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Baylisascaris procyonis: An Emerging Helminthic Zoonosis [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
Baylisascaris procyonis, a roundworm infection of raccoons, is emerging as an important helminthic zoonosis, principally affecting young children. Raccoons have increasingly become peridomestic animals living in close proximity to human residences.
Frank J. Sorvillo, Lawrence R. Ash, O.G.W. Berlin, JoAnne Yatabe, Chris Degiorgio, Stephen A. Morse   +5 more
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Reducing Baylisascaris procyonis Roundworm Larvae in Raccoon Latrines

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
Baylisascaris procyonis roundworms, a parasite of raccoons, can infect humans, sometimes fatally. Parasite eggs can remain viable in raccoon latrines for years. To develop a management technique for parasite eggs, we tested anthelmintic baiting.
Kristen Page, James C. Beasley, Zachary H. Olson, Timothy J. Smyser, Mark Downey, Kenneth F. Kellner, Sarah E. McCord, Timothy S. Egan, Olin E. Rhodes   +8 more
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The conquest of the north continues: Baylisascaris procyonis in free-ranging invasive raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Germany, including a first report in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
With exception of the Northeast, the raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) is widespread in Germany. This zoonotic parasite can cause neurological disease in paratenic and aberrant hosts, like humans.
Zaida Rentería-Solís, Luis Flores, Torsten Langner, Sandra Gawlowska, Thomas Grochow, Simone Fietz, Stefan Birka, Nina Król, Anna Obiegala   +8 more
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Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Raccoon-Borne Pathogens of Importance to Humans—The Raccoon Roundworm

EDIS, 2020
Diseases carried by northern raccoons present significant health hazards to both people and pets. This 7-page fact sheet written by Caitlin Jarvis and Mathieu Basille and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation is part of
Caitlin Jarvis, Mathieu Basille
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Zoonotic Baylisascaris procyonis Roundworms in Raccoons, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
To the Editor: Baylisascaris procyonis, an intestinal roundworm that infects raccoons (Procyon lotor), causes fatal or severe neural larva migrans in animals and humans (1,2). Globally, ≈130 species of wild and domesticated animals are susceptible (2). Infections in humans typically occur in children who have the disorders pica or geophagia and ingest ...
Yue Xie, Xuan Zhou, Mei Li, Tianyu Liu, Xiaobin Gu, Tao Wang, Weimin Lai, Xuerong Peng, Guangyou Yang   +8 more
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Surveys on Baylisascaris procyonis in two of the three French wild raccoon populations [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Human infection by Baylisascaris procyonis can result in larva migrans syndromes, which can cause severe neurological sequelae and fatal cases. The raccoon serves as the definitive host of the nematode, harboring adult worms in its intestine and ...
Gérald Umhang, Alain C. Frantz, Hubert Ferté, Christine Fournier Chambrillon, Manon Gautrelet, Thibault Gritti, Nathan Thenon, Guillaume Le Loc'h, Estelle Isère-Laoué, Fabien Egal, Christophe Caillot, Stéphanie Lippert, Mike Heddergott, Pascal Fournier, Céline Richomme   +14 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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Cerebral baylisascariosis in a rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) in a German Zoo [PDF]

BMC Veterinary Research
Background The raccoon roundworm, Baylisascaris procyonis, can cause a meningoencephalitis as neural larva migrans which is known in avian species, including rainbow lorikeets in North America, but has not been described in Old World parrots in Germany ...
Sarah Pfetzing, Andreas Bernhard, Christian Bauer, Florian Hansmann   +3 more
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Baylisascaris procyonis roundworm infection patterns in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Missouri and Arkansas, USA [PDF]

Helminthologia, 2017
Baylisascaris procyonis is a helminth parasite of raccoons Procyon lotor and represents a health concern in paratenic hosts, including humans and diverse domestic and wildlife species. In North America the helminth is expanding its geographic range.
Al-Warid H. S., Belsare A. V., Straka K., Gompper M. E.   +3 more
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Prevalence of Baylisascaris procyonis in wild rodents in central Georgia, USA [PDF]

One Health
Raccoon roundworm, Baylisascaris procyonis, is a zoonotic parasite of raccoons (Procyon lotor) that needs a One Health approach to better inform risks to human and animal health. The few studies on B.
Kayla Garrett, Ian Buchta, Christopher A. Cleveland, Amanda Holley, Sarah G.H. Sapp, Michael Yabsley   +5 more
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