in the news... rat lungworm disease...

caused by global trade. /s:

"But global shipping still plays a substantial role in the spread of deadly diseases. Consider rat lungworm disease, a grave illness caused by a parasitic worm that invades the human brain. The roundworm that causes the disease, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is now endemic in the United States."

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/04/when-globalization-brings-brain-invading-worms/522153/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark Tweet