میازیس ساکت دندانی ناشی از Wohlfahrtia Magnifica

Aural Myiasis by Wohlfahrtia magnifica: Case Report.

A 5-year-old child living in Erzurum, Turkey, complaining of otalgia, otorrhea and pruritus in the right ear for three days, was examined. Otoscopic examination at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology revealed live maggots in the external auditory canal. Ten maggots were recovered and were identified as third stage larvae of Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Local and systemic an...

Gingival myiasis of camel (Camelus dromedarius) caused by Wohlfahrtia magnifica

Myiasis is defined as the infestation of living tissues of vertebrates by larvae of flies. Gingival myiasis is an uncommon type of myiasis. During the inspection of the teeth of slaughtered camels (in Mashhad, Iran) for a research project, a gingival myiasis was seen in a 15 year-old camel. Eight larvae were removed from the lesions and sent to a parasitology laboratory for identification. Affe...

DENTAL CAVITY MYIASIS DUE TO WOHLFAHRTIA MAGNIFICA

A 79 year old fanner referred to a dental clinic because of toothache for one week. After extraction of a painful tooth, three larvae, 1.5 cm in length emerged from the dental cavity. Morphological study of the larvae proved them as W. magnifica. This is the first report of dental cavity myiasis from Iran.

وجود میاز ( WOHLFAHRTIA MAGNIFICA ( Schiner ) ( DIPTERA: SARCOPHAGIDAE در گوسفندان ایران

A report on the genital myiasis by Wohlfahrtia magnifica in camel herds in southwest of Iran

Myiasis is a disease of vertebrate animals caused by different fly larvae. Wohlfahrtia magnifica is responsible for serious losses in animal husbandry in Eurasia. Larvae of W. magnifica parasitize several warm-blooded vertebrates and are responsible for a severe traumatic myiasis of mucosal membranes or wounds. This myiasis has been reported in many European areas, but for the first time was re...

Bilateral aural myiasis (Wohlfahrtia magnifica): a case with chronic suppurative otitis media.

Myiasis is a disease caused by fly larvae and aural myiasis is a rare clinic condition often occuring in children or mentally retarded people. We report the case of an unusual presentation of a bilateral aural myiasis in a mentally retarded patient with bilateral chronic otitis media caused by the third instar larvae of Wohlfahrtia magnifica. Two larvae were located on the other ear canal while...