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1st human case of screwworm, flesh-eating parasite

New York Daily News · 21h

Flesh-eating screwworm detected in human in U.S. for 1st time in years

Federal officials confirmed a human case of a flesh-eating screwworm parasite in Maryland, the first in the United States in years.

A Maryland resident is diagnosed with screwworm. Here's what to know about the flesh-eating parasite.

The New World screwworm case is the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak.

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth · 39m

‘It eats flesh. It's something like out of a horror movie,' TDA commish says of screwworm

The first human case of the flesh-eating screwworm has been detected in the US, but Texas has already been on the lookout for the parasite.

15hon MSN

First human screwworm case linked to travel confirmed in U.S., HHS says

"The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.

Houston Public Media2h

The U.S. confirms its first human case of New World screwworm. What is it?

U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically ...

18h

As Texas gears up for a screwworm fight, the first U.S. patient has been identified

The CDC confirmation came about a week and a half before the U.S. agriculture secretary said Texas would host a sterile fly ...

FOX6 News Milwaukee36m

What is screwworm? Symptoms, prevention and treatment

The first human case of New World screwworm was confirmed in the United States after a Maryland resident was diagnosed ...

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