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Only when you thought there are enough to happen in the world to calm your nerves, a parasite that eats the meat that spreads between cattle in Central America and now a recent traveler from the United States and another from Canada.

It is called the new code of the world, and it makes its way to the skin of a live animal host – such as the screw – and it feeds on the tissues.

But we said that you do not have to scare.

Human injury cases are incredibly rare, including when it comes to travelers to affected areas, and they are not passed from one person to another. but Worms are a threat to livestock breedersThe disease in Central America and Mexico grows at the pace of farmers throughout the region and the United States.

Here is what we know about the parasite, and the two human condition and what can be done to control it.

What is the new world worm?

US centers to combat and prevent diseases Confirmed A man from Maryland had the first humanitarian situation in the country to injure the new world screwing associated with the last outbreak.

He recently traveled to El Salvador, one of the affected countries, and has since recovered.

The parasite is the larvae of the new world spiral fly.

The female fly lays its eggs on the warm blood animals-often in an open wound or scratching in the skin, but sometimes in the mucous membranes of the nose, eyes, or mouth.

The larvae – or what we usually referred to as maggots – hatch and then eat their way to the host’s body.

This type of parasitic injury is known as myiasis, which is common and not dangerous in general.

“There is a full set of types of flies that are able to do so, most of which are Hamid,” he told CBC News.

Liebman said that the Myiases disease is commonly seen in pets, as well as in people with open wounds and live in non -formulation situations, but is easily dealt with and has few effects.

He said that what makes the new spiral worm different is “more aggressive”, and they “actually feed on living skin.”

(Her scientific name, by the way, is Cochliomyiah hominivorax; Hominivorax Literally means “Man Man”.

Calcular worms can cause cluster lesions that do not heal and give up smells, infections and possibly death (most of them in animals).

Although it is very rare between the small number of human cases, there was a documented death In Costa Rica in 2024 – The first in that country since the 1990s – in a person who lived with a disability.

Six other people in the country who were injured in that year all of them recovered.

How is it dealt with?

“It is a” direct “treatment to get rid of the injury.

But because they can overcome the body, there can be “dozens or even hundreds of larvae under it, and he said that surgery is sometimes required.

This is what happened earlier this year for a Canadian man in his eighties. He had fallen while walking in long distances in a very slope hill during a trip to Costa Rica, corrosion on his knees and shining. But after about a week, an ulcer remained on his right.

According to a study on his case, he participated in her authorship and published in a recent number of Travel medicine and infectious diseaseCosta Rica doctors removed 30 to 40 larvae from the ulcers before advising him to obtain medical care in a larger medical facility.

He flew to Toronto, where doctors had to extend an incision to remove more larvae, which were later confirmed that they are new worms in the world. The examination showed that there was no other deeper damage in its tissues. He got a snapshot of tetanus and released with a wound wearing clothes.

Can you prevent this from happening?

Bogoch Network CBC News told that although there is a very low risk for travelers, it is “not zero percent.”

He said that if you are visiting one of the countries with a spread – which extends from Panama to Mexico – and returns with symptoms, you should inform your doctor.

“This also means that health care providers need to be familiar with other travel -related diseases,” said Bogotch.

Liebman said it is not something that would make you reconsider traveling to famous holiday destinations in Central America.

He said that the basic precautions, similar to what you will take when trying to protect yourself from mosquitoes and other insects in tropical climates, should help keep the new screw on the screw fly – if you are near it anywhere.

Human cases are not common. Why do we care?

Liebman emphasized that the greatest anxiety is for livestock, livestock in particular. He said that infections can be “very harmful” to animals and cause great losses to farmers, as some countries restrict imports from affected areas in order to limit the spread of spiral worms.

The new global numbers worms were largely eliminated in Southern United States In the sixties of the last century, Mexico in the 1970s and Central America by the early first decade of the twentieth century.

Liebman explained that the male flies that were sterilized through radiance were released by millions, which led to the lack of production of birth offspring when mating.

He said it was “really wonderful” that this method was able to control the problem for decades without using pesticides.

Liebman said that it is not clear what led to the recent recovery in Central America, as it was first discovered in 2023 and grew to regional outbreaks in the following years.

But he said he believed that it may become difficult to manage the spread if flies continue to move to larger areas, where it will be difficult to install such a wide effort to control it.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it is monitoring the outbreak of the disease in Mexico and Central America and indicates that the new global spiral worm is not present in Canada and has not been able to survive in the country’s winter temperatures.