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==Screw Worm Myiasis==
 
==Screw Worm Myiasis==
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*''C. bezziana'' cause myiasis in both animals and humans
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*Located mainly in tropical regions
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*Larvae are '''obligate''' parasites
    
'''Recongition'''
 
'''Recongition'''
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*Similar to ''Calliphora''
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**Irridescent
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**Clear wings
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**Blue abdomen
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*Longitudinal stripes on thorax
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*Larvae have bands of spines
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**Look like screws
    
'''Life Cycle'''
 
'''Life Cycle'''
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*Eggs laid in wounds or body cavities
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*Larvae feed as colonies
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*Larvae drop to the ground to pupate
    
'''Pathogenesis'''
 
'''Pathogenesis'''
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*Spiracles are exposed as larvae feed which expands the wound
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**Creates a foul smelling lesion
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*Cause irritation and pyrexia
    
'''Control'''
 
'''Control'''
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*In the USA
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**Mass eradication through the release of sterile males
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**Currently only persists where flies have migrated across the Mexican border
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*In Africa
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**Introduced into Libya through the importation of infested livestock
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**Sterile meales released
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**Eradication occured in 1991
    
==''Wohlfahrtia'' sp.==
 
==''Wohlfahrtia'' sp.==
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