A type of flesh-eating worm eradicated from the U.S. in the 1960s has been spotted again in Central America, prompting ...

New World screwworm flies cause disease primarily in animals and livestock, but humans can be infested. NWS was eradicated in the US and Americas; however, Panama, Costa Ria, Nicaragua ...

Agriculture and Fishery applies cost-benefit methodology applied to the eradication programme of the New World Screwworm (in Spanish) ...

T here is a decades-old international operation to eradicate the New World Screwworm from existence, and you’ve probably ...

Researchers modify New World screwworm flies to control population of the devastating tropical pests. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted ...

So, the worm has now been detected in Panama Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and now Guatemala. That's why the Ministry of Agriculture, BAHA and other stakeholders have wasted no time in establishing ...

This identification aid will concentrate on third instar larvae. Both the Old World screwworm fly (OWSF) Chrysomya bezziana and the New World screwworm fly (NWSF) Cochliomyia hominovorax are major ...

Belize is ramping up its surveillance processes and its efforts to increase public awareness of New World Screwworm (NWS), ...

Belize is free from the cattle screwworm, and it is not fair that they (wish to) stop our cattle exports to Mexico. He notes that Belize and El Salvador are the only countries that remain free of this ...