free-ranging wildlife.
Meghan M. Louis +4 more
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Beyond the raccoon roundworm: The natural history of non-raccoon Baylisascaris species in the New World [PDF]
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 +6 more
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Baylisascaris procyonis Roundworm in Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor), Mexico [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesWe 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 +6 more
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Raccoon Roundworm Eggs near Homes and Risk for Larva Migrans Disease, California Communities [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003 The raccoon roundworm, Baylisascaris procyonis, is increasingly recognized as a cause of serious or fatal larva migrans disease in humans and animals.
Gabriel P. Roussere +5 more
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Environmental modulators on the development of the raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis): Effects of temperature on the embryogenesis [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeMembers of the Ascarididae family are common zoonotic pathogens in humans and play an economic role in domestic and livestock animal husbandry. This family includes the obligatorily parasitic nematodes of the genus Baylisascaris, with the raccoon ...
Robin Stutz +4 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 +7 more
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Microsatellite profiling of hosts from parasite-extracted DNA illustrated with raccoons (Procyon lotor) and their Baylisascaris procyonis roundworms [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Background Important information on movement pathways and introduction routes of invasive parasites can be obtained by comparing the genetic makeup of an invader with its spatial genetic structure in other distribution areas.
Alain C. Frantz +2 more
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Raccoons contraband – The metazoan parasite fauna of free-ranging raccoons in central Europe [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2023 The invasive raccoon (Procyon lotor) is an abundant carnivore and considered as an important potential vector of infectious diseases and parasites in Europe. Raccoons show a broad, opportunistic, omnivorous food spectrum.
Norbert Peter +6 more
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