Other Human Disease -- United Kingdom
Toxic caterpillars that cause severe rashes and even asthma attacks have been spotted all around Milton Keynes. The harmless-looking brown-tail moth caterpillars are covered in tiny barbed and poisonous hairs that result in a dermatitis-type rash similar to poison ivy on human skin.
People do not even have to touch the creature to be affected, as the hairs can be shed and spread through the air on breezy days. If they get caught in the mouth or throat, they can cause asthma sufferers to
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6442706&promed&0
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