Tuesday, 16 July 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Angiostrongylus cantonensis - USA (04): (HI)

Other Human Disease -- United States
The Hawaii Department of Health on [Wed 10 Jul 2019] said it has been notified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about a lab-confirmed case of rat lungworm disease [angiostrongyliasis] in a visitor to West Hawaii. The confirmation marked the year's [2019] 6th case of rat lungworm disease -- 3 in residents and 3 in visitors -- all of which were believed to be contracted on [Hawaii Island].
According to the department, the visitor is an adult resident of the mainland who was

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6570547&promed&0

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