Doctors concluded she’d been infected with the parasitic worm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, more commonly known as rat ...

The 'rat lungworm' typically takes root in humans from undercooked vessels like crayfish JAMA Neurology;Getty A woman ate crayfish (also known as crawfish) with worms burrowed into it and ...

Rats host the worm and pass larvae through their feces, which are eaten by the slugs. Rats then eat the slugs and repeat the cycle. Yeung said the worms develop in different life stages in rats ...

A diagnosis of rat lungworm “can be problematic because patients infected with the parasite do not always present the same symptoms,” said Ansdell. “These preliminary guidelines provide ...

The 'rat lungworm' typically takes root in humans from undercooked vessels like crayfish A woman ate crayfish (also known as crawfish) with worms burrowed into it and subsequently suffered an ...