Romping raccoons that ran wild in Alice and David Zaslavsky’s $1.2 million Brooklyn home pooped and peed everywhere, chewed ...

Alice and David Zaslavsky's three-bedroom, 1,930-square-foot NYC home was overrun by raccoons, who chewed through wiring, ...

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.

Baylisascaris procyonis is a type of parasite that lives in the intestines of raccoons. It does not make them sick, but their ...

Two human cases of a rare parasitic infection linked to raccoon feces were found in Los Angeles County, prompting public ...

The parasitic roundworm behind the infection, called Baylisascaris procyonis, spreads via eggs in raccoons feces. Adult worms live in the intestines of the masked trash scavengers, and each female ...

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Baylisascaris procyonis is a type of parasite that lives in the intestines of raccoons. It does not make them sick, but their feces can carry the parasite’s eggs. The two cases of the disease ...