Screwworm Myiasis

Myiasis is the infestation of live vertebrate animals with dipterous larvae, which for at least a certain period feed on the host's dead or living tissue, liquid body substances, or ingested food Depending on their reliance on the host. Screwworm larvae penetrate deeply into a wound of a warmblooded animal and feed on living tissue and body fluid Facultative larvae, which feed on dead tissue and decaying matter, may be present in wounds — even simultaneously with screwworm larvae

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