“This is the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm myiasis (parasitic infestation of fly larvae) from an ...

The U.S. has confirmed the first case of the New World screwworm flesh-eating parasite in a human, according to the ...

Just two months after reports warily noted that new world screwworms, flesh-eating parasites that are notorious for killing ...

The US has reported its first-ever human case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite, detected in a Maryland resident who ...

The first reported case of a flesh-eating parasite in a human was confirmed by the U.S Department of Health and Human ...

Officials released more information on the first human case of screw worms as officials work to take action against the spread of the parasite.

Screw flies lay their eggs in any open wound of warm blooded animals. Dr. Doug Mader: “Screw worms start on the surface and then screw or burrow their way into healthy tissue.

While not prevalent, human cases of screw-worm infestation have been recorded, the USDA said. When a person or animal is infected, the result is incredibly painful and gruesome, the department said.

The worms, which are the larvae of the screw fly, lay their eggs in the wounds of warm-blooded animals. Less than an inch long, they can kill a deer in a matter of days.

"Libya in 1988 had an outbreak of new-world screw worm flies through a shipment of live animals to North Africa, to Libya, the pest was also exported. So a non-endemic, very dangerous pest was ...

A flesh-eating screwworm infection, absent in the US for six decades, has been confirmed in a Maryland patient returning from ...

Millions of male screw worm flies are bred and sterilised with radiation, then released into the wild. The technique has worked to eradicate screw worm in North and Central America and in Libya.