This is not the most appetizing thing to look at, and you would expect that from a flesh-eating parasite. The new world screworm feeds off living flesh of warm-blooded animals. It spreads as eggs and wounds, and their larvae or maggots burrow their way down and chomp away.>> It's it's a real nasty infection. I can't, you know, describing it, you know, will almost gross you out. So, it's it's about as bad as anything you can imagine.being eaten alive by a maggot is what it is. >> The killer parasite has been ...

First human case of flesh-eating screwworm parasite confirmed in US https://t.co/f6AzLjvoGt ...

The US has confirmed its first case in decades of flesh-eating screwworm in a human. Here’s what to know about the parasite and why cattle markets are watching closely https://t.co/d9BqhMZbME ...