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ES Journal of Dental Sciences

ISSN: 2768-0126

Myiasis in Humans and Animals

  • Review Article

  • Vahedi Nouri N1* and Salehi A2
  • 1Assistant professor, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research , Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran
  • 2Department of Veterinary Medicine, Babol Islamic Azad University, Iran
  • *Corresponding author: Vahedi Nouri N, Assistant professor, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran
  • Received: July 17, 2020; Accepted: Aug 03, 2020; Published: Aug 05, 2020

Abstract

Myiasisis the contamination of live or deadtissue of vertebrates via thelarvae of various flies. Myiasis occurred both inhumans andanimals. Themyiasis contamination has a worldwide distribution. Differentgeneraofthree families which include: Oestridae, calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae have a rolein creatingmyiasis in animals and humans. Myiasis in addition to health problems can cause a lot of economic problems. Decreaseof fly population as a causative of myiasis is one of the important ways to control this contamination. Also, surgical approaches and removing larvae of flies in infected parts, is the othertreatmentfor the contamination.

Keywords

myiasis, humans, animal