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The New World screwworm case is the first reported U.S. case​ tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak.
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Officials say the patient infected with screwworm recently returned from a trip to El Salvador. This is the first human case in the U.S. in decades.
Dubai: A Maryland resident who had traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm, a flesh-eating ...
A human case of a flesh-eating screwworm has been confirmed in Maryland, the first in the United States in years, according ...
STORY: The U.S. has confirmed the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm. It involved ...
U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically ...
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A Maryland resident was diagnosed after traveling to El Salvador, where an outbreak of the flesh-eating parasite is ongoing. Officials say the risk to the public is very low.
The Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday the first human case of the flesh-eating parasite, “New World ...
Screwworm has not been detected in animals within the U.S., the USDA noted. It was largely eradicated for decades in the U.S.