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Rat-borne parasite that can cause brain disease spreading in southern US
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Rat-borne parasite that can cause brain disease spreading in southern US

by Ernie Mundell Brown rats found and analyzed near Atlanta now carry rat lungworm, researchers report. It’s a parasite that can trigger a dangerous brain encephalitis in both people and pets, and which now threatens a wide area of the U.S. Southeast. Researchers in Georgia say the microscopic rat lungworm, known scientifically as Angiostrongylus cantonensis,...