Rat Lungworm

[Wao nahele kane]

Unfortunately tropical disease isn't isolated to its place of origen. Because Hawaii is a tropical island it is subject to the indoctrination of formerly not present (to this State) tropical diseases from around the world. That alone places a challenge on the States medical community which isalready challeged in other ways. Where there are many tropical disease yet to come, there will be many instances of inability to diagnose based on the preconception that such an illness is not yet here in this State and therefore the tendency to either miss diagnose or be unaware of a newly itroduced disease will remain elevated here moreso than other States.

There was a research group up at macuu market looking for volunteers in Puna to take test to determine whether or not they had been subject to the parasite. This would indicate people can be infected and survive without knowledge of being infected by ratlung.