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Volume 31, Number 10—October 2025

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Zoonotic Baylisascaris procyonis Infection in Raccoons, Mississippi, USA, 2023–2024

Bryan L. Huerta-Beltrán, Huan Zhao, Stephen Mills, Joshua Berry, William Janous, Javian Ervin, Karleigh Butler, Aamani Kalluru, Fritz Valerio, Blake Stefano, Trent Selby, Nicole M. Phillips, Steven Everman, Graham T. Rosser, Charlotte V. Hobbs, Richard S. Bradbury, and Scoty M. HearstComments to Author 
Author affiliation: The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA (B.L. Huerta-Beltrán, N.M. Phillips); James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia (H. Zhao, R.S. Bradbury); Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, USA (S. Mills, J. Berry, W. Janous, J. Ervin, K. Butler, A. Kalluru, F. Valerio, T. Selby, S.M. Hearst); Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Jackson, Mississippi, USA (B. Stefano); The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (S. Everman); Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA (G.T. Rosser); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA (C.V. Hobbs)

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Locations of Mississippi counties sampled in study of zoonotic Baylisascaris procyonis in raccoons, Mississippi, USA, 2023–2024. Map indicates geographic center of counties sampled (white circles) and heatmapping estimates of B. procyonis positivity at the county level on the basis of fecal analysis using droplet digital PCR. Scale bar indicates 75.0 miles.

Figure 2. Locations of Mississippi counties sampled in study of zoonotic Baylisascaris procyonis in raccoons, Mississippi, USA, 2023–2024. Map indicates geographic center of counties sampled (white circles) and heatmapping estimates of B. procyonis positivity at the county level on the basis of fecal analysis using droplet digital PCR. Scale bar indicates 75.0 miles.

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