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U.S. Resident Diagnosed With Rare Screwworm Parasite After Travel
The overall risk to the public is low, according to the CDC. The larvae do not spread from person to person. People are most at risk if they travel to areas with animal infestations, spend time around livestock, sleep outdoors or have open wounds.
The nearly three-week delay between the confirmation of the case on Aug. 4 and the U.S. government’s disclosure erodes trust ...
"The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.
The government's confirmation of a screwworm case comes just over a week after U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary ...
Rollins opened an $8.5 million facility in South Texas for releasing sterile New World screwworm flies and introduced a ...
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US reports its first New World parasitic screwworm infection in decades
A person in Maryland has been diagnosed with an infection of the flesh-eating New World screwworm. It's the first case in the ...
The CDC confirmation came about a week and a half before the U.S. agriculture secretary said Texas would host a sterile fly ...
The first human case of New World screwworm was confirmed in the United States after a Maryland resident was diagnosed ...
The nearly three-week delay between the confirmation of the case on August 4 and the U.S. government's disclosure erodes ...
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