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no signs of illness. And to investigate dogs, and result in severe disease, same as the same as it transferred to humans. And for tens of years now, the parasite has been seen as a big public health concern across parts of Europe and Asia. However, here in North America, it was, until recently, I considered it very rare. And that changed 15 years ago when affections began popping up in dogs and people in Canada and into the Midwest. And researchers at the University of Washington looked at water cayos in the Puget Sound area and found 37, 37 sharing a parasite. We saw a new repolished and paused and neglected tropical diseases. And the leading officer of the study said that there have been numerous dogs getting sick and a handful of people.
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