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Flesh-eating screwworms are not likely to spread to Louisiana, according to agriculture expert
09/02/2025
10:04 AM
http://www.theadvocate.com/tncms/asset/editorial/3a1a810d-8dd0-53fb-932c-c842815d1b67
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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.