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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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Table

Baylisascaris procyonis positivity rates based on necropsy and ddPCR in study of zoonotic Baylisascaris procyonis in raccoons, Mississippi, USA, 2023–2024*

County Necropsy positivity rate, no. (%) No. necropsies, N = 46 ddPCR positivity rate, no. (%) No. ddPCR analyses
Hancock 0 2 1 (50.0) 2
Harrison 0 3 0 3
Hinds 0 15 3 (17.6) 17
Humphreys 2 (50.0) 4 2 (50.0) 4
Lincoln 0 1 1 (100.0) 1
Pearl River 0 3 1 (33.3) 3
Yazoo 4 (57.1) 7 4 (57.1) 7
Warren 0 11 0 8
Total 6 (13.0) 46 12 (26.7) 45

* Bold indicates Mississippi counties with raccoons positive for B. procyonis nematodes or for Baylisascaris sp. DNA. ddPCR, digital droplet PCR.

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