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==Control==

The [[United States]] officially eradicated the screwworm in 1982 using the [[sterile insect technique]], although an isolated outbreak occurred in [[Monroe County, Florida]] in autumn of 2016.<ref name="CH1">{{cite web|url=http://www.flkeysnews.com/news/local/article105665836.html|publisher=[[FLKeysNews.com]]|accessdate=2016-10-03|date=2016-10-03|title=Deadly fly larvae infests federally endangered Key deer population, more than 40 are euthanized}}</ref> The Floridian government instituted control measures including mandatory inspections of all animals leaving the area; the outbreak was declared as neutralized in March 2017.<ref name="AVMA">{{cite web|url=https://www.avma.org/javma-news/2017-05-15/screwworm-again-eradicated-florida|author=Cima, Greg|publisher= American Medical Veterinary Association|accessdate=2024-02-20|date=2017-04-26|title=Screwworm again eradicated in Florida}}</ref> The screwworm was eradicated in [[Guatemala]] and [[Belize]] in 1994, [[El Salvador]] in 1995, and [[Honduras]] in 1996. Campaigns against the flies continue in [[Mexico]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], and [[Jamaica]] with financial assistance from the [[United States Department of Agriculture]], which is trying to push the parasite south of the narrow [[Isthmus of Panama]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zhang |first=Sarah |date=2020-05-26 |title=America’s Never-Ending Battle Against Flesh-Eating Worms |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/05/flesh-eating-worms-disease-containment-america-panama/611026/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001024120/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/05/flesh-eating-worms-disease-containment-america-panama/611026/ |archive-date=2024-10-01 |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=[[The Atlantic]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Etymology==