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A California couple on their honeymoon in Hawaii contracted a brain- and spine-infecting parasite.
The disease affects the brain and spinal cord and is spread by a parasite that infects rats, which can pass larvae of the worm in their feces. Humans can acquire the dreaded disease by eating contaminated animals, including freshwater shrimp and land crabs.Health officials in Hawaii are investigating at least four other possible cases.