Other Human Disease -- United States
A rare parasitic infection has been found in people in 8 states, several that don't share borders, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, calling into question just how uncommon rat lungworms really are.
Rat lungworm infection, which in extreme cases can cause meningitis in humans, was detected in 16 people between 2011 and 2017 and confirmed in 12, according to a CDC report released Thursday [2 Aug 2018] that acknowledged researchers might not have learned
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5948810&promed&0
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