# Baylisascariasis (Raccoon Roundworm Infection) in Two Unrelated Children — Los Angeles County, California, 2024 **Authors:** Aisling M. Vaughan, Dina Kamel, Michelle Chang, Laura Saucier, Susan P. Montgomery, Elizabeth Wendt, Alicia H. Chang, Shamim Islam, Aaron Nagiel, Betty Situ, Jamie Middleton, Dawn Terashita, Sharon Balter, Joy E. Gibson, Jemma Alarcón PMC · DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7428a1 · Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report · 2025-07-31 ## Full-text entities - **Diseases:** eosinophilic meningitis (MESH:C536369), eosinophilic meningoencephalitis (MESH:D008590), B. procyonis infection (MESH:D017191), cognitive, motor, and visual impairments (MESH:D003072), neurologic deterioration (MESH:D009422), acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (MESH:D004673), developmental disabilities (MESH:D002658), eosinophilia (MESH:D004802), autism spectrum disorder (MESH:D000067877), confusion (MESH:D003221), sleepiness (MESH:D000077260), weakness (MESH:D018908), infected (MESH:D007239), CSF pleocytosis (MESH:D007964), neural larva migrans (MESH:D007815), visceral larva migrans (MESH:D007816), pica (MESH:D010842), lethargy (MESH:D053609), gait instability (MESH:D043171), encephalopathy (MESH:D001927), parasites (MESH:D010272), toxocariasis (MESH:D014120), death (MESH:D003643), white matter abnormalities (MESH:D056784) - **Chemicals:** albendazole (MESH:D015766), rituximab (MESH:D000069283) - **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Canis lupus familiaris (dog, subspecies) [taxon 9615], Felis catus (cat, species) [taxon 9685], Nematoda (nematode, phylum) [taxon 6231], Baylisascaris procyonis (raccoon roundworm, species) [taxon 6259], Caenorhabditis elegans (species) [taxon 6239], Procyon lotor (northern raccoon, species) [taxon 9654] ## Full text _Full body text omitted from this summary view._ Fetch the complete paper as Markdown: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12312874/full.md ## Figures 2 figures with captions in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12312874/full.md ## References 10 references — full list in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12312874/full.md --- Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12312874