Volume 9, Number 12, December 2003

Raccoon Roundworm Eggs near Homes and Risk for Larva Migrans Disease, California Communities

Gabriel P. Roussere,* William J. Murray,* Caroline B. Raudenbush,* Michael J. Kutilek,* Darcy J. Levee,* and Kevin R. Kazacos†
*San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA; and †Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Figure 1. Adult Baylisascaris procyonis removed from the small intestine of a raccoon. Adult females (left) are about 24 cm long; males (right) are about 12 cm long. (Reprinted from Clinical Microbiology Newsletter 2002;24:1–7; with permission from Elsevier Science).

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