The worm, usually found in carpet pythons, was discovered after the 64-year-old complained of symptoms including forgetfulness. A live parasitic worm has been found inside the brain of a 64-year-old Australian woman, marking the first case of the infection in humans. “This is the first-ever human case of Ophidascaris to be described in the world,” Sanjaya Senanayake, an expert on …
In the world's first such case, a team of Australian neurosurgeons has removed an eight cm-long parasitic roundworm from a patient who complained of forgetfulness and depression. The world's first case of a new parasitic infection in humans was discovered by researchers at The Australian National University and the Canberra Hospital after they detected a live roundworm from a carpet …
