07-15-2019, 08:03 AM
It's made the NY Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/healt...awaii.html
Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Hilo are hoping to develop a cheaper, less invasive blood test to enable faster diagnosis. Results have been promising: Early data in rats indicate that the test can detect parasitic DNA circulating in the blood at various times after infection.
The team also has successfully detected rat lungworm DNA in greenhouse and coqui frogs, cane toads, centipedes, dogs, cats, mongooses and horses, according to Susan Jarvi, a disease specialist leading the research.
“Our rats on east Hawaii Island are highly infected,” Dr. Jarvi said. “So it’s not a surprise that you find the disease occurring in other mammals.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/healt...awaii.html
Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Hilo are hoping to develop a cheaper, less invasive blood test to enable faster diagnosis. Results have been promising: Early data in rats indicate that the test can detect parasitic DNA circulating in the blood at various times after infection.
The team also has successfully detected rat lungworm DNA in greenhouse and coqui frogs, cane toads, centipedes, dogs, cats, mongooses and horses, according to Susan Jarvi, a disease specialist leading the research.
“Our rats on east Hawaii Island are highly infected,” Dr. Jarvi said. “So it’s not a surprise that you find the disease occurring in other mammals.”