NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) confirmed the detection of giant African land snail in the Miramar area of Broward County at the beginning of the...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and its Division of Plant Industry announced in March that a quarantine has been established in specific areas of Lee...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 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...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 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...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 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...

The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a case of angiostrongyliasis, or rat lungworm disease, in an adult on the island of Kaua‘i. With the additional case, this brings the statewide...

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...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Hawaii state health officials received notification from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of a laboratory-confirmed case of angiostrongyliasis,...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 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...

An Australian man died in December from a serious Salmonella infection, some say was contracted by eating a gecko on a dare at a Christmas Party. This is not the first time someone either got very sick...