Baylisascaris procyonis: an emerging helminthic zoonosis.

Baylisascaris procyonis, a roundworm infection of raccoons, is emerging as an important helminthic zoonosis, principally affecting young children. Raccoons have increasingly become peridomestic animals living in close proximity to human residences. When B. procyonis eggs are ingested by a host other than a raccoon, migration of larvae through tissue, termed larval migrans, ensues. This larval infection can invade the brain and eye, causing severe disease and death. The prevalence of B. procyonis infection in raccoons is often high, and infected animals can shed enormous numbers of eggs in their feces. These eggs can survive in the environment for extended periods of time, and the infectious dose of B. procyonis is relatively low. Therefore, the risk for human exposure and infection may be greater than is currently recognized

Religious freedom and objectives for economic intercultural development

Text, accepted by the Director, of the report presented at the International Consultation on Religious Freedom Research (Istanbul on 17 March 2013), supervised by Prof. Antonio Fuccillo. This text was admitted after being assessed by the members of the evaluation scientific committee of the International Institute of Religious Freedom.SUMMARY: 1. The theory of public goods: religious freedom as a public good – 2. Economics and religion: the reasons for the need of intercultural relationship – 3. Religious factors and asymmetric information in economics – 4. Ethical development, religion and the cross-cultural domain – 5. Financial choices and religious factors – 6. Concluding remarks

Viability of Baylisascaris procyonis Eggs

Infection with Baylisascaris procyonis roundworms is rare but often fatal and typically affects children. We attempted to determine parameters of viability and methods of inactivating the eggs of these roundworms. Loss of viability resulted when eggs were heated to 62°C or desiccated for 7 months but not when frozen at –15°C for 6 months

Law and religion as a strategy in favor of profitable cultural osmosis: a wide look to civil law systems

SUMMARY: 1. Together in diversity: law and religion in modern civil law systems - 2. The religious traditions in law and religion - 3. The religion and law osmosis in law-making processes - 4. The religion and law osmosis in jurisdiction - 5. As a strategy: the nomopoietic function of religions in the legal koinè