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Maryland resident is diagnosed with New World screwworm. What to know about the parasite
A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. Federal health officials acknowledged the infection in an emailed statement Monday.
The CDC confirmation came about a week and a half before the U.S. agriculture secretary said Texas would host a sterile fly ...
New World screwworms (NWS) are the larvae of the New World screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax), dropped off into the ...
The patient had recently returned to Maryland after traveling to El Salvador. The risk to public health in the US is very low ...
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