| baylisascaris procyonis infection in white-footed mice: predicting patterns of infection from landscape habitat attributes. | there is a growing body of evidence that habitat fragmentation resulting from anthropogenic land use can alter the transmission dynamics of infectious disease. baylisascaris procyonis , a parasitic roundworm with the ability to cause fatal central nervous system disease in many mammals, including humans, is a zoonotic threat, and research suggests that parasite recruitment rates by intermediate hosts are highly variable among forest patches in fragmented landscapes. during 2008, we sampled 353 w ... | 2013 | 23656487 |
| variable infection dynamics in four peromyscus species following experimental inoculation with baylisascaris procyonis. | wild rodents such as peromyscus spp. are intermediate hosts for the zoonotic ascarid baylisascaris procyonis (raccoon roundworm), and previous studies indicate peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse) likely serves an important role in parasite ecology. natural infections have been sporadically identified in a few peromyscus spp., but no data are available on differences in susceptibility among the many other species. we compared survival and infection dynamics of b. procyonis in 4 species ( p. ... | 2016 | 27351237 |
| implications of raccoon latrines in the epizootiology of baylisascariasis. | raccoons (procyon lotor) frequently establish defecation sites, termed latrines, on large logs, stumps, rocks, and other horizontally oriented structures/surfaces. these latrines are important foci of infective eggs of baylisascaris procyonis, a nematode parasite of raccoons which is pathogenic to numerous species of mammals and birds. to examine the role of raccoon latrines in this animal-parasite interaction, we documented animal visitations to raccoon latrines in two large forested tracts and ... | 1999 | 10479081 |
| susceptibility of peromyscus leucopus and mus musculus to infection with baylisascaris procyonis. | in this study, we compared the susceptibility of peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse), a common natural intermediate host, and mus musculus, a commonly used experimental model, to infection with larvae of the raccoon ascarid, baylisascaris procyonis. three groups of 10 mice of each species were given 50, 250, or 500 infective b. procyonis eggs by gavage. the mice were observed daily for clinical signs of central nervous system (cns) disease and at necropsy the distribution of larvae in 10 bo ... | 1997 | 9406787 |