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Myiasis by Cordylobia anthropophaga and C. rodhaini (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Polish travelers to Africa with new molecular data.
J Med Entomol
January 2025
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, Gdańsk 80-308, Poland.
Myiasis is a parasitic infestation of soft vertebrate tissues by larval stages of Diptera. We briefly described the lesion-causing genus Cordylobia Grünberg (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Three Polish travelers to Uganda, Gambia, and Senegal returned with furuncular myiasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFuruncular myiasis affecting the glans penis of a young boy caused by the larvae of (the tumbu fly): a case report.
Pan Afr Med J
August 2022
Surgery Department, First Graceland Hospitals, Abijo, Lagos, Nigeria.
Cutaneous myiasis is endemic in West Africa, and it is most commonly caused by the larvae of Cordylobia anthropophaga. In English literature, recorded cases of this cutaneous myiasis affecting the glans penis are rare. This rarity calls for a need to consider this as a differential when looking at furuncular lesions of the glans penis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMyiasis by Cordylobia anthropophaga (Calliphoridae) in rodents from Cape Verde.
Acta Parasitol
September 2022
Instituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico F. Sánchez, s/n, 38203, La Laguna, Spain.
Purpose: The tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga (Diptera: Calliphoridae), is widely distributed in continental tropical and subtropical Africa, being the most common cause of furuncular myiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the present work was to analyze the role of rodents as possible reservoirs of C. anthropophaga in Cape Verde, considering the zoonotic character of this fly species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFuruncular myiasis in Italian traveler returning from Kenya.
J Infect Dev Ctries
January 2020
UOC Microbiologia e Virologia, ASST "Papa Giovanni XXIII", Bergamo, Italia.
Myiasis has been defined as the infestation of organs and/or tissues with dipterous larvae. They are especially widespread in tropical and subtropical areas. Cutaneous myiasis is its most frequent clinical presentation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFuruncular Myiasis of the Lower Leg.
Acta Dermatovenerol Croat
September 2019
Ferdinand Toberer, MD, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, University Medical Center, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Im Neuenheimer Feld, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany;
A 35-year-old Caucasian woman, otherwise healthy, presented with a four weeks history of painful, inflammatory nodules, each with a central opening on her right lower leg (Figure 1). Intermittently, a marked serosanguinous secretion was noted. The remaining skin and mucosa were not affected.
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