Texan Case Marks First US Flesh-Eating Screwworm Sighting Since 1966
TL;DR
A New World Screwworm has been detected in the US for the first time since 1966, in a three-week-old calf in Texas near the Mexico border. Authorities are establishing a 20 km detection and quarantine zone to slow the spread as the parasite can infest wounds and threaten cattle herds; human risk is low and there are no food-safety concerns.
- Flesh-eating screwworm arrives in US with first case in Texas BBC
- Current Status aphis.usda.gov
- Flesh-eating screwworm confirmed in Texas calf as parasite crosses border from Mexico Reuters
- Flesh-eating New World screwworm detected in Texas calf, USDA says, signaling major threat to food production CNN
- Flesh-eating screwworm is confirmed in the U.S., officials say CNBC
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