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Molecular genetic analysis of populations of Wohlfahrt's wound myiasis fly, Wohlfahrtia magnifica, in outbreak populations from Greece and Morocco.
Medical and veterinary entomology - 1 Jun 2009
Hall M J R, Testa J M, Smith L, Adams Z J O, Khallaayoune K, Sotiraki S, Stefanakis A, Farkas R, Ready P D
Abstract excerpt
Wohlfahrt's wound myiasis fly, Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Schiner) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), is the most important cause of traumatic myiasis in the southern Palaearctic region. Larval stages are obligate parasites and the wounds caused by infestations are very similar to those caused by Old and New World screwworm flies. During the last decade, W. magnifica appears to have expanded its range to parts of northern and...
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