Volume 8, Number 4—April 2002

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Baylisascaris procyonis: An Emerging Helminthic Zoonosis

Frank Sorvillo* , Lawrence R. Ash*, O.G.W. Berlin*†, JoAnne Yatabe†, Chris Degiorgio‡, and Stephen A. Morse§

Author affiliations: *University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California; †Specialty Labs, Santa Monica, California, USA; ‡University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA; §Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta Georgia, USA;

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Figure 2. Cross-section of Baylisascaris procyonis larva in tissue section of brain, demonstrating characteristic diagnostic features including prominent lateral alae and excretory columns.

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