Raccoon roundworm: Study suggests subclinical infections in wildlife rehabilitators

Baylisascaris procyonis, also known as the raccoon roundworm, is the most common and widespread cause of clinical larva migrans in animals. It is a ubiquitous roundworm infection of raccoons (Procyon lotor) and is emerging as an important helminthic zoonosis, primarily in young children. B. procyonis roundworms can cause potentially fatal neural larva migrans in many species, ["]

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