Imported and autochthonous cases of myiasis caused by dermatobia hominis: Taxonomic identification using the internal transcribed spacer region

Sonia Toussaint-Caire, Alejandro Woroszylski-Yoselevitz, Maria Elisa Vega-Memije, Guiehdani Villalobos, Nancy Rivas, Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar, Mirza Romero-Valdovinos, Pablo Maravilla, Fernando Martinez-Hernandez

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Abstract

Dermatobia hominis is a fly endemic to and widely distributed throughout the Americas; it is found from the southern regions of Mexico to Argentina. However, because of widespread travel, myiasis has become common in countries where neither the disease nor the species that cause this infection are endemic. Central Mexico, for instance, is not a region where myiasis is endemic. We, thus, describe three cases of D. hominis myiasis: two autochthonous cases from the southern part of Mexico and one imported from Costa Rica. In addition, morphological and genetic identification was performed on the maggots extracted from the patients.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)940-944
Number of pages5
JournalAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume99
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

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