Zoonotic Baylisascaris procyonis Infection in Raccoons, Mississippi, USA, 2023–2024
Huerta-Beltrán, Bryan L., Zhao, Huan, Mills, Stephen, Berry, Joshua, Janous, William, Ervin, Javian, Butler, Karleigh, Kalluru, Aamani, Valerio, Fritz, Stefano, Blake, Selby, Trent, Phillips, Nicole M., Everman, Steven, Rosser, Graham T., Hobbs, Charlotte V., Bradbury, Richard S., and Hearst, Scoty M. (2025) Zoonotic Baylisascaris procyonis Infection in Raccoons, Mississippi, USA, 2023–2024. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 31 (10). pp. 2013-2016.
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Abstract
Baylisascaris procyonis, an emerging zoonotic parasite, causes clinically significant visceral, ophthalmologic, and neurologic disease in humans. We screened raccoons (n = 46) collected from central and southern Mississippi for B. procyonis by necropsy (13.0% prevalence) and droplet digital PCR of feces (26.7% prevalence). Further surveillance to determine raccoon infection rates throughout Mississippi is indicated.
| Item ID: | 89216 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1080-6059 |
| Copyright Information: | Emerging Infectious Diseases is an open access journal in the public domain. All content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2026 05:55 |
| FoR Codes: | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3207 Medical microbiology > 320704 Medical parasitology @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2004 Public health (excl. specific population health) > 200404 Disease distribution and transmission (incl. surveillance and response) @ 100% |
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