Health officials in L.A. Co. investigating rare disease spread from raccoons to humans
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is looking into two human cases of a rare parasitic infection that comes from raccoons.
Baylisascaris procyonis is a type of parasite that lives in the intestines of raccoons; it does not make them sick, but their feces can carry the parasite’s eggs.
The two cases of the disease, also known as raccoon roundworm, were detected in the...