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US confirms rare case of flesh-eating parasite. Here’s what to know about the New World screwworm
A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a ...
The United States eradicated New World screwworms, a blue-grey blowfly, in the 1960s. These parasites can cause infestations in warm-blooded animals, and, rarely, humans, which can be extremely ...
The patient had recently returned to Maryland after traveling to El Salvador. The risk to public health in the US is very low ...
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