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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.

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 ...

‘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 ...

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 ...
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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 ...

First U.S. case of screwworm detected nearly 50 years after eradicated

The U.S. confirmed its first human diagnosis of the flesh-eating bacteria screwworm since 1982 after its known eradication ...

US confirms first human case of travel-associated screwworm

STORY: The U.S. has confirmed the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm. It involved ...

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.

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 ...
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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 ...

US screwworm patient recovered, Maryland says, as ranchers criticize secrecy

The nearly three-week delay between the confirmation of the case on August 4 and the U.S. government's disclosure erodes ...

Exclusive-First 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 ...