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Researchers say impact of preventable parasites, infectious diseases on Indigenous communities is a national shame

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By Stuart Ralph
| Medical Xpress Verified
Many Australians likely read the coverage of the live roundworm found in the brain of a New South Wales woman with morbid curiosity. If you missed it, a wriggling, eight-centimeter-long parasitic roundworm was removed from the head of a 64-year-old woman complaining of headaches, depression and forgetfulness. The patient likely picked up the parasite through eating foraged vegetables contaminated by python poo.
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Parasites may be gross, but so is Australia’s attitude to Indigenous health

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By Stuart Ralph
| Pursuit
Many Australians likely read the coverage of the live roundworm found in the brain of a New South Wales woman with morbid curiosity. If you missed it, a wriggling, eight-centimetre-long parasitic roundworm was removed from the head of a 64-year-old woman complaining of headaches, depression and forgetfulness. The patient likely picked up the parasite through eating foraged vegetables contaminated by python poo.
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3, 2, 1, go! Cryptosporidium counts down to sex

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By Aaron Jex, Christopher J. Tonkin, Stuart Ralph
| PLOS Biology Verified
Diarrhea is a leading cause of death and disease burden in children worldwide, particularly in low- to middle-income countries. Recent studies show that species of Cryptosporidium are a leading global cause of diarrheal burden in children under 5 [1–3]. Human cryptosporidiosis is primarily caused by Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis, and infection occurs through ingestion of environmentally resilient oocysts.
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