Two people in Los Angeles have been infected with a rare parasitic infection known as “raccoon roundworm”, according to US health officials.

Two people in Los Angeles County are sick with a rare parasitic infection known as 'raccoon roundworm,' according to officials.

A rare parasitic infection that is linked to raccoons has been detected in two people in Southern California, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced.

Rare ‘raccoon roundworm’ brain-infecting parasite found in two LA residents - Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced that two human cases of Baylisascaris procyonis – a parasite that can infect the brain,