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

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.

By monitoring canine neural angiostrongyliasis cases, the team aimed to fill a significant gap in understanding how climate factors drive the occurrence of this zoonotic disease, an infection that ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

The 30-year-old woman was diagnosed with a life-threatening parasitic infection after she went to the doctors complaining of a burning pain in her feet, and was also seen packing for a holiday she ...