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==Etymology==
From the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''kochlias''' (snail with a spiral shell) + ''myia'' (fly) and the [[Latin language|Latin]] '''hominis''' (man) + '''vorax''' (consuming), ''Cochliomyia hominivorax'', or the New World screw-worm fly (formerly ''Callitroga'' ([[Greek language|Greek]] ''kallos'', (beautiful), + ''trogein'', (to gnaw), americana), was first described by [[France|French]] entomologist [[Charles Coquerel]] in 1858. ''C. hominivorax ''larvae enter wounds and feed on living tissue, and if untreated, infestations can be fatal. It was eliminated in the United States in 1982 and in much of Central America in the 1990s, although outbreaks associated with reimportations in infected humans and animals continue to occur.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Henry|first1= Ronnie |date=February 2019 |title=Etymologia: Cochliomyia hominivorax |journal= Emerg Infect Dis |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages= 389–390|doi=10.3201/eid2502.et2502 |pmid= 30666944 |pmc= 6346460 |quote= citing public domain text from the CDC }}</ref>
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