Gnathostomiasis identified as cause of Australian teen’s illness years after infection

An Australian teen was recently diagnosed with a parasitic infection that she contracted some six years ago, according to a Yahoo Australia news report today. According to the report, Carly Goff contracted the then unknown parasite after eating undercooked fish while on vacation in Fiji. The parasite was recently identified as the parasitic nematode, Gnathostoma. According to the ["]

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