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Overview

Kevin R. Kazacos is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions to subfields such as Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their work includes investigations into parasitic infections affecting both humans and animals, with a particular attention to RNA regulation and disease mechanisms. This focus is further reflected in their engagement with topics like Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment.

One recent publication by Kevin R. Kazacos is titled "Is it canine DUSN?", published in 2021 in Veterinary Ophthalmology. This paper contributes to understanding a specific parasitic disease affecting dogs.

Frequent collaborators include Gustavo D. Aguirre, with whom they have co-authored works. Their research has been published predominantly in the journal Veterinary Ophthalmology.

Key areas of study associated with Kevin R. Kazacos include:

  • Parasitic infections in humans and animals
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment

Frequent co-authors:

  • Gustavo D. Aguirre

Frequent publication venues:

  • Veterinary Ophthalmology

Kevin R. Kazacos's research contributions engage a combination of infectious disease study, molecular biology perspectives, and clinical pathology, with a published record that supports ongoing scientific discourse in parasitology and related biomedical fields.

Best Publications

  • Hookworms of dogs and cats as agents of cutaneous larva migrans

    Dwight D. Bowman;Susan P. Montgomery;Anne M. Zajac;Mark L. Eberhard

  • Epidemiologic and zoonotic aspects of ascarid infections in dogs and cats

    Alice C.Y. Lee;Peter M. Schantz;Kevin R. Kazacos;Susan P. Montgomery

  • Baylisascaris larva migrans

    K. R. Kazacos;Walter M Boyce

  • Baylisascariasis

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  • Fatal eosinophilic meningoencephalitis and visceral larva migrans caused by the raccoon ascarid Baylisascaris procyonis.

    Amy S. Fox;Amy S. Fox;Kevin R. Kazacos;Kevin R. Kazacos;Nevenka S. Gould;Nevenka S. Gould;Peter T. Heydemann;Peter T. Heydemann

  • Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis: Morphometric, Serologic, and Epidemiologic Support for Baylisascaris as a Causative Agent

    Marc A. Goldberg;Kevin R. Kazacos;Walter M. Boyce;Everett Ai

  • Raccoon roundworm encephalitis.

    Larry J. Strausbaugh;William J. Murray;Kevin R. Kazacos

  • Implications of raccoon latrines in the epizootiology of baylisascariasis.

    L. Kristen Page;Robert K. Swihart;Kevin R. Kazacos

  • Improved method for recovering ascarid and other helminth eggs from soil associated with epizootics and during survey studies.

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  • Radiologic-pathologic findings in raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) encephalitis.

    H A Rowley;R M Uht;K R Kazacos;J Sakanari

  • Diagnosis and Management of Baylisascaris procyonis Infection in an Infant with Nonfatal Meningoencephalitis

    Coleen K. Cunningham;Kevin R. Kazacos;Julia A. McMillan;Judith A. Lucas

  • Update on Baylisascariasis, a Highly Pathogenic Zoonotic Infection

    Carlos Graeff-Teixeira;Alessandra Loureiro Morassutti;Kevin R. Kazacos

  • Raccoon Latrine Structure and Its Potential Role in Transmission of Baylisascaris procyonis to Vertebrates

    L. Kristen Page;Robert K. Swihart;Kevin R. Kazacos

  • Raccoon Roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) Encephalitis: Case Report and Field Investigation

    Sarah Y. Park;Carol Glaser;William J. Murray;Kevin R. Kazacos

  • Central nervous system manifestations of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection.

    Yuri C. Martins;Herbert B. Tanowitz;Kevin R. Kazacos

  • Two Cases of Intraocular Infection With Alaria mesocercaria (Trematoda)

    H. Richard McDonald;Kevin R. Kazacos;Howard Schatz;Robert N. Johnson

  • Raccoon Roundworm Eggs near Homes and Risk for Larva Migrans Disease, California Communities

    Gabriel P. Roussere;William J. Murray;Caroline B. Raudenbush;Michael J. Kutilek

  • Full recovery from Baylisascaris procyonis eosinophilic meningitis.

    Poulomi J. Pai;Brian G. Blackburn;Kevin R. Kazacos;Rajasekharan P. Warrier

  • Field evaluation of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for swine trichinosis: efficacy of the excretory-secretory antigen.

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  • Seed preferences and foraging by granivores at raccoon latrines in the transmission dynamics of the raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis)

    L Kristen Page;Robert K Swihart;Kevin R Kazacos

  • Eye findings of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis and multiple choroidal infiltrates associated with neural larva migrans due to baylisascaris procyonis

    Marilyn Baird Mets;A.Gwendolyn Noble;Surendra Basti;Patrick Gavin

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert K. Swihart
Robert K. Swihart Purdue University West Lafayette
Walter M. Boyce
Walter M. Boyce University of California, Davis
Herbert B. Tanowitz
Herbert B. Tanowitz Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Stanford T. Shulman
Stanford T. Shulman Northwestern University
Stanley D. Gehrt
Stanley D. Gehrt The Ohio State University
Gerald J. Gleich
Gerald J. Gleich University of Utah
Jitender P. Dubey
Jitender P. Dubey Agricultural Research Service
Carol A. Glaser
Carol A. Glaser Kaiser Permanente
Dwight D. Bowman
Dwight D. Bowman Cornell University

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