Chapter 573: Weird Live Parasite
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As soon as the attending physician's voice fell, there was a sudden burst of screams from the intensive care ward, and it was the medical staff who screamed.
All the infected people have been sedated and should be so drowsy that they can't even shout if they want to.
The attending physician rushed into the intensive care unit and scolded, "What are you shouting well?"
These medical staff have also seen big scenes, all kinds of strange diseases, bloody limbs, and under normal circumstances, they would never be so gaffe.
That is, after entering the intensive care unit, the attending physician understood why these medical staff were shouting.
There were seven or eight dark red bugs on the floor of the intensive care unit, about half a meter long, very thin, and wriggling.
The attending physician was about to ask where the bugs came from, but he immediately found the answer himself, two bugs had just fallen from the hospital bed, and there was no doubt that the bugs had come out of the patient's body.
The attending physician came to a bed, examined it carefully, and found that the patient was still asleep, and at the same time, the patient's trousers were bulging.
Immediately, a worm came out of the leg of its trousers and tumbled and fell to the ground.
Liao Jiajun was really disgusted when he saw this scene: "This ...... What is it?"
Instead of answering right away, the attending physician asked a nurse, "Where did all these bugs come from?"
"You see ...... too," the nurse pointed to the infected in horror, "We were nursing, and suddenly these bugs popped up on them...... I don't know how it came out!"
The attending physician immediately guessed: "The anus is drilled out of the sphincter muscle!"
Liao Jiajun asked again: "What the hell is this?"
The attending physician put on rubber gloves, took a medical forceps, picked up a worm from the ground, and observed it carefully.
Although Liao Jiajun felt very disgusted, his duty was to come over and observe.
The insect is fleshy, does not have any hard shell, no eyes or tentacles, and has no distinguishing features. The body is highly soft, and after being clamped by tweezers, it actually ties a knot by itself.
"I've never seen anything like this...... "The attending physician shook his head: "You should find a professional!"
After a pause, the attending physician instructed the medical staff: "Check the bodies of all infected people, if you find this kind of worm, put it away and keep it, you must do a good job of isolation, and you must not leak it!"
After a short period of astonishment, the medical staff immediately adjusted their mental state and began to work according to the instructions of the attending physician.
They were just startled, in fact, they had seen a lot of disgusting-shaped parasites, which were really not good-looking in comparison.
The attending physician took a parasite sample and found an expert on parasites, who said helplessly after careful observation: "I don't know what this ...... is"
"You're not kidding, are you?" Liao Jiajun was very dissatisfied with this answer: "As a parasite expert, you don't even know what this is?"
"I've never seen it before!" the parasite expert replied very embarrassed: "It's a big deal, how can I be joking, if I haven't seen it, I haven't seen it!"
"Wait a minute, let me think about it......" Liao Jiajun took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and tried to calm himself down: "If this incident is a biochemical attack at all, then it cannot be ruled out that this parasite is not the original one, but artificially created through bioengineering......"
Parasite experts agree with Liao's judgment: "Although what you say has a point, I also want to remind you that although it is theoretically possible to create a new species through bioengineering, this species cannot be created out of thin air." ”
Liao Jiajun didn't understand: "What do you mean?"
That is to say, it must be based on existing species, and new species can be created through bioengineering technology, and only God can create a new species out of thin air. After a pause, the parasite expert told Liao Jiajun again: "In other words, even if this is a new type of organism, clues can be found through existing organisms." As long as you know what kind of creature this thing is based on, you will know why it is harmful to the human body......"
"That's the truth!" Liao Jiajun nodded hurriedly, and then said: "But you as parasite experts don't know, who should I ask for answers?"
Cang Hao interjected next to him: "Aquatic biology expert." ”
Liao Jiajun was slightly stunned: "Aquatic creatures?"
"This creature is closely related to water, and only aquatic experts can find the answer. Cang Hao shrugged: "But I can't contact such an expert!"
"It's easy to do. Liao Jiajun immediately called and instructed his two subordinates: "Go to the Department of Zoology of Jinghua University immediately and invite a few experts to come over...... If it doesn't work, just kidnap it!"
Because Guangsha is a coastal city, the local Jinghua University has a very complete aquatic animal research system, and Liao Jiajun doesn't know which department this thing should be studied in, and his intuition is that it should be a matter of the animal department.
