Exclusive: New human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say 患者在馬里蘭州接受治療，是美國今年確認的首例“新世界螺旋蝇蛆”病例。該寄生蟲會活生生啃食牛隻和其他溫血動物的肉體。目前，疫情正在中美洲和墨西哥南部升溫並向北蔓延。 WHAT ARE SCREWWORMS? Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females lay eggs in wounds on any warm-blooded animal. Once the eggs hatch, hundreds of screwworm larvae use their sharp mouths to burrow through living flesh, eventually killing their host if left untreated. ——————— 我可能在松鼠身上見過，但人身上出現還是聞所未聞。
患者在馬里蘭州接受治療，是美國今年確認的首例“新世界螺旋蝇蛆”病例。該寄生蟲會活生生啃食牛隻和其他溫血動物的肉體。目前，疫情正在中美洲和墨西哥南部升溫並向北蔓延。
WHAT ARE SCREWWORMS? Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females lay eggs in wounds on any warm-blooded animal. Once the eggs hatch, hundreds of screwworm larvae use their sharp mouths to burrow through living flesh, eventually killing their host if left untreated.
——————— 我可能在松鼠身上見過，但人身上出現還是聞所未聞。
沒有看到具體的患者訊息。 報導裡說是從中美洲旅行者身上發現的。