Baylisascaris procyonisRoundworm Seroprevalence among Wildlife Rehabilitators, United States and Canada, 2012–2015

Authors :: Michael J. Yabsley
Lisa N. Rascoe
Dana M. Woodhall
Sukwan Handali
Sarah G H Sapp
Elizabeth B. Gray
Patricia P. Wilkins
Emily W. Lankau
Karen L Bailey
Mark L. Eberhard
Susan P. Montgomery
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 22, Iss 12, Pp 2128-2131 (2016), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2016.
Abstract: Baylisascaris procyonis roundworms can cause potentially fatal neural larva migrans in many species, including humans. However, the clinical spectrum of baylisascariasis is not completely understood. We tested 347 asymptomatic adult wildlife rehabilitators for B. procyonis antibodies; 24 were positive, suggesting that subclinical baylisascariasis is occurring among this population.

Subjects :: Male
0301 basic medicine
Veterinary medicine
Epidemiology
wildlife rehabilitators
Baylisascaris procyonis
Antibodies, Protozoan
lcsh:Medicine
Baylisascariasis
baylisascariasis
0302 clinical medicine
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Zoonoses
Geography, Medical
Subclinical infection
education.field_of_study
roundworms
seroprevalence
biology
ascarid roundworm
Dispatch
030108 mycology & parasitology
Infectious Diseases
raccoons
Female
Microbiology (medical)
Canada
wildlife
030231 tropical medicine
Population
Wildlife
Zoology
Animals, Wild
parasites
History, 21st Century
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
larva migrans
03 medical and health sciences
Baylisascaris procyonis Roundworm Seroprevalence among Wildlife Rehabilitators, United States and Canada, 2012–2015
Ascaridoidea
Animals
Humans
Seroprevalence
lcsh:RC109-216
education
Larva migrans
occupational illnesses
lcsh:R
fungi
biology.organism_classification
United States
Ascaridida Infections
Immunoglobulin G

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