"New World screwworm kind of gets its name because these are little parasites and, when they actually land on an open wound, they're going to screw down into the wound -- that's how they burrow in --...

An unidentified Maryland person has recovered after they became the first reported human case of screwworms in the nation in quite a while.

The patient has thankfully recovered, and the US Department of Health and Human Services has assured the public that the risk of further human spread is " very low ".