Baylisascaris
Common Name: Baylisascaris
Scientific Name: Baylisascaris
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Secernentea
Other Taxonomy: Order: Ascaridida Family: Ascarididae
Specimen #: 75
Circumstance: Observed online
Specimen Condition: Specimen presumed dead
Location: Unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: Intestine of animals
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: Intestinal wall
Relationship with humans: After an animal swallows the eggs, the microscopic larvae hatch in the intestine and invade the intestinal wall.
Clinical signs in humans
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylisascaris
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/baylisascaris/
Scientific Name: Baylisascaris
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Secernentea
Other Taxonomy: Order: Ascaridida Family: Ascarididae
Specimen #: 75
Circumstance: Observed online
Specimen Condition: Specimen presumed dead
Location: Unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: Intestine of animals
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: Intestinal wall
Relationship with humans: After an animal swallows the eggs, the microscopic larvae hatch in the intestine and invade the intestinal wall.
Clinical signs in humans
- Skin irritations from larvae migrating within the skin.
- Respiratory discomfort, liver enlargement, and fever due to reaction to larvae migration.
- Eye and brain tissue damage due to the random migration of the larvae.
- Nausea, a lethargic feeling, incoordination and loss of eyesight.
- Severe neurological signs including imbalance, circling and abnormal behavior, caused by extensive tissue damage due to larval migration through the brain, eventually seizures and coma.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylisascaris
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/baylisascaris/