A few months ago, an Australian woman underwent brain surgery. What the surgeons discovered was a world first...a parasite living in her brain. 

So how does a parasitic worm end up in your brain? The experts say it came from a carpet python, but she'd never been in contact with one. 

In this episode of The Quicky, we take a look at exactly how this worm ended up living and infecting a human brain and find out whether we need to be concerned about another case of animal to human transfer. 

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CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Dr Sanjaya Senananyaka - Infectious Disease Expert, Associate Professor at the Australian National University Medical School and College of Health and Medicine. He also co-authored the journal article about this case here. 

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Kally Borg

Audio Producer: Thom Lion

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