However, these two policemen were quite clever and did not go directly to the Department of Zoology, but found the president of Jinghua University.
After hearing about the police's request, the principal immediately organized more than a dozen scholars to come to the hospital with the police.
As the so-called specialization in the art industry, this kind of insect makes all the experts in the hospital helpless, and the experts from Jinghua University only glanced at it and came to the conclusion: "Wire worm." ”
"Clematodes?" Liao Jiajun hurriedly asked, "What is this?"
One of the scholars, who seemed to be an authority on aquatic animals, put the insect on the table with tweezers, and then handed the tweezers to Liao Jiajun: "You press it and try it, does it feel very hard?"
Liao Jiajun pressed the insect with tweezers a few times, and found that although the insect looked fleshy, the surface of the body was actually very hard. Liao Jiajun stabbed the tip of the tweezers a few times, but it couldn't stab the insect, so Liao Jiajun said: "It feels like a post." ”
"That's right. The scholar nodded: "It's because it's a bit like wire that the nematode gets its name, but this kind of nematode is much larger than normal." ”
Liao Jiajun said: "You haven't answered me yet, what kind of thing is this?"
"In biological classification, the highest level is the boundary, and then the phylum. The nematode belongs to the phylum Nematozoa under the protist kingdom, and there are two classes under this phylum, namely the nematode, which live in fresh water and moist soil, and the latter live in the ocean. More specifically, this nematode belongs to the family ...... Nematodes, the order Nematodes, and after a pause, the scholar continued: "I won't tell you more technical terms, in general, there are two phyla in biology, the phylum Nematode and the phylum Nematodes, which add up to a very complex group. In the eyes of ordinary people, the animals of these two phyla are almost the same, basically the same, the parasites in the human body and other animals, most of them come from these two phyla, and the nematode is also a parasite......"
Hearing this, Liao Jiajun was very dissatisfied and asked the parasite expert: "Why don't you know each other?"
"I'm sorry, I really didn't know that there were such parasites in the human body......" The parasite expert shook his head incessantly: "I've heard of the name Wire Worm, but I haven't really seen it." ”
The zoologist told Liao Jiajun: "When you think of parasites, you immediately think of humans, and in fact all animals are infected with parasites, including insects. The nematode is a very interesting animal that lives in swamps, ponds, and streams, and lays eggs after mating, infecting grasshoppers, crickets, praying mantises, and other insects. After the eggs enter the insect's body, they develop into larvae, and at this time the interesting part appears, the adult life of the nematode must be in fresh water, especially mating and laying eggs. Therefore, when the nematode reaches a certain stage of development, it will drive the host to commit suicide by throwing itself into the water, so that it will return to the water......"
"What did you say?" Liao Jiajun was taken aback by this sentence: "How did you do this?"
"I'm sorry, I don't know......" The zoologist shook his head helplessly: "At present, there is still a very little research on this animal......
Cang Hao asked uncertainly: "You said that the nematodes can drive infected insects to commit suicide?"
"Yes!" the zoologist nodded affirmatively, "I've made it clear!"
Cang Hao asked again: "In the past two days, there have been people in Guangsha City who have committed suicide by throwing themselves into the water, the reason is unknown, don't you know?"
"Of course I know, but I'm sorry I didn't think of the ...... of the nematode," the zoologist shook his head helplessly: "I said that the nematode parasitizes the body of insects, and it will only drive insects to commit suicide, and I have never heard that it will trend humans to commit suicide." ”
Cang Hao asked again: "Then the nematode will not infect the human body?"
"Theoretically, yes, or drinking unclean drinking water, or eating infected fish or snails, resulting in a digestive infection. It is also possible that when the human body is in the water, the nematode invades from the urine bag and travels up to the bladder, causing a urinary tract infection. The animal expert pointed to the parasite expert: "You should know this best!"
"If it is a urinary tract infection, it will cause severe pain in the abdomen, frequent urination, urgency, painful urination, hematuria, and radiating low back pain. If it is a digestive tract infection, it will cause indigestion, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other manifestations...... But never heard of the drive that drives humans to suicide. After a pause, the parasite expert said seriously: "I know about nematodes, and I also know about nematoasis, but I'm sorry that I learned them from textbooks when I was in medical school, and I have never been exposed to them in practice for so many years." The reason is simple, nematoasis is very rare, and only a dozen countries in the world have reported cases of this, so I really don't know. ”