Human Chrysomya bezziana myiasis: A systematic review.

• Main Authors: Xianyi Zhou (Author), Dzinkambani Moffat Kambalame (Author), Sitong Zhou (Author), Xiang Guo (Author), Dan Xia (Author), Yemei Yang (Author), Rangke Wu (Author), Juan Luo (Author), Fenglong Jia (Author), Mingchi Yuen (Author), Yuehua Xu (Author), Geyang Dai (Author), Li Li (Author), Tian Xie (Author), Santhosh Puthiyakunnon (Author), Wenxia Wei (Author), Lixian Xie (Author), Siting Liang (Author), Yuqin Feng (Author), Songgen Huang (Author), Yongxuan Hu (Author), Qianzhen Mo (Author), Rongjia Mai (Author), Xiaoqing Zhang (Author), Philip Spradbery (Author), Xiaohong Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Myiasis due to Old World screw-worm fly, Chrysomya bezziana, is an important obligate zoonotic disease in the OIE-list of diseases and is found throughout much of Africa, the Indian subcontinent, southeast and east Asia. C. bezziana myiasis causes not only morbidity and death to animals a...