Ray M. Kaplan, DVM, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases; Director, Parasitology Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens Roundworms ...

A rare parasitic infection known as raccoon roundworm has been confirmed in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Two people in the South Bay area of Los ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health officials in Los Angeles County are reporting two human cases of a rare but potentially severe illness known as raccoon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Woodland Hills family was shocked to learn that a brain-infecting parasite called raccoon roundworm was found in their dog in ...

The raccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis can cause severe diseases in humans, including fatal brain damage. A research team from the ZOWIAC collaborative project at Goethe University Frankfurt ...

Human infection with the raccoon roundworm is called baylisascariasis. Anne Steinhoff from Goethe University Frankfurt and first author of the study explains, "If the larvae enter the central nervous ...

Two people in Los Angeles County are sick with a rare parasitic infection known as “raccoon roundworm,” according to officials. The parasite, called Baylisascaris procyonis, was found in the South Bay ...

Two people in Los Angeles have been infected with a rare parasitic infection known as “racoon roundworm”, according to health officials. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced on ...

In an analysis of soil samples from twelve parks in Dublin, Ireland, park entrances were more heavily contaminated with infective roundworm eggs than any other tested park location. In an analysis of ...