
Did you know that someone has the title "chief of parasitology"? So, what does
your husband do? Oh he's chief of parasitology! Really, you have teenagers?
Fortunately we have someone paying attention to these things because according to the linked article there's a parasitic disease that kills 50,000 people per year that doesn't show up for years after first infection.
"These guys don't know they are infected," said Maguire [former chief of parasitology for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta]. "They come seeking treatment for heart ailments or gastrointestinal disorders and, by then, it's too late."
Testing for 'bugged' blood donors. Jersey firm perfects screening for killer tropical infection that can lie dormant for decades - The Star-Ledger (nj.com)