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Volume 22, Number 12—December 2016
Dispatch

Baylisascaris procyonis Roundworm Seroprevalence among Wildlife Rehabilitators, United States and Canada, 2012–2015

Sarah G.H. SappComments to Author , Lisa N. Rascoe, Patricia P. Wilkins, Sukwan Handali, Elizabeth B. Gray, Mark L. Eberhard, Dana M. Woodhall, Susan P. Montgomery, Karen L. Bailey, Emily W. Lankau1, and Michael J. Yabsley
Author affiliations: University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA (S.G.H. Sapp, K.L. Bailey, E.W. Lankau, M.J. Yabsley); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L.N. Rascoe, P.P. Wilkins, S. Handali, E.B. Gray, M. Eberhard, D.M. Woodhall, S.P. Montgomery); Kentucky Wildlife Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA (K.L. Bailey)

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Table 2

Rehabilitation work characteristics and experience of wildlife rehabilitators enrolled in a study of Baylisascaris procyonis roundworm seroprevalence among wildlife rehabilitators, United States and Canada, 2012–2015

Variable No. (%) respondents No. (%) seropositive
Involvement in wildlife rehabilitation, N = 347
Currently involved 314 (90.5) 22 (7.0)
Formerly involved 19 (5.5) 0 (0)
Other raccoon contact
 14 (4.0)
 2 (14.3)
Rehabilitation experience, y, N = 322
<2.0 48 (14.9) 2 (4.2)
2.0–4.9 96 (29.8) 7 (7.3)
5.0–9.9 67 (20.8) 1 (1.5)
10.0–20.0 64 (19.9) 8 (12.5)
>20.0
 47 (14.6)
 3 (6.4)
Raccoon rehabilitation, N = 347
Rehabilitated raccoons in past year 222 (64.0) 16 (7.2)
Rehabilitated raccoons (prior to past year) 41 (11.8) 2 (4.9)
Never rehabilitated raccoons
 84 (24.2)
 6 (7.1)
General raccoon contact, N = 329
Had contact in past year 266 (80.9) 19 (7.1)
Had contact ever 36 (10.9) 3 (8.3)
Never had contact
 27 (8.2)
 2 (7.4)
B. procyonis prevalence among raccoons in state or province of residence, N = 347*
Very high (>50%) 79 (22.8) 14 (21.5)
High (25%–49%) 127 (36.6) 5 (4.6)
Medium (10%–24%) 92 (26.5) 4 (4.3)
Low (<10%), sporadic, or unknown 49 (14.1) 1 (2.1)

*Prevalence levels in the various US states and Canadian Provinces are shown in the Figure.

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1Current affiliation: Ronin Institute, Montclair, New Jersey, USA.

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