Preliminary Analysis of Methamphetamine Detection in (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Reared in Methamphetamine-Treated Meat at Various Developmental Stages.

Background: It is possible to identify drugs and poisons present in cadavers by analyzing blowfly larvae and pupae collected during forensic autopsies. The main purpose of this study was to use larvae and pupae to identify drugs and poisons present in human cadavers.

Methods: In an investigation, immature fed meat treated with methamphetamine (MA) at various concentrations (45, 90, and 180 ng/mg) were analyzed to detect MA.

A survey of Wolbachia infection in brachyceran flies from Iran.

Wolbachia is a maternally inherited intracellular bacterium that is considered to be the most plentiful endosymbiont found in arthropods. It reproductively manipulates its host to increase the chances of being transmitted to the insect progeny; and it is currently used as a means of suppressing disease vector populations or controlling vector-borne diseases. Studies of the dissemination and prevalence of Wolbachia among its arthropod hosts are important for its possible use as a biological control agent.

Colonization pattern and thermal needs of immature phases of (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): Significance for estimating postmortem interval.

Members of Sarcophagidae are necrophagous and are commonly found on decaying carcasses; and their developmental forms are important indicators for the approximation of lowest postmortem interval (PMImin). This work describes the biological characteristics of from Tehran, Iran. Various temperature regimes were applied to estimate the thermal summation constant (k) and thermal requirements for development of Five growth proceedings, containing 1st ecdysis, 2nd ecdysis, wandering, pupariation and eclosion, were investigated under eight fixed temperature regimes (6-30 °C).

Scalp myiasis associated with soft tissue sarcoma lesion: a case report and review of relevant literature.

Background: Sarcophagidae is one of the main fly families that is attracted to open wounds, ulcers, lesions, and other injuries for depositing their larvae. The presence of larvae of flies in human tissues makes myiasis. Myiasis on the scalp could be more frightening in comparison with myiasis on the other parts of the body.

Larval therapy vs conventional silver dressings for full-thickness burns: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: This is the first clinical trial to investigate the effectiveness of maggot debridement therapy (MDT) for full-thickness burn injuries in comparison to conventional silver dressings.

Methods: Thirty-one cases with full-thickness (grade III based on ICD-10 classifications version 2019) burns were assigned into larval therapy (15 cases) and conventional treatment (16 cases) groups. Participants in the MDT group have received loose larvae on days 0, 2, 4, and 6, while controls received a conventional regimen comprised of sharp debridement, silver sulfadiazine, antibiotic therapy, and offloading every day.