1. Incidence of myiasis in Panama during the eradication of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel 1858, Diptera: Calliphoridae) (2002-2005)
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Franklin Clavel, Sergio E. Bermúdez, Janina Subía, Sabina Barrios, Angel B Cielo, Enrique Medianero, and José D Espinosa
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Microbiology (medical) ,Veterinary medicine ,lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,lcsh:RC955-962 ,Panama ,Swine ,Sarcophagidae ,lcsh:QR1-502 ,Insect Control ,lcsh:Microbiology ,Myiasis ,Calliphoridae ,Dogs ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Horses ,Population Density ,Sheep ,biology ,Maggot ,Diptera ,Incidence ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Oestridae ,Insect Vectors ,Dermatobia hominis ,Muscidae ,myiasis ,Cattle ,Chrysomya rufifacies ,Chickens ,Cochliomyia hominivorax - Abstract
We present the results of a study on myiasis in Panama during the first years of a Cochliomyia hominivorax eradication program (1998-2005), with the aim of investigating the behavior of the flies that produce myiasis in animals and human beings. The hosts that registered positive for myiasis were cattle (46.4%), dogs (15.3%), humans (14.7%), birds (12%), pigs (6%), horses (4%), and sheep (1%). Six fly species caused myiasis: Dermatobia hominis (58%), Phaenicia spp. (20%), Cochliomyia macellaria (19%), Chrysomya rufifacies (0.4%), and maggots of unidentified species belonging to the Sarcophagidae (3%) and Muscidae (0.3%). With the Dubois index, was no evidence that the absence of C. hominivorax allowed an increase in the cases of facultative myiasis.
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- 2006