ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2005
Baylisascariasis.
Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.
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60 citing papers in PubMed, 182 citations in OpenAlex.
- Parasitic surveillance in wolves of central Italy: a focus on the Abruzzo region.Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- Baylisascaris procyonis on the rise in Europe: a comprehensive review and analysis of occurrence data.Parasitology research · 2025Review
- Protein phosphorylation networks in Baylisascaris procyonis revealed by phosphoproteomic analysis.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Human infections with the raccoon roundworm,The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2025Article
- Postmortem Findings in Free-Ranging North American Beavers (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Different diseases, same circuits: lessons from rare and overlooked causes of disorders of consciousness.Brain communications · 2025Review
- First record ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Pathology of fatal Baylisascaris schroederi infection in a wild giant panda.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2025Article
- Cerebral baylisascariosis in a rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) in a German Zoo.BMC veterinary research · 2024Article
- Morphology and ASAP analysis of the important zoonotic nematode parasiteParasitology · 2024Article
- Spread of the Zoonotic Nematode Baylisascaris procyonis into a Naive Raccoon Population.EcoHealth · 2023Article
- Raccoons contraband - The metazoan parasite fauna of free-ranging raccoons in central Europe.International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2023Article
- Wild Mesocarnivores as Reservoirs of Endoparasites Causing Important Zoonoses and Emerging Bridging Infections across Europe.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Clinical Reasoning: A 12-Month-Old Male Child With Staring Episodes, Ataxia, and Right-sided Weakness.Neurology · 2022Article
- First report of the zoonotic nematode Baylisascaris procyonis in non-native raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Italy.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- Canine and Feline Parasitology: Analogies, Differences, and Relevance for Human Health.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2021Review
- A potential zoonotic threat: First detection of Baylisascaris procyonis in a wild raccoon from Austria.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2021Article
- An annotated checklist of the eukaryotic parasites of humans, exclusive of fungi and algae.ZooKeys · 2021Article
- Seasonal Pattern of Prevalence and Excretion of Eggs ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Experimental Infection withHelminthologia · 2020Article
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Abstract
The raccoon roundworm, Baylisascaris procyonis, is the most common and widespread cause of clinical larva migrans in animals. In addition, it is increasingly recognized as a cause of devastating or fatal neural larva migrans in infants and young children and ocular larva migrans in adults. Humans become infected by accidentally ingesting infective B. procyonis eggs from raccoon latrines or articles contaminated with their feces. Two features distinguish B. procyonis from other helminthes that cause larva migrans: (i) its aggressive somatic migration and invasion of the central nervous system and (ii) the continued growth of larvae to a large size within the central nervous system. Typically, B. procyonis neural larva migrans presents as acute fulminant eosinophilic meningoencephalitis. Once invasion of the central nervous system has occurred, the prognosis is grave with or without treatment. To date, despite anthelmintic treatment of cases of B. procyonis neural larva migrans, there are no documented neurologically intact survivors. Epidemiologic study of human cases of neural larva migrans demonstrate that contact with raccoon feces or an environment contaminated by infective eggs and geophagia or pica are the most important risk factors for infection. In many regions of the United States, increasingly large populations of raccoons, with high rates of B. procyonis infection, live in close proximity to humans. Although documented cases of human baylisascariasis remain relatively uncommon, widespread contamination of the domestic environment by infected raccoons suggests that the risk of exposure and human infection is probably substantial. In the absence of early diagnosis or effective treatment, prevention of infection is the most important public health measure.
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