A live parasitic roundworm has been discovered in a woman’s brain by Australian doctors, marking the first time the parasite has been found in a person.
The 8cm-long Ophidascaris robertsi roundworm was discovered after a brain surgery was performed on a 64-year-old woman by doctors at Canberra Hospital.
This parasite is commonly found in carpet pythons – a type of non-venomous snakes found in Australia.
It had not been reported in humans until now.
This has become the first-ever human case of Ophidascaris to be detected in the world.
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