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.
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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.
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Surveys on Baylisascaris procyonis in two of the three French wild raccoon populations [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeHuman 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 ...
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Distribution and prevalence of Baylisascaris in domestic dogs in the United States and Canada, 2017–2023 [PDF]
One HealthDogs 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 %
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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
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Cerebral baylisascariosis in a rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) in a German Zoo [PDF]
BMC Veterinary ResearchBackground 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 ...
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Prevalence of Baylisascaris procyonis in wild rodents in central Georgia, USA [PDF]
One HealthRaccoon 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.
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Protein phosphorylation networks in Baylisascaris procyonis revealed by phosphoproteomic analysis [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Baylisascaris procyonis is an intestinal ascarid worm that parasitizes in raccoons and causes fatal neural, visceral, and ocular larva migrans in humans.
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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 ...
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