It took a team of scientists and a 1928 paper in a German journal to identify the floaty, clear worms swimming in Abby Beckley’s left eye.

A parasitic worm infection, once thought to only be found in cows, has shown up in a second person in just two years—and it has experts worried that it may be on the rise in the US. The worm in ...

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Cattle eyeball parasites, part deux: The wrath of flies that will drink your tears. Skip to content Ars Technica home. ... aka the cattle eye worm—has been in the US since the 1940s.

Woman Pulls Parasitic Cattle Eye Worm From Her Own Eye This was the first-known time the parasite has made the jump from cows to humans. Jason Daley - Correspondent. February 13, 2018.

The parasite, identified as Thelazia gulosa, is normally spread between cattle by flies landing on or near the eyes.This particular eye worm species has never been documented in humans, making ...

And it wasn’t just one — a total of 14 worms were pulled from Abby Beckley’s left eye during the 2016 episode, according to the report. Beckley first discovered the infestation after a week ...

Dear Doctor: Please tell me more about the recent story in the news about the young woman who spent time on a ranch and then found worms living inside her eyes. We are cattle ranchers, and now I ...

The woman, Abby Beckley, was diagnosed in August 2016 with Thelazia gulosa. That's a type of eye worm seen in cattle in the northern United States and southern Canada, but never before in humans.

Key progress” has been made against the New World screwworm, the U.S. ag secretary says, adding that there has been no ...

The CDC examined some of the worms, and identified them as cattle eye worms which are spread by a kind of fly called “face flies.” Richard Bradbury, the lead author of the study, said the researchers ...

Q: Please tell me more about the recent story in the news about the young woman who spent time on a ranch and then found worms living inside her eyes. We are cattle ranchers, and now I’m worried ...