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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NDSR’s internal medicine clinician Richard Sparrow discovered Dougie had a severe case of lungworm and immediately started ...

"Even simple contact with their slime is enough, which could happen via a toy,” said a spokesperson for the practice. Lungworm can be prevented by anti-parasite treatments Lungworm is caused by a ...