
The US Department of Health and Humanitarian Services reported the recording of the first human injury in the United States with parasitic “spiral worm”, in a patient who returned from an external travel, at a time when some Central countries are witnessing a prevalence of the disease.
The ministry spokesman, Andrew J. Nixon, in a statement via email to “Reuters”, that the Ministry of Health in the state of Maryland conducted in cooperation with the American Centers to Combat Disease and Prevention (CDC) tests confirmed on the fourth of Aug Some confusion about the source of the infection. But Nixon stressed that “the level of risk to public health in the United States is very low,” stressing that no injury cases in animals this year. The wounds of living organisms of hot blood, to hatch larvae that feed on live meat, causing fatal injuries if not treated. Experts describe its nutrition method as “inserting a screw in a piece of wood”. Although the scarcity of humans, the infection is dangerous, whether on humans or animals. Treatment depends on removing hundreds of larvae from wounds completely, as the chances of survival rises if medical intervention begins early. (Arab TV)
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