MYIASIS

 Infestation of human organs or

tissue by fly maggots ( Ordo Diptera)
 Feed on the host’s dead or living tissue
 most often in tropical and sub-
tropical regions
 Zoonosis disease
 Yewhalaw D et al (2007) did research of
cutaneous myiasis in Ethiopia : rural areas
(55.8%) and urban (50.8%).
 Myiasis was reported to be common in the
 lower extremities (65.6%), upper
extremities (56.7%)
 The flies of Calliphoridae in Africa and
Dermatobia hominis in South America
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• Specific myiasis (obligatory) :
larvae feed on tissue of human and
animal : Dermatobia
• Semi specific myiasis (facultative) :
Deposit eggs in decaying flesh or
vegetable matter or human tissue
Accidental myiasis :
flies that deposit eggs on foods stuffs
and accidentally swallowed
 Classified anatomically :
 Skin / subcutaneous
 Nasopharynx myiasis
 Intestinal myiasis
 Urogenital myiasis
 Ocular myiasis
 The most common:
◦ itching (94.0%),
◦ pus discharge (82.9%)
◦ papules (79.5%).
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Larvae of Oestros ovis

Resources : The Diptera Site Source: Health-healths
(www.sel.arc.usda.gov)
Source: Health-healths
Source: Daniel K Abe et al, 2009
(www.scielo.br)
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 Detection of larvae
 Diagnosis species:
◦ identification of posterior spiracle
◦ Identification of adult flies : rearing in
the laboratory
Treatment
 Get rid of larvae
 Intestinal myasis: laxative
 deals with feeding insects that
typically infest human remains
(necrophagous).
 detection of abuse in children and
neglect of the elderly.
 to determine the postmortem interval
or "time since death" in homicide
investigations.
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 Identification
of larva species by
morphology of spiracle posterior
 compare to key identification of
species of myiasis-causing fly
larvae
 Rearing the larvae in laboratory
and identify the adult fly