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Laboratory breeding of two Phortica species (Diptera: Drosophilidae), vectors of the zoonotic eyeworm Thelazia callipaeda

BACKGROUND: Some species of drosophilid flies belonging to the genus Phortica feed on ocular secretions of mammals, acting as biological vectors of the zoonotic eyeworm Thelazia callipaeda. This study describes an effective breeding protocol of Phortica variegata and Phortica oldenbergi in insectary...

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Autores principales: Bernardini, Ilaria, Poggi, Cristiana, Manzi, Sara, Bezerra-Santos, Marcos Antonio, Beugnet, Frédéric, Fourie, Josephus, Otranto, Domenico, Pombi, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9195204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35698211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05331-6