Baylisascariasis is a parasitic infection caused by Baylisascaris procyonis, a large nematodes of the order Ascaridida. The full clinical spectrum of human baylisascariasis includes visceral larva migrans, neural larva migrans, and ocular larva migrans. Neural larva migrans can lead to severe neurologic disease such as eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in humans.
Wise ME, Sorvillo FJ, Shafir SC, Ash LR, Berlin OG
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Severe and fatal central nervous system disease in humans caused by Baylisascaris procyonis, the common roundworm of raccoons: a review of current literature.
