LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Genital myiasis associated with genital piercing. Case report

Freitas, Daniel Melecchi; Aranovich, Flavio; Olijnyk, José Nicolau; Lemos, Renan.

Säo Paulo med. j; 136 (6), 2018

ABSTRACT CONTEXT: Myiasis is caused by larval infestation that usually occurs in exposed wounds. Dermatobia hominis is the most common fly species responsible for this parasitic infection. Genital piercing is an ornamental practice used in certain social circles. At placement, it transverses the skin s...

Perforación del Cuerpo/efectos adversos, Dípteros/parasitología, Miasis/etiología, Miasis/cirugía, Enfermedades del Pene/parasitología, Enfermedades del Pene/cirugía

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Gyrostigma rhinocerontis (Diptera: Oestridae, Gasterophilinae) in white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) imported from South Africa: occurrence in Itatiba, São Paulo, Brazil

Pachaly, José R; Monteiro-Filho, Luiz P. C; Gonçalves, Daniela D; Voltarelli-Pachaly, Evandra M.

Pesqui. vet. bras; 36 (8), 2016

Fly larvae from the Gasterophilinae subfamily of the Oestridae family are parasites of domestic (equine) and wild (rhinos and equine) odd-hoofed ungulates (Perissodactyla). The gastric parasite of African Rhinos is Gyrostigma rhinocerontis (formerly Gyrostigma pavesii), which in its larva phase can be fo...

Perisodáctilos/parasitología, Dípteros/parasitología, Parásitos, Larva, Animales de Zoológico/parasitología

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Epidemiology of Oestrus ovis (Diptera: Oestridae) in sheep in Botucatu, State of São Paulo

Silva, Bruna Fernanda da; Bassetto, César Cristiano; Amarante, Alessandro Francisco Talamini do.

Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 21 (4), 2012

The seasonal factors that influence Oestrus ovis infestation in sheep were determined in Botucatu, State of São Paulo, Southwestern Brazil, from April 2008 to March 2011. Two tracer lambs were monthly exposed to natural infestation by O. ovis larvae for 28 consecutive days, by grazing with a sheep flock...

Enfermedades Parasitarias/diagnóstico, Dípteros/parasitología, Enfermedades Parasitarias en Animales/epidemiología, Ovinos/parasitología, Brasil

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Ocorrência de Lixophaga sp. (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitando lagartas de Diaphania nitidalis (L) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) em Cucurbita moschata no Brasil

Pratissoli, D; Grecco, E. D; Nihei, S. S; Polanczyk, R. A; Celestino, F. N; Carvalho, J. R. de; Barbosa, W. F.

Arq. Inst. Biol. (Online); 77 (4), 2010

O parasitoide Lixophaga sp. (Diptera: Tachinidae) ocorreu em lagartas de Diaphania nitidalis (Cramer, 1782) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) em plantio comercial de abóbora no Estado do Espírito Santo, Brasil. Não há registro de Lixophaga sp. parasitando Diaphania sp. na América do Sul e mesmo os registros ...

Dípteros/parasitología, Lepidópteros/parasitología, Cucurbita/parasitología, Parásitos, Control de Insectos/métodos

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