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. 2020;80(2):185-188.

[Myiasis by Cochliomyia hominivorax in Argentina]

[Article in Spanish]
Claudia I Menghi  1 , Liliana E Arias  2 , Claudia L Gatta  2 , Esteban Perazzo  3 , Matías Dorronzoro  3 , Nicol Turlan  3 , Ezequiel Martínez  3 , Carlos Vay  2   4
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[Myiasis by Cochliomyia hominivorax in Argentina]

[Article in Spanish]
Claudia I Menghi et al. Medicina (B Aires). 2020.
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Abstract
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Miasis is the infestation of man and animals by larvae of flies belonging to the order Diptera, suborder Cyclorrapha. Eighty percent of miasis in Argentina is caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax, a species that induces pronounced tissue invasion and destruction, and results in severe clinical forms. Because of the aggressiveness of its larvae, it is important to reach a specific etiological diagnosis. We present four cases of miasis by C. hominivorax in two patients living in the city of Buenos Aires but working in a rural area and two patients living in the Greater Buenos Aires.

Miasis es la infestación de humanos y animales por larvas de dípteros ciclorrafos con invasión y destrucción tisular. Cochliomyia hominivorax es responsable del 80% de las miasis en la Argentina. Es importante realizar el diagnóstico etiológico específico debido a la agresividad de las larvas de esta especie, las que pueden provocar cuadros clínicos graves. Presentamos cuatro casos de miasis por C. hominivorax. Dos de los pacientes residían en la ciudad de Buenos Aires y trabajan en zona rural, y los otros dos residían en el Gran Buenos Aires.

Keywords: Argentina; Cochliomyia hominivorax; miasis.

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