The screw worm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae): a problem in animal and human health

[摘要] The New World Screwworm (NWS) continues being a veterinarian and human problem in South America and part of the Caribbean. In order to update this matter based on the research of the last six years, the wealth of existing information was reviewed, and some results of the authors of this paper were compared and discussed with those results found in this framework. Studies on the agent have been focused on its biology, epidemiology, zoonotic role, the control and insecticide resistance. In this subject, studies have been carried out on the differences in the wings of the agent and some related bugs as a good identification marker; the development of a

[学科分类] 兽医学