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The incubation period (time from exposure to symptoms) of a Baylisascaris infection is usually 1 to 4 weeks. If present, signs and symptoms can include:

Diagnosis of Baylisascaris infection is difficult because symptoms depend on the number of infecting larvae and location in the body.

  • Ocular larva migrans, when the larvae migrate to the eye, can cause sensitivity to light, inflammation of the eye, and blindness.
  • Symptoms of visceral larva migrans, when the larvae travel to organs, depend on which organs are affected.
    • For example, an invasion of the liver may cause hepatomegaly (inflammation and enlargement of the liver),
    • While an invasion of the lung may cause pulmonary symptoms such as cough or chest pain
  • Larvae rarely end up in the nervous system but the most severe cases are neural larva migrans, when the larvae migrate into the brain and cause it to swell (encephalitis)

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