A few months ago, an Australian woman underwent brain surgery. What the surgeons discovered was a world first...a parasite living in her brain.
So how does a parasitic worm end up in your brain? The experts say it came from a carpet python, but she'd never been in contact with one.
In this episode of The Quicky, we take a look at exactly how this worm ended up living and infecting a human brain and find out whether we need to be concerned about another case of animal to human transfer.
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Host: Claire Murphy
With thanks to:
Dr Sanjaya Senananyaka - Infectious Disease Expert, Associate Professor at the Australian National University Medical School and College of Health and Medicine. He also co-authored the journal article about this case here.
Producer: Claire Murphy
Executive Producer: Kally Borg
Audio Producer: Thom Lion
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