Current status of the New World screwworm Cochliomyia hominivorax in Venezuela

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 106-110

  Coronado, A ^a,b   Kowalski, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

^b Conjunto Residencial Flamingo's Suites ^*  (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cochliomyia hominivorax; Geographical distribution; Human myiasis; Seasonality; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LARVA; MORTALITY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; WOUNDING;

AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COST; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; FLY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MEAT; MILK; MYIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VENEZUELA;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIPTERA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; MEAT; MILK; MYIASIS; SCREW WORM INFECTION; VENEZUELA;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALLIPHORIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX; CUTEREBRA; DIPTERA; LUCILIA EXIMIA; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHILORNIS; SARCOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 63449086896     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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