Raccoons may look harmless wandering city streets or forests, but they carry a hidden threat: a parasitic roundworm that can infect humans and wildlife. Since the animals first arrived in Europe from ...

Baylisascaris procyonis, the raccoon roundworm, is a zoonotic nematode of significant concern due to its potential to cause severe neurological disease in humans and wildlife. The parasite’s life ...

LA public health officials reported this week that two residents have been infected by Baylisascaris procyonis, also known as the raccoon roundworm. Reading time 3 minutes A rare but potentially ...

A rare parasitic infection known as raccoon roundworm has been confirmed in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Two people in the South Bay area of Los ...

Six cases of raccoon roundworm — a parasite that can cause neurologic and ocular disease in humans — have been discovered in Belgium for the first time. The intestinal worms, known by their scientific ...

The raccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis can cause severe diseases in humans, including fatal brain damage. A research team from the ZOWIAC collaborative project at Goethe University Frankfurt ...

Raccoons do more than just dig through the trash in urban areas and suburbs. They do their business in public areas and in people’s yards, and raccoon poop can contain eggs from a roundworm called ...

If you were looking for a reason to keep a flamethrower around the house, you may have just found one. This week, the Los Angeles County health department reported that two people were infected with a ...

FRANKFURT. While the spread of raccoons in Europe is often discussed, their companion tends to remain unnoticed: The raccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis arrived in Europe at the beginning of the ...

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