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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 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 ...

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

The first human case of New World screwworm infection was reported in the U.S., the Department of Health and Human Services ...

First human case of flesh-eating screwworm detected in the United States

The first human case of the flesh-eating parasite, New World Screwworm, has been detected in the United States.
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HHS, CDC confirm human New World screwworm case in the United States

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed that the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm (NWS) has surfaced in the United States. According to HHS, the US ...
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First US human case of flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite found in Marylander, HHS says

The first human case in the U.S. of a flesh-eating parasite was reported in Maryland. The U.S. Department of Health and Human ...
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U.S. records 1st human case of New World screwworm parasite

The flesh-eating fly larva infects warm-blooded animals and can be deadly. But HHS says the current risk to human health is ...
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Human case of New World screwworm confirmed in U.S. traveler

The Department of Health and Human Services reported the first human case of New World Screwworm in the U.S. The diagnosis ...
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The U.S. Has Detected It’s First Travel-Related Case of Human Screw Worm

The U.S. has detected a case of human New World screwworm in August 2025, which was found in a Maryland patient who had ...

First US human case of flesh-eating parasite confirmed in Maryland

WASHINGTON ( WDCW) – The country’s first human case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite already wreaking ...