Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kemampuan larva T. molitor pada tingkatan instar 4, 6 dan 8 dalam mendegradasi limbah masker medis surgical yang dicampur ampas tahu dedak padi serta melihat pertambahan bobot badan larva. Penelitian dilakukan secara eksperimen menggunakan Metode Rancangan Acak Lengkap Faktorial (RALF) dengan 3 perlakuan kali penggulangan masing-masing instar. Hasil...

We report the case of an eight-year-old boy with hypereosinophilia who presented with a swelling under his right armpit that had persisted for more than four weeks. A second-stage larva of Wohlfahrtia magnifica was found, leading to the diagnosis of cutaneous myiasis. Following removal of the larva, the clinical and hematological manifestations returned to normal. Diagnosis of myiasis should al...

The honeybee disease known as American foulbrood is a serious economic problem for beekeepers. It is caused by the bacterium Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae (formerly Bacillus larvae) (9). Honeybee larvae become infected by swallowing spores of P. larvae larvae that contaminate their food. After spores germinate in the midgut of a larva, the vegetative forms penetrate the tissue of the intes...

Nyamuk berperan sebagai vektor penyakit melalui gigitannya. Keberadaan larva nyamuk pada tempat penampungan air merupakan salah satu cara mengestimasi kepadatan populasi dan faktor risiko penularan yang ditularkan oleh nyamuk. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui studi fauna cubang (tempat tradisional) di Desa Besakih, Kecamatan Rendang Kabupaten Karangasem. dilakukan dengan metode deskrip...

A polycephalic larva of Taeniidae family isolated from abdominal cavity of a great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) from Golestan province, northern Iran, was subjected to molecular analysis. Genomic DNA from the larva was obtained using a DNA extraction tissue kit. Polymerase chain reaction was performed for amplification of the partial 12S rRNA, cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1...

The study and research of abundance and diversity variation of fish larva (Ichthyoplankton stages) was done in Gowatr Bay during autumn 2006 - summer 2007. Five stations were selected for sampling, and Bongo-Net with 300µ mesh size was towing from bottom to surface. During of survey, totally 531 larvae belong to 11 families were collected and identified. The mean abundance estimated 12.17 larva...

A 53-year-old woman developed an intensely pruritic rash on the plantar aspect of her right foot within 1 week of returning from a vacation in Jamaica, where she had walked barefoot on the beach (Fig. 1). The pattern revealed a classic serpiginous, elevated, erythematous lesion consistent with cutaneous larva migrans (CLM). CLM is the most common travel-associated dermatological infection prese...