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.
It first appeared in Hawaii before being spotted in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida,"likely introduced by infected rats and gastropods [snails] through Also,"because A. cantonensis previously was identified in rats in neighboring states Florida and Alabama, A. cantonensis populations likely were in Georgia much earlier than 2019, when the first positive rat was identified in Atlanta," the study authors added.
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