Often characterised by the classic “husk” cough, the disease is primarily ... animals can still become infected. Data indicates lungworm cases are on the rise, with a tenfold increase in ...

Rat lungworm disease typically infects humans after ... instead of going to the lungs where they cough it up, it instead goes to the brain. “The nematode dies in the brain and depending on ...

When 4-year-old Kili first developed a cough of sorts, the owners of the ... Eventually, they diagnosed rat lungworm disease, an illness that’s rare on Maui aside from a spike in cases in ...

ACCIDENTAL HOST—The Story of Rat Lungworm Disease reveals the frightening spread of a foodborne parasite that invades human brains and now thrives in tropical areas of five continents ...