Myiasis by Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae) in a Python Affected by Pulmonitis

S. Vanin; S. Mazzariol; M. L. Menandro; A. Lafisca; M. Turchetto

doi:10.1603/ME12165

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1 January 2013 Myiasis by Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae) in a Python Affected by Pulmonitis

S. Vanin, S. Mazzariol, M. L. Menandro, A. Lafisca, M. Turchetto

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J. of Medical Entomology, 50(1):209-211 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME12165

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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.

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S. Vanin, S. Mazzariol, M. L. Menandro, A. Lafisca, and M. Turchetto "Myiasis by Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae) in a Python Affected by Pulmonitis," Journal of Medical Entomology 50(1), 209-211, (1 January 2013). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME12165

Received: 29 July 2012; Accepted: 1 October 2012; Published: 1 January 2013

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