Researchers have increased knowledge of the lifecycle of some parasites by studying snails in Thailand. These parasites can cause severe infections in humans who consume raw or improperly cooked fish that have fed on infected
Continue Reading Scientists study role of snails in parasites that pose public health threat
A parasitic worm that causes serious infections, especially via foods and beverages, has sickened at least three mainland visitors to Hawaii’s Big Island, according to state officials.
Hawaii’s health department director has released information provided
Continue Reading Parasites continue to cause rat lungworm infections in Hawaii
A foodborne parasite detected in two patients in a Chinese hospital has been traced to consumption of raw wild centipedes, according to a case report by the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Researchers
Continue Reading Rat lungworm cases linked to eating centipedes; host snails increasing in US
The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed the first case of rat lungworm disease in the state this year in an adult resident of West Hawaii on Hawaii Island.
The individual became seriously ill earlier
Continue Reading Hawaii reports first confirmed rat lungworm case of 2018
Ron and Darlene Fields had been married for 26
Continue Reading ‘Free’ trip leaves man in expensive, lifelong, parasitic nightmare
Hawaii is experiencing an uptick in rat lungworm disease. Six confirmed cases on Maui and another three confirmed cases on the Big Island were reported over the last three months with no deaths. That’s about
Continue Reading Rat lungworm cases spike on two Islands, Maui and Big Island
In paradise, they still have to worry about rat lungworm.
Hawaii’s top experts on the debilitating infection gathered last week at the University of Hawaii-Hilo’s College of Pharmacy out of growing concern about rat
