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1. Baylisascaris procyonis Roundworm Seroprevalence among Wildlife Rehabilitators, United States and Canada, 2012-2015.

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Sapp, Sarah G. H., Rascoe, Lisa N., Wilkins, Patricia P., Handali, Sukwan, Gray, Elizabeth B., Eberhard, Mark, Woodhall, Dana M., Montgomery, Susan P., Bailey, Karen L., Lankau, Emily W., and Yabsley, Michael J.

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BAYLISASCARIS procyonis, WILDLIFE rehabilitators, NEMATODE infections, SEROPREVALENCE, PUBLIC health, DIAGNOSIS, ANIMAL experimentation, ANIMAL populations, COMPARATIVE studies, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research, HISTORY, IMMUNOGLOBULINS, RESEARCH methodology, MEDICAL cooperation, NEMATODES, RESEARCH, ZOONOSES, EVALUATION research, ASCARIDIDA infections, INFECTIOUS disease transmission
Abstract

Baylisascaris procyonis roundworms can cause potentially fatal neural larva migrans in many species, including humans. However, the clinical spectrum of baylisascariasis is not completely understood. We tested 347 asymptomatic adult wildlife rehabilitators for B. procyonis antibodies; 24 were positive, suggesting that subclinical baylisascariasis is occurring among this population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016
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2. Interlaboratory optimization and evaluation of a serological assay for diagnosis of human baylisascariasis.

Author

Rascoe LN, Santamaria C, Handali S, Dangoudoubiyam S, Kazacos KR, Wilkins PP, and Ndao M

Subjects
Animals, Ascaridoidea immunology, Canada, Georgia, Humans, International Cooperation, Reproducibility of Results, Sensitivity and Specificity, Serologic Tests methods, Antigens, Helminth, Ascaridida Infections diagnosis, Blotting, Western methods, Diagnostic Tests, Routine methods
Abstract

A Western blot assay using a recombinant protein, recombinant Baylisascaris procyonis RAG1 protein (rBpRAG1), was developed for the diagnosis of human baylisascariasis concurrently by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and the National Reference Centre for Parasitology (NRCP) in Montreal, Canada. Assay performance was assessed by testing 275 specimens at the CDC and 405 specimens at the NRCP. Twenty specimens from 16 cases of baylisascariasis were evaluated. Eighteen were positive, with the assay correctly identifying 14 of 16 patients. The rBpRAG1 Western blot assay showed no cross-reactivity with Toxocara-positive serum and had an overall sensitivity of 88% and a specificity of 98%.

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2013
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