TY - JOUR AU - Page, Kristen AU - Beasley, James C. AU - Olson, Zachary H. AU - Smyser, Timothy J. AU - Downey, Mark AU - Kellner, Kenneth F. AU - McCord, Sarah E. AU - Egan, Timothy S. AU - Rhodes, Olin E. T1 - Reducing Baylisascaris procyonis Roundworm Larvae in Raccoon Latrines T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 1 SP - 90 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Baylisascaris procyonis roundworms, a parasite of raccoons, can infect humans, sometimes fatally. Parasite eggs can remain viable in raccoon latrines for years. To develop a management technique for parasite eggs, we tested anthelmintic baiting. The prevalence of eggs decreased at latrines, and larval infections decreased among intermediate hosts, indicating that baiting is effective. KW - Baylisascaris KW - prevention KW - zoonoses KW - raccoon KW - roundworms KW - parasites KW - Indiana KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1701.100876 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/1/10-0876_article ER - End of Reference