myasis

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Related to myasis: nasal myiasis, cutaneous myiasis

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myasis

n. miiasis, cualquier infección causada por la larva de insectos dípteros que infecta una cavidad cualquiera del organismo.

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GOMEZ-HOYOS et al., (2012) made the first report of myasis in frogs from the Cordillera Central of Colombia, in which an individual of Pristimantis thectopternus (LYNCH, 1965) was parasitized by a larvae of a Sarcophagid species.

Short comunication. first report of flesh fly eggs (diptera: sarcophagidae) in pristimantis achatinus (anura: craugastoridae) from Colombia

When navel ill is not treated early the infection may lead to many complications including involvement of the liver via the umbilical vein umbilical hernias wound myasis and finally death of the calf due to shock and septicemia.