Overview

• Yucatán’s health department confirmed its first human miasis case in an Izamal resident originally from Tabasco, who was treated at the regional specialty hospital and discharged on August 11 with ongoing outpatient follow-up.
• State surveillance teams, working with Senasica, launched prevention and control actions in the affected area and urged wound hygiene, clean dressings, waste management, animal inspections and use of physical barriers such as nets and repellents.
• The state rural development ministry reported 94 new animal infestations across 37 municipalities, bringing the cumulative total to 306 cases spanning cattle, dogs, pigs, sheep and one horse.
• U.S. HHS and CDC confirmed a travel-associated human case in Maryland, the first in decades, with officials citing travel from El Salvador after earlier accounts referenced Guatemala, and they assessed the health risk to the U.S. public as very low.
• Authorities highlight long‑term control through sterile‑insect production, with Mexico building capacity and U.S. plans for a Texas facility to bolster suppression and protect livestock and trade.