Meat -eating flies that surprise the world .. What do we know about it and is it necessary to worry?

The American health authorities confirmed the registration of the first human condition in decades of the New World Screworm at a resident of Maryland recently returned from El Salvador; The patient received treatment and recovered, according to the American centers to control and prevent diseases (CDC) and the Ministry of Health in Maryland.

What happened?
The transient condition, not a local infection in the United States. A spokesman for the Federal Health Ministry said that the diagnosis was confirmed by CDC on August 4 before the broader announcement. Despite the “very rare” nature of human injury, the situation re -highlighted the risk of re -entering the parasite into American cattle herds, which the country had eliminated in the 1960s through the sterilization program and firing sterile males. What is the “spiral worm”?
It is an eating parasitic fly for live tissue; It lay eggs on the open wounds of hot blood creatures. After hatching, the larvae devour live meat and may cause severe harm, and the treatment lies in the physical removal of the larvae with appropriate medical care. Humans rarely, often after being injured in areas where the parasite is inhabited. The parasite is able to kill adult animals within days if not treated. Market reports and experts estimate that a large outbreak in Texas alone may cost the sector up to $ 1.8 billion; This presses the meat supply chains, which are originally affected by the decline in the American herd. The US Department of Agriculture launched a five -axis plan to combat the escalating danger from Central America, including: the establishment of a sterile flies facility at Moore Air Force Base in South Texas (the cost of $ 8.5 million) to receive the flies produced in Panama and Mexico and launch it in the field. Expanding early monitoring and warning and the restrictions of the movement of exposed animals. Activating sterile insect technology on a wider scale to break the reproductive cycle (the female mates once). Availability of using emergency veterinary treatments and field guidelines for veterinarians. Maintaining a northern vital barrier through regional programs to track the spread of the parasite in the north since 2023 and change the traditional barrier between Panama and Colombia. What does that mean to the population?
The risk of infection on the public is very low inside the United States, according to health authorities; Focus focuses on livestock. As for travelers from affected areas, any open wound must be covered and cleaned well, and see a doctor immediately at pain/bleeding or movement in the wound; Treatment is based on quickly removing larvae and then treating the wound. For animal educators, any head suspected of injury and contact with the veterinarian or animal health authorities must be isolated. (Sky News)