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Diabetes Epidemic

The claim that Eurytrema pancreaticum is a primary cause of Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes is false, and there is no evidence to support a diabetes epidemic attributable to the parasite.

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furytrema pancreaticum

is a pancreatic fluke that primarily parasitizes ruminant livestock and only rarely infects humans; documented human cases are sporadic and typically incidental findings rather than clear, common caus...