According to the Department of Health and Human Services, the first case of a new world screw infection in a human was confirmed in the US.
HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement to CBS News on Monday that the journey-jung new world screw up was detected, which had returned to the US from Al Salvador, and was confirmed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention on 4 August.
The CDC investigated the case in coordination with the Health Department of Maryland.
Nixon said, “It is the first human case of New World Screw Myiasis (parasitic infection of fly larvae), which is known to a outbreak-oriented country identified in the United States,” Nixon said that the risk to American public health is currently “very low.”
What is the New World Screworm Myiasis?
New World Screworm Myiasis fly larvae, or a parasitic infection of magots, is caused by New World Screws (NWS) parasitic flies, which feed on live tissue, CDC says,
“When the NWS larvae (magots) bloom in the flesh of a living animal, they often damage the animal,” USDA They say. “NWS can infect people, pets, wildlife, sometimes in birds and rare cases.”
Texas Park and Wildlife Department say NWS flies lay eggs in open wounds or living tissue such as nostrils, eyes or mouths – an infection and painful state, which is known as known as New world screw myiasis,
“These eggs are in dangerous parasitic larvae, and screw or screw the magots into meat with sharp mouth hooks,” Park department says“The wounds can be large, and an infection can often cause severe, fatal damage or death to an infected animal.”
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It is usually found in South America and Caribbean. The CDC says people suffering from this situation include people living in rural areas, where NWS are spatial, and where livestock is raised, as well as people with open wounds or wounds or wounds and weak population.
According to the agency, there is no medicine to treat it.
Last year end, Texas officials posted an advisor After the New World Screw, a cow was found in a cow in the southern Mexican state of Chiapus for external enthusiasts in South Texas. The Texas Park and the Wildlife Department said that the New World Screw was making its way north towards the north through the US.
The department said, “As a protective measure, the Animal Health Officer asks them along the Southern Texas border to monitor wildlife, livestock and pets for the clinical signals of NWS and report potential cases immediately,” the department said at that time.
In June, US government A policy initiative released With the aim of preventing the spread of new world screws in live cattle and other animal imports, including plans to create an insect spread facility in Texas.
And Lee Cohen contributed to this report.
