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Volume 23, Number 8—August 2017
Dispatch

Seroprevalence of Baylisascaris procyonis Infection among Humans, Santa Barbara County, California, USA, 2014–2016

Sara B. WeinsteinComments to Author , Camille M. Lake1, Holly M. Chastain, David Fisk, Sukwan Handali, Philip L. Kahn, Susan P. Montgomery, Patricia P. Wilkins, Armand M. Kuris, and Kevin D. Lafferty
Author affiliations: University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA (S.B. Weinstein, C.M. Lake, A.M. Kuris, K.D. Lafferty); IRHC Inc., Atlanta Georgia, USA (H.M. Chastain); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, (H.M. Chastain, S. Handali, S.P. Montgomery, P.P. Wilkins); Sansum Clinic, Santa Barbara (D. Fisk); University of California, Berkeley, California, USA (P.L. Kahn); US Geological Survey Western Ecological Research Center, Santa Barbara (K.D. Lafferty)

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Table

Questionnaire responses from participants in a study of the seroprevalence of Baylisascaris procyonis infection in humans, Santa Barbara County, California, USA, 2014–2016*

Variable No. (%) seropositive respondents, n = 11 No. (%) seronegative respondents, n = 138
Sex
M 3 (27) 54 (39)
F
 8 (73)
 84 (61)
Garden regularly
 4 (36)
 70 (51)
Sandbox at residence
 1 (9)
 11 (8)
Own a dog
 4 (36)
 37 (27)
Feed pets outside
 1 (9)
 11 (8)
Feed wildlife
 1 (9)
 18 (13)
Contact with raccoon or their feces
 2 (18)
 20 (14)
Raccoon seen in neighborhood in past
Week 3 (27) 23 (17)
Month 4 (36) 45 (33)
Year 4 (36) 48 (35)
>1 y (or never)
 0
 22 (16)
Raccoon seen in yard in past
Week 2 (18) 15 (11)
Month 5 (45) 33 (24)
Year 2 (18) 48 (35)
>1 y (or never) 2 (18) 42 (31)

*Responses are from 149/150 participants; 1 seronegative participant did not fill out the questionnaire.

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1Current affiliation: Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

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