Zoonotic <i>Baylisascaris procyonis</i> Infection in Raccoons, Mississippi, USA, 2023–2024
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.
Authors
- Steven J. Everman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3452-4369)
- Francesca Valerio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7270-1808)
- Kym L. Butler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1958-3942)
- Charlotte V. Hobbs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4829-0791)
- Scoty Hearst
- Nicole M. Phillips (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4138-4966)
- J.E. Berry
- Bryan L. Huerta‐Beltrán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1873-9826)
- Richard Stewart Bradbury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5524-506X)
- Stephen Mills (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1349-3521)
- Huan Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9753-939X)
- Trent Selby
- Javian E. Ervin
- Blake Stefano
- Graham T. Rosser
- William Janous
- Aamani Kalluru
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Published
- 2025-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3110.250658
- Primary Topic
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00