The screwworm flies can lay eggs on any warm-blooded animal, including people. Those eggs develop into parasitic larvae, or maggots, that feed on the surrounding flesh as they burrow deeper.
More cases of parasitic screwworm confirmed. Here’s who is at risk, where it’s spreading
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