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Researchers at the University of Valencia on Spain’s southeastern coast have detected the parasite, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, aka the rat lungworm in two different species of rats...
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The rat lungworm parasite, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is typically transmitted to humans via ingestion of snails or slugs.
A recent study published in One Health shows more than...
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On June 23, 2022, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) confirmed the detection of giant African land snail (GALS) in the New Port Richey area of Pasco...
Rat lungworm is a parasitic disease, spread through contaminated food, which affects the brain and spinal cord. Now, researchers report in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases that a detail analysis of...
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Hawaii state health officials have reported the 6th angiostrongyliasis, or rat lungworm disease case of 2019 in an adult visitor to Hawaii Island.
The total cases this year...
Hawaii state health officials reported this week on a new confirmed case of rat lungworm disease in a toddler from East Hawai‘i.
Laboratory results confirmed evidence of the rat lungworm disease parasite...
Rat lungworm infection or Angiostrongyliasis is a parasitic infection that is relatively rare in the US; however, its effects on those infected can be quite serious.
Last Friday, a CDC Morbidity and...
Six out of twelve rat lungworm, or angiostrongyliasis cases confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2011-2017 in the continental United States (CONUS) were likely from...
Rat lungworm disease (angiostrongyliasis) is contracted when a person becomes infected with the parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Hawai‘i, particularly east Hawai‘i Island, is the epicenter for...
We first reported on giant African snails (Lissachatina fulica) in Cuba in 2014 in the Havana municipality of Arroyo Naranjo, which was unknown to the island before that.
A more recent article published...
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