Treatment of pressure ulcers with larvae of Lucilia sericata. [PDF]
Turk J Phys Med Rehabil, 2017 This study aims to investigate the use of the Lucilia sericata larvae in patients with decubitus ulcers resistant to hyperbaric oxygen treatment, vacuum-assisted closure, surgical debridement, and other conventional therapies.A total of 36 patients (21 females, 15 males; mean age 63.7 years; range 16 to 90 years) who were admitted to our hospital for ...
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Development modeling of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 The relationship between insect development and temperature has been well established and has a wide range of uses, including the use of blow flies for postmortem (PMI) interval estimations in death investigations.
Amanda Roe, Leon G. Higley
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From pre-oral secretions to gut digestion: How do Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae handle Leishmania major? [PDF]
PLoS ONEZoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL), caused by Leishmania major, is a neglected tropical disease affecting impoverished populations. Current treatments are limited by cost, resistance, and side effects, highlighting the need for affordable ...
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Wound healing potential: evaluation of molecular profiling and amplification of Lucilia sericata angiopoietin-1 mRNA mid-part [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2020 Objective High prevalence of chronic ulcers and the burden of disease necessitate the increasingly significant production of new recombinant proteins in the world.
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A study of the incidence of Lucilia sericata fly in ovine in Mosul city [PDF]
Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2021 The objective of the current study is to examine the incidence of Lucilia sericata larvae in the sheep in Mosul city, Iraq. From a total of 670 sheep examined, 92 sheep of them 13.7% were infested with Lucilia sericata larvae. For the 516 larvae found in
Nadia S. Alhayali, Nadia H. Mohammed
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Microbiological effects in patients with leg ulcers and diabetic foot treated with Lucilia sericata larvae [PDF]
International Wound Journal, 2022 Andrzej Tukiendorf +2 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Background Lucilia cuprina and L. sericata (family Calliphoridae) are globally significant ectoparasites of sheep. Current literature suggests that only one of these blowfly subspecies, L.
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Initial research on necrophagous true flies (Diptera) in Gryfino Commune
Acta Biologica, 2018 As a result of research carried out in June and July 2017, at five sites in north-western Poland with different characteristics, 769 individuals belonging to three dipteran families of forensic significance were collected.
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, 2020 Lucilia (s. str.) sericata (Meigen, 1826) Ramazanov, 1998; Verves, 2005; Verves & Khrokalo, 2010; Viktorov-Nabokov, 1959, 1963, 1968. Material examined. Ukraine, Poltava Region, mesophitic meadows with bushes along Khorol River, 49.9833, 33.6000, 100–110 m a. s. l., 17– 24.07.2020, 5♂, 2♀. Total: 7 specimens (Yu. Verves).
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Assessment of variation between two blowfly species, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) and Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera, Calliphoridae) using geometric morphometrics and cuticular hydrocarbon profiling [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2022 View on Scopus Lucilia cuprina and Lucilia sericata are two closely related species due to their similarity in morphology, habitat, distribution, and economic importance.
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