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A laboratory-based study for first documented case of urinary myiasis caused by larvae of Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae) in Saudi Arabia
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A laboratory-based study for first documented case of urinary myiasis caused by larvae of Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae) in Saudi Arabia

Majed H Wakid
Korean journal of parasitology, Vol.46(1), pp.33-36
01/03/2008
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2008.46.1.33
PMCID: PMC2526290
PMID: 18344675

Abstract

Animals Child, Preschool Diptera - parasitology Diptera - physiology Eukaryota - isolation & purification Female Humans Larva - parasitology Larva - physiology Myiasis - parasitology Myiasis - urine Saudi Arabia
Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae) is one of the medically important insects. Maggots from a urine sample of a 5-year-old Saudi girl were examined microscopically for identification. These maggots were cultured to become adult flies. Larvae and adults were identified using standard keys. Protozoan flagellates were obtained from the gut of the larvae. This is the first report of M. scalaris as a causative agent of urinary human myiasis in Saudi Arabia.

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