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  • The first travel-associated New World screwworm case in the United States was confirmed in a patient who had recently traveled from El Salvador.
  • Public health officials say the risk to the United States is very low as containment and surveillance continue for the Maryland case tied to El Salvador.
  • Officials described the Maryland case as the first human screwworm linked to an outbreak-affected country identified in the United States, with travel to El Salvador connected.

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