### [2023-08-29](/feed/2023/08/29/index.md)

##### Emerging Infectious Diseases
# In a study published in the journal "Emerging Infectious Diseases", Australian doctors report the removal of an eight-centimeter "Ophidascaris robertsi" roundworm from the brain of a 64-year-old woman. This is the first documented case of such a parasite in any mammalian brain. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via ''Bangkok Post](https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2638095/live-worm-found-in-australian-womans-brain)