Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/09
By: Chang Jung-hsiang, Chang Ming-hsuan and William Yen
Taipei, March 9 (CNA) Five Thai migrant workers have been found to be suffering from
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parasites that can cause meningitis or even blindness after eating raw snails, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Friday.
According to a CDC statement, nine Thai migrant workers ate raw snails on Feb. 26, and six of them started experiencing fevers, headaches and stiffness.
They then sought medical treatment on March 4 and 5, and five of them were found to have parasites known as angiostrongylus cantonensis, the statement said.
The workers are currently hospitalized at Chi Mei Hospital’s Liouying branch and on medication, according to the CDC and the hospital. [FULL STORY]
