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Rare human case of New World screwworm identified in United States after travel from El Salvador

A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a ...

First human screwworm case linked to travel confirmed in U.S., HHS says

"The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.

US confirms first human case of travel-associated screwworm

STORY: The U.S. has confirmed the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm. It involved ...

First U.S. case of screwworm detected nearly 50 years after eradicated

The U.S. confirmed its first human diagnosis of the flesh-eating bacteria screwworm since 1982 after its known eradication ...

First US human case of flesh-eating screwworm traced to Maryland from Guatemala

The first human screwworm case in the U.S. has been traced to a person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala.

Flesh-Eating Screwworm Strikes U.S.: First Human Case Tied To El Salvador Travel

The Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed the first human case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm ...

Everything you need to know about New World screwworm

Rollins opened an $8.5 million facility in South Texas for releasing sterile New World screwworm flies and introduced a ...

Exclusive: U.S. confirms nation's first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak

The government's confirmation of a screwworm case comes just over a week after U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary ...

Flesh-eating screwworm detected in human in U.S. for 1st time in years

Federal officials confirmed a human case of a flesh-eating screwworm parasite in Maryland, the first in the United States in ...