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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Harriette Boucher

Flesh-eating worm cases surge in Mexico after parasite detected in US

New World Screwworm cases have surged by 53% in animals in Mexico - (John Kucharski/USDA)

The number of cases of flesh-eating screwworm in animals has risen by 53% in the last month in Mexico, according to government data.

New World Screwworm (NWS), which eats warm-blooded animals alive, is typically found in cattle, as well as horses, sheep, and dogs.

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