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U.S. Resident Diagnosed With Rare Screwworm Parasite After Travel
A Maryland resident has recovered after being diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case in years that's tied to travel in a country with an outbreak. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the case on Aug.
A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a ...
The parasite — the larvae of the new world screwworm fly — can devastate cattle herds and is rife in parts of Central America ...
"The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.
The first human case of the flesh-eating screwworm has been detected in the US, but Texas has already been on the lookout for ...
U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically ...
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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 ...
STORY: The U.S. has confirmed the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm. It involved ...
The U.S. confirmed its first human diagnosis of the flesh-eating bacteria screwworm since 1982 after its known eradication ...
The nearly three-week delay between the confirmation of the case on August 4 and the U.S. government's disclosure erodes ...
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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Screwworm: 1st human case in United States
Health officials confirm the first human case of New World screwworm in the United States. FOX's Ted Lindner has the details.
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