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Baylisascaris Infection
(Bay-liss-ass-kuh-ris)
Raccoon Roundworm Infection

 

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Additional Information

  • Gavin PJ and Shulman ST. Raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis). Pediatr Infect Dis J 2003 Jul; 22(7): 651-2.
  • Gavin PJ, Kazacos KR, Tan TQ, Brinkman WB, Byrd SE, Davis AT, Mets MB, and Shulman ST. Neural larva migrans caused by the raccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2002 Oct; 21(10): 971-5.
  • Kazacos KR. Baylisascaris procyonis and related species. In: Samuel WM, Pybus MJ, Kocan AA, eds. Parasitic diseases of wild mammals. 2nd ed. Ames, Iowa : Iowa State Univ Press, 2001: pp. 301-41.
  • Moertel CL, Kazacos KR, Butterfield JH, et al. Eosinophil-associated inflammation and elaboration of eosinophil-derived proteins in 2 children with raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) encephalitis. Pediatrics 2001;108:e93. Available at http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/108/5/e93. Accessed January 2004.
  • Park SY, Glaser C, Murray WJ, Kazacos KR, Rowley HA, Fredrick DR, and Bass N. Raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) encephalitis: case report and field investigation. Pediatrics 2000;106:e56. Available at http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/106/4/e56. Accessed January 2004.
  • Kazacos KR and Boyce WM. Baylisascaris larva migrans. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1989; 195: 894-903.

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