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Traumatic myiasis in free-ranging eland, reported from Kenya
BACKGROUND: For centuries, immature stages of Dipterans have infested humans and animals, resulting in a pathological condition referred to as myiasis. Myiases are globally distributed but they remain neglected diseases in spite of the great medical and veterinary importance. Moreover, there is a pa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3636081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23566876 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-89 |
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author | Obanda, Vincent Ndambiri, Ephantus Muthike Kingori, Edward Gakuya, Francis Lwande, Olivia Wesula Alasaad, Samer |
author_facet | Obanda, Vincent Ndambiri, Ephantus Muthike Kingori, Edward Gakuya, Francis Lwande, Olivia Wesula Alasaad, Samer |
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description | BACKGROUND: For centuries, immature stages of Dipterans have infested humans and animals, resulting in a pathological condition referred to as myiasis. Myiases are globally distributed but they remain neglected diseases in spite of the great medical and veterinary importance. Moreover, there is a paucity of information on the clinical-pathology and/or epidemiology of the infestation, especially in African free ranging wildlife. FINDINGS: In the present study we report for the first time an outbreak of traumatic cutaneous myiasis (caused by Old World screwworm, Chrysomyia bezziana and blowfly, Lucilia sp.) in free-ranging common elands (Taurotragus oryx). The infestation affected both animal sexes and different age classes, and had a negative impact on individual fitness as well as the overall health. Severely affected individuals were euthanized, while others were clinically treated, and apparently recovered. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates that myiasis-causing flies still exist in Kenya and are able to cause severe outbreaks of clinical cutaneous myiasis in wild animals. The status of these parasites in Kenya, which are of zoonotic potential, are either unknown or neglected. |
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spelling | pubmed-36360812013-04-26 Traumatic myiasis in free-ranging eland, reported from Kenya Obanda, Vincent Ndambiri, Ephantus Muthike Kingori, Edward Gakuya, Francis Lwande, Olivia Wesula Alasaad, Samer Parasit Vectors Short Report BACKGROUND: For centuries, immature stages of Dipterans have infested humans and animals, resulting in a pathological condition referred to as myiasis. Myiases are globally distributed but they remain neglected diseases in spite of the great medical and veterinary importance. Moreover, there is a paucity of information on the clinical-pathology and/or epidemiology of the infestation, especially in African free ranging wildlife. FINDINGS: In the present study we report for the first time an outbreak of traumatic cutaneous myiasis (caused by Old World screwworm, Chrysomyia bezziana and blowfly, Lucilia sp.) in free-ranging common elands (Taurotragus oryx). The infestation affected both animal sexes and different age classes, and had a negative impact on individual fitness as well as the overall health. Severely affected individuals were euthanized, while others were clinically treated, and apparently recovered. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates that myiasis-causing flies still exist in Kenya and are able to cause severe outbreaks of clinical cutaneous myiasis in wild animals. The status of these parasites in Kenya, which are of zoonotic potential, are either unknown or neglected. BioMed Central 2013-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3636081/ /pubmed/23566876 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-89 Text en Copyright © 2013 Obanda et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Report Obanda, Vincent Ndambiri, Ephantus Muthike Kingori, Edward Gakuya, Francis Lwande, Olivia Wesula Alasaad, Samer Traumatic myiasis in free-ranging eland, reported from Kenya |
title | Traumatic myiasis in free-ranging eland, reported from Kenya |
title_full | Traumatic myiasis in free-ranging eland, reported from Kenya |
title_fullStr | Traumatic myiasis in free-ranging eland, reported from Kenya |
title_full_unstemmed | Traumatic myiasis in free-ranging eland, reported from Kenya |
title_short | Traumatic myiasis in free-ranging eland, reported from Kenya |
title_sort | traumatic myiasis in free-ranging eland, reported from kenya |
topic | Short Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3636081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23566876 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-89 |
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