The Mexican Health Ministry has recorded the country's first human case of myiasis caused by screwworm.
The government said on Friday that the case was detected in a 77-year-old woman from the municipality of Acacoyagua, in the southern state of Chiapas.
Authorities said the old woman is currently in stable condition and receiving antibiotic treatment.
DAILY POST reports that Myiasis is a parasitic infection that occurs when fly larvae infest open wounds, feeding on living tissue.
