Articles related to "Raccoon Diseases"

Less than 30 cases of Raccoon Roundworm had been reported in the US, with 5 resulting deaths. In 2009, two cases of the roundworm were identified in New York.

Raccoon roundworm infection is common and usually harmless in raccoons but serious in other hosts. Most human cases are seen in children; many are fatal.

Baylisascaris procyonis lives in the intestines of raccoons, but causes serious disease by invading the tissues of many other animals including humans.