A parasitic fly that eats human tissues and lays eggs in open wounds has been detected just 90 miles from the U.S. border. New World screwworms also deposit their eggs, which hatch into maggots and ...
Screwworm infestations “can be deadly, especially when involving the scalp,” the doctors wrote in their case report. “Larvae may burrow through the skull, dura [outer membrane around the brain], and ...