First human case of screwworm adds to concerns over livestock and beef costs
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The first reported case of a flesh-eating parasite in a human was confirmed by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services on Monday. The Maryland resident who was diagnosed has recovered from the infection.
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A person in the U.S. who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm. It's the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis three weeks ago.
A person in Maryland has been diagnosed with a rare flesh-eating parasite known as the New World screwworm after traveling from Guatemala, marking the first confirmed human case in the United States, according to Reuters.
The U.S.'s first human case of the flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm has been detected; the patient recently traveled to El Salvador, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
The US Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country.
A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm. It's the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis three weeks ago.
U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically affects cattle in South America, but has spread north in recent years.
A case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been identified in a person in Maryland who had traveled to the United States from Guatemala, according to four sources familiar with the situation.
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 US Department of Health and Human Services said.
The first travel-associated human screwworm case was detected in Maryland after the patient returned from El Salvador, as the CDC confirms there is a low public health risk in the U.S.
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.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The first reported case of a flesh-eating parasite in a human was confirmed by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services on Monday. The Maryland resident who was diagnosed has recovered from the infection.
