Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm)

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Introduction

most cases result from consumption of raw or undercooked snails or slugs that had ingested the parasite larvae in rat feces
- this can occur from eating raw lettuce contaminated with snails or slugs that are inadvertantly eaten
6 cases of human infection with Angiostrongylus cantonensis on Maui & three on the Big Island in 2017^[1]

↑ ^{Jump up to: 1.0} ^1.1 Orciari Herman A, Fairchild DG, Di Francesco L. 9 Human Cases of Rat Lungworm Disease Confirmed in Hawaii Physician's First Watch, April 12, 2017 David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org
↑ Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Angiostrongylus cantonensis FAQs https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/angiostrongylus/gen_info/faqs.html