#maui rat lungworm

I’m upset that my neighbor seems to have a rodent problem but is not interested in setting out traps.

Health officials say the adults became infected with the rat lungworm parasite at a home in Keaʻau on Hawaiʻi Island a few weeks after drinking homemade kava.

As concerns surrounding Rat Lungworm persist on Maui, we had an opportunity to speak one-on-one with Tricia Mynar, a preschool teacher, who believes she contracted the illness from eating a salad at a Big Island restaurant.

Os it possible to contract the disease through contact with rat feces?