‘Freaky’: Australia’s foraging community shocked after parasitic worm found in woman’s brain
by Tamsin Rose from World news | The Guardian on (#6EAQ0)
Some swear off picking their own food after infection believed to be linked to collecting and consuming greens from bushland
Australia's wild food foraging community has been left shocked after a live worm was found in a woman's brain following a parasitic infection believed to have been picked up after collecting and consuming greens and grasses from local bushland.
The 64-year-old woman from south-eastern New South Wales last year had an 8cm-long live parasitic roundworm pulled from her brain in a world first. The creatures are usually found in pythons.
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