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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 ...

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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Human Case of New World Screwworm Confirmed in Maryland

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported a human New World screwworm (NWS) case.

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: New human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say

A case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been identified in a person in Maryland who had traveled to the United ...

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 ...