Seroprevalence of Baylisascaris procyonis Infection among Humans, Santa Barbara County, California, USA, 2014–2016

Autor: Kevin D. Lafferty, Patricia P. Wilkins, Camille M. Lake, Philip L. Kahn, David Fisk, Susan P. Montgomery, Armand M. Kuris, Sukwan Handali, Holly M. Chastain, Sara B. Weinstein
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Male
0301 basic medicine
Veterinary medicine
Epidemiology
Baylisascaris procyonis
lcsh:Medicine
California
Feces
0302 clinical medicine
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Zoonoses
nematode infections
Ascaridida
Subclinical infection
Ascaridoidea
Dispatch
Seroprevalence of Baylisascaris procyonis Infection among Humans
Santa Barbara County
California
USA
2014–2016

Baylisascaris procyonis Infection
3. Good health
Infectious Diseases
raccoons
Female
medicine.symptom
Microbiology (medical)
roundworm nematode
prevalence
030231 tropical medicine
parasites
Biology
History
21st Century

Asymptomatic
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
03 medical and health sciences
parasitic diseases
medicine
Animals
Humans
Seroprevalence
lcsh:RC109-216
enteric infections
lcsh:R
biology.organism_classification
Virology
Ascaridida Infections
030104 developmental biology
raccoon roundworm
Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 8, Pp 1397-1399 (2017)
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1080-6059
1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid2308.170222
Popis: Baylisascaris procyonis (raccoon roundworm) infection is common in raccoons and can cause devastating pathology in other animals, including humans. Limited information is available on the frequency of asymptomatic human infection. We tested 150 adults from California, USA, for B. procyonis antibodies; 11 were seropositive, suggesting that subclinical infection does occur.
Databáze: OpenAIRE