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Wohlfahrtiosis in Italy: a case in a puppy and overview of geographical distribution
Marco Pezzi; Giuseppe Curia; Teresa Bonacci; Chiara Scapoli
The report describes a case of urogenital myiasis in a puppy,Canis lupus familiaris(Carnivora: Canidae) caused byWohlfahrtia magnifica(Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in Calabria, southern Italy. This species is an obligatory agent of myiasis in human and other warm-blooded vertebrates. The puppy was healthy and was not living near farm animals, usual hosts of this flesh fly. An overview of cases of human and animal myiasis caused byW. magnificain Italy and of data and specimens documented in entomology museum collections is also reported.
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- Publication date:
- January 1, 2020
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