PAHOA, Hawaii – At Sunday’s Rat Lungworm Awareness Forum held at the Pahoa Community Center, Dr. Susan Jarvi with the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy talked about the latest research being done to gain a better understanding of rat lungworm disease (RLW) – or angiostrongylus cantonensis. Jarvi’s top objectives are: Conduct studies to find […]
PAHOA, Hawaii – At Sunday’s Rat Lungworm Awareness Forum held at the Pahoa Community Center, Dr. Susan Jarvi with the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy talked about the latest research being done to gain a better understanding of rat lungworm disease (RLW) – or angiostrongylus cantonensis.
Jarvi’s top objectives are:
Conduct studies to find out where the RLW ‘hot spots’ are, and develop a test to estimate the number of larvae in slugs and snails.
Determine how effective various solutions are at killing RLW larvae isolated from slugs. Many people are using hydrogen peroxide or vinegar to wash vegetables – do they work?
Evaluate the possibility of RLW transmission in water. (the previous video goes into greater detail about this research, which began testing but needs to be completed)
Pilot study: Determine if RLW DNA can be detected in rat blood, and if it can be detected in humans?
Determine the efficacy of a vaccine against A. costaricensis to A. contonensis. We might be able to break the transmission cycle by vaccinating rats.
Conduct a pilot study to determine the prevalence of human rat lungworm infection in East Hawaii.
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PAHOA, Hawaii – At Sunday’s Rat Lungworm Awareness Forum held at the Pahoa Community Center, Dr. Susan Jarvi with the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy talked about the latest research being done to gain a better understanding of rat lungworm disease (RLW) – or angiostrongylus cantonensis. Jarvi’s top objectives are: Conduct studies to find […]
PAHOA, Hawaii – At Sunday’s Rat Lungworm Awareness Forum held at the Pahoa Community Center, Dr. Susan Jarvi with the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy talked about the latest research being done to gain a better understanding of rat lungworm disease (RLW) – or angiostrongylus cantonensis.
Jarvi’s top objectives are:
Dr. Susan Jarvi presents her research on RLW