B, C)
Cochliomyia hominivorax screwworm fly larvae extracted from the wound.
Rabarison et al., "Nosocomial nasal myiasis owing to
Cochliomyia hominivorax: a case in French Guiana," International Journal of Dermatology, vol.
Oral myiasis caused by
Cochliomyia hominivorax treated nonsurgically with nitrofurazone: report of 2 cases.
La mosca verde-azul
Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel, 1858) conocida comunmente como "gusano barrenador del Nuevo Mundo", "coquerel" o "screwworm" ("gusano tornillo") en lengua sajona, o "gusanera" en los paises latinoamericanos, pertenece a la familia Calliphoridae.
The SIT and IS techniques have been used very successfully in AWIPM programs with strategic objectives including containment, suppression and eradication against a number of major insect pests: New World screwworm,
Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) (Wyss 2000), tsetse flies, Glossina spp.
In 1985, the USDA accused contract workers of intentionally introducing the Mexican screw worm (
Cochliomyia hominivorax) to livestock farmed near the United States/Mexico border in an attempt to spread this parasitic problem and keep their jobs in a screw worm eradication program.
Incidence of myiasis in Panama during the eradication of
Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel 1858, Diptera: Calliphoridae) (2002-2005).
Con excepcion de las publicaciones de Costa Rica, la especie responsable fue
Cochliomyia hominivorax, que es un agente de miasis obligatorias (cuadro 1).