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Incidence of myiasis in Panama during the eradication of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel 1858, Diptera: Calliphoridae) (2002-2005)
- Source :
- Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol 102, Iss 6, Pp 675-679 (2007)
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), 2007.
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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.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00740276 and 16788060
- Volume :
- 102
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.b98c012b3b0546e9b09b79c4d6f44868
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762007000600003