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New World screwworm re-emergence in the United States

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Latest: United States releases 1 billion sterile flies to combat screwworm outbreak

The New World screwworm, a parasitic fly known as Cochliomyia hominivorax, has re-emerged in the United States after being eradicated in 1966. The parasite, which burrows into and consumes the living tissue of warm-blood