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Flesh-Eating Screwworm Strikes U.S.

The U.S. confirms its first human case of New World screwworm. What is it?

U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically affects cattle in South America but has spread north in recent years.

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First human case of flesh-eating screwworm parasite detected in the U.S., HHS confirms

The parasite — the larvae of the new world screwworm fly — can devastate cattle herds and is rife in parts of Central America.

Rare human case of flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm identified in US

A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a spokesman from the US Department of Health and Human Services said.

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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 ...

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US screwworm patient recovered, Maryland says, as ranchers criticize secrecy

The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from ...

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As Texas gears up for a screwworm fight, the first U.S. patient has been identified

The CDC confirmation came about a week and a half before the U.S. agriculture secretary said Texas would host a sterile fly ...

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Human screwworm case reported in the US: Here's what NC residents should know

HHS spokesperson Andrew G. Nixon said the human case reported in the U.S. was related to this outbreak. The case was reported ...

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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 ...

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