Rat lungworm infection: The danger of eating uncooked snails

Vietnamese health officials in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau are reporting the case of a 10-year-old boy who has been hospitalized with an infection with the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis. He is currently recovering from the infection at a Ho Chi Minh City hospital neurology and infectious disease ward. The boy's mother said she was unaware ["]