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This day in history: A 7 year old American girl died after touching an African Snail in Japan on this day in 2000.
"Bliss Scott, a first-grader at Stearley Heights Elementary School on Kadena Air Base, died of meningo-encephalitis, an infection of the brain and its covering that has symptoms of both meningitis and encephalitis. It was caused by a rare parasite transmitted by snails and slugs, according to the Stars and Stripes.
The U.S. military’s semiofficial daily said tests conducted by the university showed the girl had contracted a parasite called rat lung worm.
The doctors said that Scott suffered from severe headaches and that blood serum tests suggested she had contracted the parasite angiostrongylus cantonensis.
One or two cases of the disease are reported annually in Okinawa, but it is the first death linked to the parasite." Source
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