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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Owen Scott

Parasitic flies that eat human tissue to lay eggs in open wounds are just 90 miles from US border, officials confirm

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 larvae, around the noses, eyes, ears and mouth of humans and livestock, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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