How to Use lungworm in a Sentence

lungworm

noun
  • The lungworm cannot pass from person to person, and fish do not spread it.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Most troubling, the snails can carry rat lungworm, which is known to cause meningitis.
    — al, 8 July 2022
  • In fact, that's what usually happens in human cases of rat lungworm.
    — Eleanor Hildebrandt, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2018
  • There's no reason to initially suspect centipedes would host rat lungworm.
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2018
  • The culprit, doctors said, was a parasite in the slug called a rat lungworm, which can burrow into the human brain.
    — National Geographic, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Giant African snails can carry a parasite called rat lungworm that leads to meningitis in humans.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Giant African land snails can carry a parasite called rat lungworm, known to cause meningitis in humans and livestock.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 1 July 2022
  • They're known to transmit rat lungworm parasites, which can invade the human central nervous system and cause a type of meningitis.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 July 2022
  • Entering Hawaii in the 1930s, the African land snail may have been Hawaii’s first rat lungworm vector.
    — Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2022
  • As for the aforementioned rat lungworm, Packo says it is usually transmitted through fresh produce and undercooked meats.
    — Emma Sarran Webster, Allure, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The parasitic worm in these cases is the rat lungworm, aka Angiostrongylus cantonensis.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 30 May 2019
  • Sam became a quadriplegic and has to be tube-fed after contracting rat lungworm from the backyard slug in 2010.
    — Fox News, 2 Apr. 2018
  • All these years later, he was diagnosed with an infection of rat lungworm, a parasite the slug had evidently been carrying.
    — Eleanor Hildebrandt, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2018
  • Researchers from the University of Sydney had to get creative to see how a toad lungworm alters its host's behavior.
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2018
  • In addition to damaging local ecosystems, the sizable snail is known to transmit a rat lungworm parasite that can cause meningitis in humans.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 June 2023
  • Although most renowned for his book Atlas of Parasitology, in the early years of his career, Ash studied rat lungworm.
    — Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2022
  • As adults, the lungworm larvae live in rat lungs, said Terry Farrell, a biology professor at Stetson.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Beyond property damage, the massive snails can also carry rat lungworm, a parasite that causes eosinophilic meningitis in humans and livestock.
    — Averi Kremposky, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
  • Sam, who became a quadriplegic and has to be tube fed after contracting rat lungworm from the backyard slug, has had a support group of friends since the 2010 tragedy occurred.
    — Fox News, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Rat lungworm itself is an infectious blight which has recently spread well beyond Southeast Asia and various Pacific islands.
    — Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Janice Okubu, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health, noted this year that Hawaii typically reports only one to nine cases of rat lungworm each year.
    — Victoria Larned, CNN, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Otherwise known as the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm is typically found in rodents.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 July 2022
  • Along with negatively affecting agriculture and ecosystems, the West Africa natives are known to carry a parasite called the rat lungworm that can cause rare forms of meningitis in humans.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 21 July 2021
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the snails can carry the rat lungworm parasite, which is known to cause parasitic meningitis in people who eat raw or undercooked snails.
    — USA TODAY, 1 July 2023

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