The US healthcare authorities have announced the first case of people's infection in the New World Screwworm called New World Screwworm. The parasite is widespread in Central and South America.
The case of infection was confirmed on August 4 and is related to a citizen who returned from El Salvador, but according to some sources, he was in Guatemala. There are still disagreements over the source of infection.
The parasitic called Screwworm is a Marrachl fly whose females lay on the wounds of living creatures. The larvae penetrates the eggs penetrates in the tissue, causing severe damage and can be fatal if they are not suffered in time.
The infection is rare in humans, but it poses a serious threat to the animal. At the moment, cases of animal infection are not registered in the United States, but the livestock sphere is seriously anxious, taking into account the tendencies of the parasite north of Mexico.
Healthcare bodies announce that at the moment the risk of public health is very low.
