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... > Infections > Skin Diseases, Infectious > Skin Diseases, Parasitic > Ectoparasitic Infestations > Myiasis > Screw Worm Infection
... > Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Skin Diseases, Infectious > Skin Diseases, Parasitic > Ectoparasitic Infestations > Myiasis > Screw Worm Infection
... > Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Skin Diseases, Parasitic > Ectoparasitic Infestations > Myiasis > Screw Worm Infection

Preferred term

Screw Worm Infection  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Infection, Screw Worm
  • Myiases, Screw Worm
  • Myiasis, Screw Worm
  • Screw Worm Infections
  • Screw Worm Myiases
  • Screw Worm Myiasis

Note

  • caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax ( = CALLIPHORIDAE)

Scope note

  • Infection with larvae of the blow fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (Callitroga americanum), a common cause of disease in livestock in the southern and southwestern U.S.A.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under MYIASIS 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012610

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