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Rare, Flesh-Eating Parasite Confirmed in US For First Time in Decades
A flesh-eating parasite has infected a person from the US in a rare and concerning event. The case involved a woman in the state of Maryland, who had recently returned from Central America, where she was likely exposed to the New World screwworm fly ( Cochliomyia hominivorax ).
The CDC confirmed that a patient in Maryland, recently back from a trip to El Salvador, was diagnosed with a screwworm ...
A rare human case of a flesh-eating parasite known as New World screwworm has been confirmed in a Maryland resident as the ...
Two men from the Northeast became infected with parasites after receiving contaminated kidneys from the same donor in an unusual medical case study.
2 Men Get Infected with Parasitic Worms from Same Kidney Donor: 'Rounded Heads and Tapered Tails' Two men became ill after receiving kidneys from a donor who had an active parasitic infection ...
The pest was a recurring problem for the American cattle industry for decades until the U.S. largely eradicated it in the ...
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