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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 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 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 ...

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 ...

First human case of screwworm infection, a flesh-eating parasite, reported in the U.S.

The CDC confirmed that a patient in Maryland, recently back from a trip to El Salvador, was diagnosed with a screwworm ...

First human case of flesh-eating screwworm confirmed in U.S., HHS says

The government’s confirmation of a screwworm case comes just over a week after the U.S. Department of Agriculture secretary ...
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Screwworm confirmed in US with first human case reported in Maryland: CDC

Health officials confirm that a Maryland resident was diagnosed with New World screwworm earlier this month after traveling ...
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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 ...

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

The nearly three-week delay between the confirmation of the case on August 4 and the U.S. government's disclosure erodes ...
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Public health kept the New World screwworm’s arrival in the USA a secret for 20 days

When Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said on Aug. 15 that the New World screwworm had not been reported or detected in the United States “in ...

First human screwworm case detected in U.S. as Texas ranchers express concerns about livestock

The first U.S. New World screwworm case in a human has been confirmed in a man who traveled from El Salvador, the Department ...