First record of traumatic myiasis obtained from forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii) [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021 Myiasis is an infestation of maggots on living tissue in humans and animals all over the world. It is known to occur in wild animals, while no information is reported in forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii).
Yunyun Gao +5 more
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First reports of nasal and traumatic myiasis infection in endangered Przewalski's horses (Equus ferus przewalskii) [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2019 Myiasis has great economic and medical importance. However, myiasis in wildlife that is caused by oestroid flies is relatively rarely recorded compared with that in humans and domestic animals.
Liping Yan +8 more
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Our Experience in the Management of Traumatic Wound Myiasis: Report of 3 Cases and Review of the Literature [PDF]
Case Reports in Dentistry, 2016 Compromised health and hygiene can lead to many complications and one among them is traumatic wound myiasis. Myiasis is the invasion of living tissues by larvae of flies.
Anand Deep Shukla +4 more
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Traumatic myiasis agents in Iran with introducing of new dominant species, Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) [PDF]
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2014 Objective: To study agents of animal wound myiasis in various geographical districts of Fars province. Methods: This study has been done in Fars province, located in the southern part of Iran.
Javad Rafinejad +8 more
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Long Time No Hear, Magnificent Wohlfahrtia! Morphological and Molecular Evidence of Almost Forgotten Flesh Fly in Serbia and Western Balkans [PDF]
MicroorganismsThe “beautiful viviparous fly”, Wohlfahrtia magnifica, may have a magnificent appearance due to its striking morphology; however, it is a potentially deadly agent of obligate traumatic myiasis in humans and animals, with a serious impact on welfare and ...
Stanislav Simin +6 more
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Morphology of the first instar larva of obligatory traumatic myiasis agents (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae) [PDF]
Parasitology Research, 2014 There are only three fly species that are obligate agents of traumatic myiasis of humans and livestock: a single species of flesh fly, Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Sarcophagidae), and two species of blow flies, Chrysomya bezziana and Cochliomyia hominivorax ...
Krzysztof Szpila +2 more
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Dataset of traumatic myiasis observed for three dominant screw worm species in North West Pakistan with first report of Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Schiner) [PDF]
Data in Brief, 2016 Regional surveys were carried out in different parts of North West Pakistan among domestic animals (N=57,921) including pets and livestock identifying cases of traumatic myiasis (n=1037).
Farrah Zaidi +2 more
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Cutaneous myiasis due to Cochliomyia hominivorax in a drug user [PDF]
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2009 Myiasis is the condition resulting from the invasion of tissues or organs of man or animals by dipterous larvae. The blowflies (Calliphoridae) of Argentina comprise several species that may cause myiasis by colonizing wounds or infected body orifices ...
Luis Trombetta +4 more
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Incidents of high tick load in injured cheetahs after reintroduction into a tropical ecosystem [PDF]
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary ResearchEctoparasites can severely impact wildlife species, both through their feeding behaviour and by facilitating secondary infestations or bacterial infections. Here, we report on two cases of periorbital damage caused by ixodid tick infestations in cheetahs
Tamar A. Kendon +5 more
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Traumatic myiasis in free-ranging eland, reported from Kenya [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2013 Obanda V +5 more
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