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New Guidelines for Rat Lungworm Disease

Rob Cowie
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University of Hawaii at Manoa

Two doctors from the UH medical Scholl’s department of Tropical Medicine. Doctors Vernon Ansdell and Gerald Murphy will showcase efforts to deal with Rat Lungworm Disease on a national stage.  A conference on Tropical Disease and Hygiene in New Orleans gets underway this week. Interest in the disease is growing as cases have been discovered in southern states of the U.S.

Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Originally from Guam, she spent more than 30 years at KITV, covering beats from government to education. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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