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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.
The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. Here's what ...
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 larva of the new world screwworm fly — can devastate cattle herds and is rife in parts of Central America.
The pest, which typically affects livestock, feasts on healthy tissue and can be deadly if not promptly treated.
"The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.
The nearly three-week delay between the confirmation of the case on Aug. 4 and the U.S. government’s disclosure erodes trust ...
The patient had traveled to Central America, where an outbreak of myiasis, an infection by screwworm larvae, has been ...
The U.S. confirmed its first human diagnosis of the flesh-eating bacteria screwworm since 1982 after its known eradication ...
The first human case of New World screwworm was confirmed in the United States after a Maryland resident was diagnosed ...
The first human case of the flesh-eating parasite, New World Screwworm, has been detected in the United States.
The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from ...
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