TY - JOUR
T1 - Myiasis by megaselia scalaris (Diptera
T2 - Phoridae) in a python affected by pulmonitis
AU - Vanin, S.
AU - Mazzariol, S.
AU - Menandro, M. L.
AU - Lafisca, A.
AU - Turchetto, M.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Myiases are caused by the presence of maggots in vertebrate tissues and organs. Myiases have been studied widely in humans, farm animals, and pets, whereas reports of myiasis in reptiles are scarce. We describe a case of myiasis caused by the Megaselia Scolaris (Loew) in an Indian python (Python molurus bivittatus, Kuhl) (Ophida: Boidae). The python, 15 yr old, born and reared in a terrarium in the mainland of Venice (Italy), was affected by diffuse, purulent pneumonia caused by Burkholderia cepacia. The severe infestation of maggots found in the lungs during an autopsy indicated at a myiasis.
AB - Myiases are caused by the presence of maggots in vertebrate tissues and organs. Myiases have been studied widely in humans, farm animals, and pets, whereas reports of myiasis in reptiles are scarce. We describe a case of myiasis caused by the Megaselia Scolaris (Loew) in an Indian python (Python molurus bivittatus, Kuhl) (Ophida: Boidae). The python, 15 yr old, born and reared in a terrarium in the mainland of Venice (Italy), was affected by diffuse, purulent pneumonia caused by Burkholderia cepacia. The severe infestation of maggots found in the lungs during an autopsy indicated at a myiasis.
KW - Burkholderia cepacia
KW - Myiasis
KW - Pulmonary disease
KW - Python molurus bivittatus
KW - Reptile
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U2 - 10.1603/ME12165
DO - 10.1603/ME12165
M3 - Article
C2 - 23427672
AN - SCOPUS:84872701456
VL - 50
SP - 209
EP - 211
JO - Journal of Medical Entomology
JF - Journal of Medical Entomology
SN - 0022-2585
IS - 1
ER -
