A new study suggests that rat lungworm, a parasite commonly found in rats, has been found in the Southeast US. Should you be worried?
, Hawaii had three reported cases in 2022 and two in 2023. A few isolated incidents have been reported scarcely in Europe as well.
Spanish researchers in February this year. "Furthermore, as the climate warms, even more northern parts of Europe may become accessible to A. cantonensis, as seen in China."The study’s sample size was 33 wild brown rats, from whom the researchers collected tissue samples of their brain, heart, liver, kidney, lung, spleen, skeletal muscle, skin, gastrointestinal tract, adrenal gland, and gonads. These rats were found dead from 2019 to 2022 in a zoological facility in Atlanta, Georgia.
The study says that A. cantonensis infections in rats were present much earlier than in 2019 in Georgia when the first positive rat was identified, as the rat lungworm was previously identified in the neighboring states of Florida and Alabama.the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , most cases of A. cantonensis-associated eosinophilic meningitis originated from Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands.
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