Texas entomologist: 'We will win this battle' with New World screwworm
Teona Gherasim
June 12 (UPI) -- Twelve cases of the flesh-eating fly called the New World screwworm have been detected in the United States as of Friday and what took decades to eradicate only took a few years to return. Since first being detected in Texas earlier this month, the screwworm has spread to southeastern New Mexico, found in a dog. All 12 cases remain active. The Cochliomyia hominivorax, also known as the New World screwworm, is a parasitic bloatfly that feasts on living tissue. It is the only
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