The Maui News7y
Controlling snails, slugs key to fighting rat lungworm
Experts shared tips with more than 100 residents on how to hunt for slugs and snails, protect gardens and catchment tanks and take extra precautions with raw foods. Rat lungworm is caused by a ...
Hawai‘i Public Radio10d
This is how rat lungworm disease spreads between rodents, snails and humans
Hawaiʻi is considered the epicenter of rat lungworm disease, which is spread when people accidentally consume snails and ...
The Garden Island12d
Take action and prevent rat lungworm disease in Hawaii
Rat lungworm disease cannot be spread from person-to-person. Humans typically become infected by accidentally consuming raw snails or slugs, sometimes hidden on unwashed produce. People can also ...
The Maui News7y
Stopping slugs that cause rat lungworm disease
Rat lungworm disease typically infects humans after they eat raw fruits and vegetables contaminated by slugs carrying the small parasitic roundworms. -- The Maui News / CHRIS SUGIDONO photo A ...