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Myiasis Producing Flies (view source)
Revision as of 20:10, 8 November 2008
, 20:10, 8 November 2008→Screw Worm Myiasis
==Screw Worm Myiasis==
==Screw Worm Myiasis==
*''C. bezziana'' cause myiasis in both animals and humans
*Located mainly in tropical regions
*Larvae are '''obligate''' parasites
'''Recongition'''
'''Recongition'''
*Similar to ''Calliphora''
**Irridescent
**Clear wings
**Blue abdomen
*Longitudinal stripes on thorax
*Larvae have bands of spines
**Look like screws
'''Life Cycle'''
'''Life Cycle'''
*Eggs laid in wounds or body cavities
*Larvae feed as colonies
*Larvae drop to the ground to pupate
'''Pathogenesis'''
'''Pathogenesis'''
*Spiracles are exposed as larvae feed which expands the wound
**Creates a foul smelling lesion
*Cause irritation and pyrexia
'''Control'''
'''Control'''
*In the USA
**Mass eradication through the release of sterile males
**Currently only persists where flies have migrated across the Mexican border
*In Africa
**Introduced into Libya through the importation of infested livestock
**Sterile meales released
**Eradication occured in 1991
==''Wohlfahrtia'' sp.==
==''Wohlfahrtia'' sp.==