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[[Image:Screw Worm.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Screw worm larvae - John Kucharski - Wikimedia Commons]]
[[Image:Screw Worm.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Screw worm larvae - John Kucharski - Wikimedia Commons]]
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| Also known as:
| '''Old world screwworm
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===Scientific Classification===
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| Class
| Insecta
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| Order
| Diptera
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| Family
| Calliphoridae
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==Hosts==
Cattle, sheep, dogs and occasionally humans.
'''Life cycle'''
==Identification==
''C. bezziana'' is a blue/green fly, with 4 longitudinal black stripes, and around 8-10mm in length. They are similar to [[Calliphoridae|''Calliphora spp.'']]
==Life Cycle==
''C. bezziana'' is an obligate agent of myiasis. The female lays eggs in fresh open wounds or body orifices. Eggs then hatch and the larvae begin to penetrate the skin. The larvae then mature and begin to pupate, before becoming fully reproductive adults.
The complete life cycle from egg to adult is 2-3 weeks.
==Clinical==
'''Pathogenesis'''
'''Pathogenesis'''