Overview
- State health officials confirmed a 57-year-old man from the Otomí-Tepehua region as the first human case and said he is under care following protocol.
- Authorities activated immediate epidemiological surveillance and control actions in Hidalgo to limit further spread.
- Other suspected infections remain under review, including a sample from Tenango de Doria, while San Salvador issued an urgent notice to tighten local monitoring.
- The screw-worm is the larva of the fly Cochliomyia hominivorax, which lays eggs in open wounds and can eat living tissue if not treated quickly.
- National tracking lists 189 probable and 112 confirmed human cases through the third week of April, and the pest has been found in 45 municipalities in Hidalgo.