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The correct answer is D, A and B.  Baylisascaris procyonis can cause a serious zoonotic infection in humans, resulting in a larva migrans syndrome invading the eye, brain, or internal organs such as the liver.  B. procyonis completes its life cycle in raccoons (Procyon lotor) and humans are accidental hosts.  People become infected when they ingest infective eggs from the environment.

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