Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Sep 2007)

Incidence of myiasis in Panama during the eradication of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel 1858, Diptera: Calliphoridae) (2002-2005)

  • Sergio E Bermúdez,
  • José D Espinosa,
  • Angel B Cielo,
  • Franklin Clavel,
  • Janina Subía,
  • Sabina Barrios,
  • Enrique Medianero

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762007000600003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 102, no. 6
pp. 675 – 679

Abstract

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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.

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