Objective:To study agents of animal wound myiasis in various geographical districts of Fars province.Methods:This study has been done in Fars province,located in the southern part of Iran.Sums of 10358 domestic animal...Objective:To study agents of animal wound myiasis in various geographical districts of Fars province.Methods:This study has been done in Fars province,located in the southern part of Iran.Sums of 10358 domestic animals have been visited from April 2011 to March 2012.The infected wounds in any parts of animal body were sampled by means of forceps.Results:About 61%of all animal wound myiasis were caused by larvae of Wohlfahrtia magnifica.The most wound myiasis cases due to this species occurred in central part of Fars province.There wasn't any significant difference between sheep and goat in infestation with myiasis(P>0.05).The infestation rate of myiasis in cattle community was 0.86%.Conclusions:The infestation rate of livestock was lower than other works in Iran and some other countries like Saudi Arabia.Chrysomya bezziana has been mentioned as main myiasis agent in Iran.But in this study it cleared that similarly to some European countries,the common animal myiasis agent in Iran is Wohlfahrtia tnagnifica.Introducing new species as principal agent for myiasis can help public health and animal husbandry policy makers to prepare sufficient and effective control and/or preventive measures for this disease.展开更多
Rationale:Human myiasis is the invasion of tissue or organs by fly larvae.This could be obligatory,facultative,or accidental.Patient concerns:A 4-year-old Saudi boy complained of fever over the past three days with mu...Rationale:Human myiasis is the invasion of tissue or organs by fly larvae.This could be obligatory,facultative,or accidental.Patient concerns:A 4-year-old Saudi boy complained of fever over the past three days with multiple inflamed painful dermal furuncles and worms-like discharge.Diagnosis:Furuncular obligatory myiasis caused by Wohlfahrtia magnifica.Interventions:Maggots were removed for identification.The wounds were cleaned with antiseptic dressings.Topical and oral antibiotics were applied.Outcomes:Seven days later,the wounds completely healed.Lessons:Although several reports correlated human myiasis with old age,low health status,mental retardation,and low socioeconomic status,but the patient in our case was a healthy child from a family with good socioeconomic status,good hygiene,no history of diseases or mental disability,but traveled to a village where the climate is suitable for fly breeding.展开更多
基金Supported financially by Tehran University of Medical Sciences(Grant No.10478-27-01-89)
文摘Objective:To study agents of animal wound myiasis in various geographical districts of Fars province.Methods:This study has been done in Fars province,located in the southern part of Iran.Sums of 10358 domestic animals have been visited from April 2011 to March 2012.The infected wounds in any parts of animal body were sampled by means of forceps.Results:About 61%of all animal wound myiasis were caused by larvae of Wohlfahrtia magnifica.The most wound myiasis cases due to this species occurred in central part of Fars province.There wasn't any significant difference between sheep and goat in infestation with myiasis(P>0.05).The infestation rate of myiasis in cattle community was 0.86%.Conclusions:The infestation rate of livestock was lower than other works in Iran and some other countries like Saudi Arabia.Chrysomya bezziana has been mentioned as main myiasis agent in Iran.But in this study it cleared that similarly to some European countries,the common animal myiasis agent in Iran is Wohlfahrtia tnagnifica.Introducing new species as principal agent for myiasis can help public health and animal husbandry policy makers to prepare sufficient and effective control and/or preventive measures for this disease.
文摘Rationale:Human myiasis is the invasion of tissue or organs by fly larvae.This could be obligatory,facultative,or accidental.Patient concerns:A 4-year-old Saudi boy complained of fever over the past three days with multiple inflamed painful dermal furuncles and worms-like discharge.Diagnosis:Furuncular obligatory myiasis caused by Wohlfahrtia magnifica.Interventions:Maggots were removed for identification.The wounds were cleaned with antiseptic dressings.Topical and oral antibiotics were applied.Outcomes:Seven days later,the wounds completely healed.Lessons:Although several reports correlated human myiasis with old age,low health status,mental retardation,and low socioeconomic status,but the patient in our case was a healthy child from a family with good socioeconomic status,good hygiene,no history of diseases or mental disability,but traveled to a village where the climate is suitable for fly breeding.
