A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a spokesman from the US Department of Health and Human Services said.

A rare human case of a flesh-eating parasite known as New World screwworm has been confirmed in a Maryland resident as the Trump administration is trying to prevent the resurgence of an insect largely eradicated from livestock decades ago.

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