Gastric and intestinal myiasis due to Ornidia obesa (Diptera: Syrphidae) in humans. First report in colombia

Myasis are parasitic infestations of animals and humans tissues and is caused by fly larvae. This kind of infestation has Public Health importance. In the Colombian biomedical literature the reports about myiasis in humans are scarce. In this paper, we report two cases of patients with gastrointesti...

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Autores:
Gustavo López V.
Irma Romero M.
Parra Henao, Gabriel jaime
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2023
Institución:
Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UCC
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OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/50160
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.21897/rmvz.935
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85023625516&doi=10.21897%2frmvz.935&partnerID=40&md5=808c6ac58427dbc6289726740508bb7a
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/50160
Palabra clave:
COLOMBIA
DIPTERA
HUMANS
MYIASIS (SOURCE:CAB)
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openAccess
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Summary:Myasis are parasitic infestations of animals and humans tissues and is caused by fly larvae. This kind of infestation has Public Health importance. In the Colombian biomedical literature the reports about myiasis in humans are scarce. In this paper, we report two cases of patients with gastrointestinal myiasis where the etiologic agents involved were Ornidia obesa and Ornidia sp (Diptera: Syrphidae). The taxonomic identification of the larvae was done at the Colombian Institute of Tropical Medicine and taxonomic confirmation was done at the laboratory of medicine veterinary and Zoology of Sao Pablo University. These two cases of myiasis are of first report in Colombia.