The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it confirmed a human case of ‘New World screwworm,’ a flesh-eating parasite.
Health officials said the case involved an individual in Maryland who recently traveled to Central America.
“This is the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm myiasis (parasitic infestation of fly larvae) from an outbreak-affected country identified in the United States,” said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon in an emailed statement, according to Axios.
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Nixon said the risk to public health in the United States remains very low.
Report: A case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been confirmed in Maryland, U.S., in a patient who recently traveled from Guatemala
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