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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Henry, Ronnie
Content Notes:
Cochliomyia hominivorax [kokʺle-o-miʹyǝ]

From the Greek kochlias (“snail with a spiral shell”) + myia (“fly”) and the Latin hominis (“man”) + vorax (“consuming”), Cochliomyia hominivorax, or the New World screwworm fly (formerly Callitroga [Greek kallos, “beautiful,” + trogein, “to gnaw”] americana) (Figure), was first described by French entomologist Charles Coquerel in 1858. C. hominivorax larvae enter wounds and feed on living tissue, and if untreated, infestations can be fatal. C. hominivorax was eliminated in the United States in 1982 and in much of Central America in the 1990s, although outbreaks associated with reimportations in infected humans and animals continue to occur.


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Calliphoridae
Cochliomyia Hominivorax
Etymologia
Screw Worm Infection
Terminology As Topic

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 25(2):389
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC6346435
Document Type:
Journal Article
Genre:
Etymologia
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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