NEW YORK (AP) — An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies. Fourteen tiny worms were removed from the ...

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 ...

Woman goes horseback riding, ends up with 14 parasitic worms in her eye. By Mike Wehner. Published Feb 13th, 2018 9:43AM EST. Image: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene .

NEW YORK (AP) - An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies. Fourteen tiny worms were removed from the ...

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Beckley, who was 26 at the time, removed five worms out of her eye before she visited a doctors' office in Ketchikan, Alaska, where staff were "legitimately freaked out," she said.

The UW Madison researchers added worms to a plot of forest in a 4-month controlled outdoor experiment, and also studied field sites in Wisconsin where the worms had been discovered in 2013.

The worm spreads via a variegated fruit fly, Phortica variegate, that feasts on the tears and salty eye secretions of various mammals. There's only limited data on P. variegate 's distribution in ...