Rat lungworm disease is on the rise in eastern Australia in dogs—and there have even been recorded cases in humans, including two known lethal incidents. Caused by a parasite naturally found in rats, ...

To report three patients with ocular angiostrongyliasis who presented with a variety of clinical findings. Retrospective, observational case series. The medical charts, photographs, and ...

Ocular angiostrongyliasis without meningitis in Okinawa, Japan. J Parasitol 2002; 88(1): 211–213. Article CAS Google Scholar . Dissanaike AS, Ihalamulla RL, Naotunne TS, Senarathna T, Withana DS .

Angiostrongyliasis can be serious if left untreated. In 2010, for example, a 19-year-old Australian man became ill after consuming a live slug on a drunken dare.

Twelve cases of meningitis caused by rat lungworm infection (angiostrongyliasis) were reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the August 3 issue of the Morbidity and ...

“Angiostrongyliasis typically occurs in Asia and the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii. However, the CDC recently identified 12 angiostrongyliasis cases in the continental United States. ...

Hawaii health officials confirmed 3 cases of rat lungworm disease, including one mainland US visitor infected with the parasite by eating a slug on a dare. That makes 10 angiostrongyliasis cases ...

Angiostrongyliasis, commonly known as rat lungworm disease, is caused by a parasitic roundworm and can have debilitating effects on an infected person’s brain and spinal cord.

A group commissioned by Gov. David Ige to prevent the spread of rat lungworm disease has created guidelines for earlier diagnosis of the potentially crippling illness.

Laboratory tests confirmed angiostrongyliasis, or rat lungworm disease, in both cases, bringing the total of three confirmed cases of the disease in Hawaii this year. The first case involved an ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — State Department of Health officials confirmed a contracted rat lungworm disease case on Maui. The individual is a resident of Maui and is the first person in 2020 to test ...