US EditionDetects Cases of Miasis by Worm Sweeping in Humans in Veracruz
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By: Excélsior Veracruz, Veracruz.- Ten months after the first outbreak of barberworm detected in cattle in Las Choapas, infestation reached the human population. The Federal Health Secretariat confirmed eight cases of myasis in Veracruz, caused by the fly Cochliomyia hominivorax, whose larvae feed on live tissue in mammals, including humans. Contagions are distributed in eight municipalities in the south, center, north and mountainous region of …
In the state of Veracruz, there have been at least eight cases of myasis by worm sweeper during 2026. According to the Federal Ministry of Health through the Directorate General of Epidemiology, in the update last Tuesday, March 10. The first case of worm sweeper was detected in the municipality of Coatzacoalcos, south of the state, in the first week of January. The patient was a 67-year-old man; the myasis was in a lower right limb and the cond…
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