Flesh-Eating Screwworms Are Not Likely to Spread to Louisiana, According to Agriculture Expert

By Margaret Delaney

The Times Picayune

In early August, a Maryland resident who had traveled to El Salvador was diagnosed with New World screwworm — a flesh-eating parasite — being the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in U.S.

Although the case was an isolated incident, the infection had many wondering if the flesh-eating maggot could spread to more people.

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