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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Isabel Keane

Urgent warning for Hawaiian tourists as brain parasite cases continue: ‘Don’t eat raw food’

Hawaiian tourists are being warned against eating raw food while visiting the tropical state, deemed the “epicenter” of a nasty brain parasitic disease.

Neuroangiostrongyliasis, or rat lungworm disease, is a serious illness humans can become infected with after consuming raw snails, slugs or other specimens that carry the parasite. It can also be transmitted in vegetables such as Kale or potatoes.

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