The first U.S. human case of infection from the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, was recently detected in Maryland. The New World screwworm is a fly larva that infests the living tissue ...

The patient had traveled to Central America, where an outbreak of myiasis, an infection by screwworm larvae, has been ravaging livestock. By Alexa Robles-Gil In early August, a case of myiasis, an ...

A person in Maryland was recently infected by the flesh-eating New World screwworm after traveling to El Salvador, US health officials confirmed this week. The blowflies primarily affect livestock — ...

A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a spokesman from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said.The U.S.

The first human case in the U.S. of a flesh-eating parasite was reported in Maryland.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said a case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite has ...

BALTIMORE (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - A rare case of New World screwworm has been confirmed in the United States. The case identified in Maryland originated from a patient who recently traveled to El ...

WASHINGTON (WDCW) – The country’s first human case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite already wreaking havoc on cattle and driving up beef prices, has been reported in Maryland, ...