Morphological and initial  molecular characterization of Clogmia albipunctatus larvae (Diptera: Psychodidae) causing urinary myiasis in Egypt.

• Main Authors: Haiam Mohammed Mahmoud Farrag (Author), Enas Abdelhameed Mahmoud Huseein (Author), Amal M Almatary (Author), Ragaa A Othman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Myiasis is the infestation of human tissues by dipterous fly larvae of the class Insecta. Clogmia albipunctatus, family Psychodidae, is one of the most medically important insects that cause human myiasis. The aim of the present study is the morphological identification and the molecular characteriz...