title: Incidence of myiasis in Panama during the eradication of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel 1858, Diptera: Calliphoridae) (2002-2005).
abstract: We present the results of a study on myiasis in Panama during the first years of a Cochliomyia hominivorax eradication program (1998-2005), with the aim of investigating the behavior of the flies that produce myiasis in animals and human beings. The hosts that registered positive for myiasis were cattle (46.4%), dogs (15.3%), humans (14.7%), birds (12%), pigs (6%), horses (4%), and sheep (1%). Six fly species caused myiasis: Dermatobia hominis (58%), Phaenicia spp. (20%), Cochliomyia macellaria (19%), Chrysomya rufifacies (0.4%), and maggots of unidentified species belonging to the Sarcophagidae (3%) and Muscidae (0.3%). With the Dubois index, was no evidence that the absence of C. hominivorax allowed an increase in the cases of facultative myiasis.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Entomología Médica, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, 0816-02593, Panamá. sbermudez@gorgas.gob.pa
authors.forename: Sergio E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Bermúdez
authors.forename: José D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Espinosa
authors.forename: Angel B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Cielo
authors.forename: Franklin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Clavel
authors.forename: Janina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Subía
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Medianero
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002645:Chickens; D004175:Diptera; D004285:Dogs; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007300:Insect Control; D007303:Insect Vectors; D009198:Myiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D010176:Panama / Q000453:epidemiology; D011156:Population Density; D012756:Sheep; D013552:Swine