Eating raw or undercooked snails or slugs or raw produce that contains small snails or slugs is the most common method of infection in humans. Humans are unlikely to be affected by the rat lungworm parasite since transmission of the parasite can only occur through ingestion. While New Guinea flatworms pose a potential health threat, they are no more dangerous than the native species of invertebrates that can carry the rat lungworm parasite. The lungworm parasite can also be carried by native species such as snails, slugs, and freshwater shrimp, crabs and frogs. New Guinea flatworms are a potential host for the rat lungworm parasite which can be transmitted to humans, however, no cases of rat lungworm infection in humans have been confirmed in Florida. New Guinea flatworms can potentially consume native snails in Florida, including threatened and imperiled species. These flatworms are known land snail predators in Japan and have also caused the decline of Hawaiian tree snails in Oahu, Hawaii. New Guinea flatworms feed on snails and other terrestrial invertebrates. Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network.
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