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Cattle industry concerned over screwworm reporting delay

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

Human Case of Flesh-Eating Screwworm Reported in Maryland

The patient had traveled to Central America, where an outbreak of myiasis, an infection by screwworm larvae, has been ...
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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.

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 ...

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 ...
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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 ...

New human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say

The person, who received treatment in Maryland, is the first new confirmed case this year in the U.S. of New World screwworm, ...