🦟 Update on our previous screwworm thread: First U.S. human case confirmed in Maryland, in a traveler from Central America.
🩺 Risk to people in the U.S. remains LOW - early treatment is effective.
👀 No animal cases in the U.S. so far. Monitoring continues.
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Ever heard of New World Screwworm? 🪰
No? Us either, until about a year ago.
That's about when both CDC and USDA started standing up systems to respond to this 🦠🫣 flesh-eating parasite 🦠🫣 (yep, you heard us), which is moving northward toward American soil.
🔗 www.cdc.gov/myiasis/abou...
