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Also known as: '''''Screw Worm — Old world screwworm'''''
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[[Image:Chrysomya bezziana.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Chrysomya bezziana'' - FAO/IAEA, Wikimedia Commons]]
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|name              = ''Chrysomya bezziana
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|kingdom            =
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|phylum            =
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|class              = [[:Category:Insecta|Insecta]]
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|sub-class          =
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|order              = Diptera
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|family            = [[Calliphoridae]]
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|sub-family        =
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|genus              =
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|species            =''Chrysomya bezziana
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[[Image:Chrysomya bezziana.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Chrysomya bezziana'' - FAO/IAEA, Wikimedia Commons]]
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| Also known as:
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| '''Old world screwworm
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===Scientific Classification===
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| Insecta
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| Calliphoridae
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==Hosts==
 
==Hosts==
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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''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.'']]
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''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.'']], and are of the family [[Calliphoridae]].
    
==Life Cycle==
 
==Life Cycle==
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The complete life cycle from egg to adult is 2-3 weeks.
 
The complete life cycle from egg to adult is 2-3 weeks.
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==Clinical==
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|literature search = [http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?q=title%3A%28%22Chrysomya+bezziana%22%29 ''Chrysomya bezziana'' publications]
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'''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
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[[Category:Myiasis_Producing_Flies]]
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'''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 males released
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**Eradication occurred in 1991
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[[Category:Myiasis_Producing_Flies]]
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