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Dermatobia - larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans

arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods

Cuterebridae, family Cuterebridae - New World botflies

Dermatobia hominis, human botfly - large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals

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Controle estrategico do Boophilus microplus com o uso de Doramectin e o efeito sobre a dinamica populacional de Dermatobia hominis e helmintos gastrintestinais.

Resistencia de helmintos gastrintestinais de bovinos a anti-helminticos no Planalto Catarinense

Dermatobia hominis, endemic to tropical or subtropical areas, and Oestrus ovis (sheep bot fly) cause most cases of ophthalmomyiasis (2).

Human ophthalmomyiasis interna caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern Canada

[1] Humans are most commonly seen to be infested by the larvae of "Dermatobia hominis'' and "Cordylobia anthropophaga." Eggs and young larvae of these types of flies entering the human body lead to infestation once they reach their late phase.

A Rare Case in Turkey: Cutaneous Myiasis after Traveling

Myiasis has also been reported involving Dermatobia hominis (Diptera: Cuterebridae) [13].

Nosocomial Myiasis Caused by Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and Neonatal Myiasis by Sarcophaga spp

After consulting three specialist doctors and undergoing two antibiotic treatments, she was diagnosed with furuncular myiasis caused by Dermatobia hominis.

Dermatobia hominis misdiagnosed as abscesses in a traveler returning from Brazil to Denmark

(Panama: pollos) [1]; en este ultimo pais mencionado, similarmente en pollos, tambien se ha documentado infestaciones debidas a especies de Cuterebridae (Dermatobia hominis) y taxones sin identificar de Sarcophagidae y Muscidae [1].

Miiasis traumatica por Cochliomyia hominivorax (diptera: calliphoridae) en un gallo. Nota tecnica

"The human botfly (Dermatobia hominis) is a parasite native to Central and South America which needs a human or animal host to complete its life cycle.

I could see the parasites wriggling under my skin