Difference between revisions of "Myiasis Producing Flies"

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Introduction

Myiasis is the parasitism of living animals by dipteran larvae. Myiasis can be obligatory or facultative (optional) and is described as cutaneous, nasal or somatic.

Oestridae

Dermatobia hominis

Calliphoridae

Chrysomya bezziana

Maggot Debridement Therapy

Maggot therapy on a wound - Wikimedia Commons

Human medicine
- Sterile Lucilia sericata maggots used to treat infected and necrotic wounds
- Larvae secrete proteolytic enzymes and antimicrobial agents into the wound
- Larvae do not burrow under the skin or attack healthy tissue

Veterinary medicine
- Published reports rare
- Recently used successfully to treat a suppurative wound in a donkey that did not respond to conventional medical methods and surgery

Wohlfahrtia spp.

Obligatory parasite

Occurs in North America

Parasite of mink and sometimes humans

Recognition

Large 8-14mm long

Pale grey

Black stripes on thorax

Black spots on abdomen

Life cycle

Larvae deposited directly onto host

No egg stage

Larvae moult twice on host then fall to ground to pupate

Pathogenesis

Larvae penetrate intact skin
- Cause boil like swellings

Myiasis Producing Flies Flashcards

Links

Viruses

Ectoparasiticides

Blowfly strike

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+==Introduction==
+Myiasis is the parasitism of living animals by dipteran larvae. Myiasis can be obligatory or facultative (optional) and is described as cutaneous, nasal or somatic.
+<big>
-#REDIRECT[[:Category:Myiasis Producing Flies]]
+'''[[Oestridae|''Oestridae'']]
+'''[[Dermatobia hominis|''Dermatobia hominis'']]
+'''[[Calliphoridae|''Calliphoridae'']]
+'''[[Chrysomya bezziana|''Chrysomya bezziana'']]
+</big>
+====Maggot Debridement Therapy====
+[[Image:Maggot Therapy.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Maggot therapy on a wound - Wikimedia Commons]]
+*Human medicine
+**Sterile ''Lucilia sericata'' maggots used to treat infected and necrotic wounds
+**Larvae secrete proteolytic enzymes and antimicrobial agents into the wound
+**Larvae do not burrow under the skin or attack healthy tissue
+*Veterinary medicine
+**Published reports rare
+**Recently used successfully to treat a suppurative wound in a donkey that did not respond to conventional medical methods and surgery
+===''Wohlfahrtia spp.''===
+*'''Obligatory''' parasite
+*Occurs in North America
+*Parasite of mink and sometimes humans
+'''Recognition'''
+*Large 8-14mm long
+*Pale grey
+*Black stripes on thorax
+*Black spots on abdomen
+'''Life cycle'''
+*Larvae deposited directly onto host
+*No egg stage
+*Larvae moult twice on host then fall to ground to pupate
+'''Pathogenesis'''
+*Larvae penetrate intact skin
+**Cause boil like swellings
+==[[Insecta Flashcards - WikiBugs#Myiasis Producing Flies|Myiasis Producing Flies Flashcards]]==
+==Links==
+*[[Viruses]]
+*[[Ectoparasiticides]]
+*[http://www.strikewise.com/index.html| Blowfly strike]
+[[Category:Parasites]][[Category:Flies]][[Category:Myiasis_Producing_Flies]]
+[[Category:Parasites]][[Category:Flies]][[Category:Myiasis_Producing_Flies]]