{"id":60918,"date":"2025-08-27T12:25:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=60918"},"modified":"2025-08-28T13:31:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:01:54","slug":"new-world-screwworm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/new-world-screwworm\/","title":{"rendered":"New World Screwworm"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>New World Screwworm Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services reported the first human case of the flesh-eating parasite, the New World screwworm, in the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About New World Screwworm<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screwworms are a type of <\/span><b>blue-grey blowfly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, typically found in <\/span><b>South America and the Caribbean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The parasites are <\/span><b>named after the screwlike<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> way they burrow into the tissue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screwworms \u2014 specifically females \u2014 are <\/span><b>attracted to and lay eggs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on and in open wounds or another entry point like a <\/span><b>nasal cavity in warm-blooded animals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and, <\/span><b>rarely, humans.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One female can lay up to 300 eggs at a time and may lay up to 3,000 eggs during her 10- to 30-day lifespan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These <\/span><b>eggs hatch into larvae (known as maggots),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which <\/span><b>burrow into the wound<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using their sharp mouth hooks to feed on the living flesh, leading to infestation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After feeding, the larvae fall into the ground, burrow into the soil and emerge as adult screwworm flies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What are the Symptoms of Infestation?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its infestations can be extremely painful, especially in humans, with a high mortality rate if left untreated.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Symptoms of infestation include:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wounds or <\/span><b>sores that do not heal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; bleeding from open sores; feeling larvae movement within a skin wound or sore; and a foul-smelling odour from the site of the infestation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-sci-tech\/us-human-flesh-eating-new-world-screwworm-10212507\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New World screwworms are a type of blue-grey blowfly, typically found in South America and the Caribbean. 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