First Record of Human Myiasis Caused by Association of the Species Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Sarcophaga (Liopygia) ruficornis (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), and Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

A.C.P. Ferraz; B. Proença; B. Q. Gadelha; L. M. Faria; M.G.M. Barbalho; V. M. Aguiar-Coelho; C.S.S. Lessa

doi:10.1603/ME09143

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1 May 2010 First Record of Human Myiasis Caused by Association of the Species Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Sarcophaga (Liopygia) ruficornis (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), and Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

A.C.P. Ferraz, B. Proença, B. Q. Gadelha, L. M. Faria, M.G.M. Barbalho, V. M. Aguiar-Coelho, C.S.S. Lessa

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J. of Medical Entomology, 47(3):487-490 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME09143

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We report a rare case of myiasis caused simultaneously by three dipterous species. A 54 yr-old indigent patient was admitted to Andaraí Hospital with painful eruptions on the scalp. The parieto-occipital sulcus showed two lesions caused by scratching associated with deep, odoriferous and exudative pediculosis. Larvae removed with the help of forceps and vaseline produced 153 adults, identified in the laboratory as 114 specimens of Chrysomya megacephala (F., 1794), 38 of Sarcophaga (Liopygia) ruficornis (F., 1794), and one of Musca domestica (L., 1758).

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A.C.P. Ferraz, B. Proença, B. Q. Gadelha, L. M. Faria, M.G.M. Barbalho, V. M. Aguiar-Coelho, and C.S.S. Lessa "First Record of Human Myiasis Caused by Association of the Species Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Sarcophaga (Liopygia) ruficornis (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), and Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)," Journal of Medical Entomology 47(3), 487-490, (1 May 2010). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME09143

Received: 5 June 2009; Accepted: 1 January 2010; Published: 1 May 2010

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