The Texas parks department says the maggots will lay eggs in "open wounds or orifices of live tissue such as nostrils, eyes or mouth." Such an infestation is known as New World screwworm myiasis.
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R.I. resident dies from rare bacterial infection, prompting warning about open wounds and salt waterThe death prompted the department on Thursday to caution residents about the health risks of entering coastal waters with open wounds, including cuts and scrapes, areas of their bodies that ...
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