LA public health officials reported this week that two residents have been infected by Baylisascaris procyonis, also known as ...

While two people in Los Angeles County recently were infected with "raccoon roundworm," the infection is rare and doesn't ...

If you have raccoons around your property, you might need to employ this method. Raccoons tend to poop in communal, pungent ...

A rare parasitic infection known as raccoon roundworm has been confirmed in Los Angeles. The infection, Baylisascaris ...

While raccoons themselves will not fall sick, their feces can carry the roundworms’ eggs. Humans can then become infected if they consume dirt or soil, water, or any material contaminated with ...

The parasite that causes the disease lives in the intestines of raccoons and can cause serious illness in humans.

People can become infected if they ingest soil, dirt, water or other material contaminated with raccoon feces, which could contain roundworm eggs. The infection can't be transported from person to ...

People can become infected if they ingest soil, dirt, water or other material contaminated with raccoon feces, which could contain roundworm eggs. The infection can’t be transported from person ...

The eggs can survive for years in the right conditions ... RESEARCHERS SAY "The roundworm infects new hosts via ingestion of the infective larval stage, either by eating the infected host or ...

Although it is rare, infection can happen when people accidentally ingest the roundworm’s eggs (which are in the raccoon’s feces) from soil, water or on contaminated objects, according to the CDC.