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Screw Worm Infection

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Definition: Infection with larvae of the blow fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (Callitroga americanum), a common cause of disease in livestock in the southern and southwestern U.S.A.  caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax (    Other names Screw Worm Infections; Infections, Screw Worm; Infection, Screw Worm

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