Half her body convulsed for a minute, then stopped.
The rice farmer’s seizure, in the Philippines, traced to a neglected tropical disease of paddy labor.
Schistosoma japonicum larvae travel from paddy water through skin and blood to the brain, confirmed by a 1950s precipitin test.
Treated with antiparasitic and anti-seizure drugs, she had no further seizures three months later, a brain scan clear.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica
- details Schistosoma japonicum lifecycle and localizes to Philippines-China-Indonesia endemic area, eliminated from Japan
Sources: Ars Technica