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The rat lungworm is considered the greatest cause of eosinophilic meningitis, and is sustained primarily from "ingestion of ...

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The fragments also directly compromise synapses they encounter along the way, according to a preprint posted February 24 on bioRxiv. Specifically, tau fragments containing the microtubule binding ...

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Rat lungworm disease is caused by the body ... Finally, a lumbar puncture to assess her cerebrospinal fluid revealed signs of a rare brain infection caused by parasites known as eosinophilic ...

This led physicians to conclude that the woman's white matter damage in her brain was caused by angiostronsylus cantonensis — commonly referred to as the rat lungworm. Getty Never miss a story ...