Cordylobia anthropophaga - Wikipedia
网页Cordylobia anthropophaga, the mango fly, tumbu fly, tumba fly, putzi fly, or skin maggot fly, is a species of blow-fly common in East and Central Africa. It is a parasite of large mammals (including humans) during its larval stage. [1] C. anthropophaga is found in the tropics of Africa and is a common cause of myiasis in humans in the region.
Woman's Painful Sores Are Not Bug Bites, But Burrowing Bugs
网页2017年3月29日 · Female tumbu flies can lay their eggs on damp clothing or in soil, and if these eggs come into contact with a person's skin, they can burrow in, according to the report. Typically, larvae are...
Mango Fly: This Bug Gets Under Your Skin - Healthline
网页2019年6月26日 · Mango flies (Cordylobia anthropophaga) are a species of blow fly that’s native to certain parts of Africa, including South Africa and Uganda. These flies have several names, including putsi or...
CDC - DPDx - Myiasis
网页Myiasis is infection with the larval stage (maggots) of various flies. Flies in several genera may cause myiasis in humans. Dermatobia hominis is the primary human bot fly. Cochliomyia hominovorax is the primary screwworm fly in the New World and Chrysomya bezziana is the Old World screwworm.
Tumbu Fly Larvae | New England Journal of Medicine
网页2017年3月30日 · Abstract. A 46-year-old woman presented with pain and swelling in her right arm after a recent trip to the Ivory Coast. Oscillatory movements of larvae were noted over ulcerated areas near her ...
Cordylobia anthropophaga (Blanchard & Berenger-Feraud 1872)
网页The larvae of the tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga, were first described in Senegal in 1862, and Blanchard first described the adult and gave it its name in 1872. In 1903, Grünberg placed the tumbu fly in a new genus, Cordylobia. Life cycle. Female tumbu flies deposit around 300 eggs in sandy soil, often contaminated with feces.
Furuncular myiasis of the foot caused by the tumbu fly,
网页2013年6月24日 · Circular ulcerous furuncular lesion of the lateral dorsum of the right foot, adjacent to the base of the fifth toe, containing a compressed prepupal larva of the tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga. Open in a separate window
A new focus of autochthonous transmission of Cordylobia …
网页2015年1月19日 · The larvae were identified as typical third-instars of C. anthropophaga by size, oval body, spine pattern and posterior spiracles morphology. They were creamy white with a pointed anterior and a blunt posterior end. One larva was about 7 mm long and 3 mm in width while the other one was 12 mm × 4 mm.
Human myiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
网页2024年3月28日 · The female tumbu fly lays approximately 100–300 eggs on urine and faecal-contaminated soil or wet clothing (linens), especially clothes dried on shady lines and or bushes which are favourable oviposition locations . When eggs hatch, the first instar larvae penetrate the host skin and after 7–12 days, the second and third instar larvae of ...
Furuncular myiasis of the breast caused by the larvae of the Tumbu fly
网页2004年2月29日 · We present a case of furuncular breast myiasis due to the larvae of C. anthropophaga earlier misdiagnosed as mastitis in a patient living in tropical Africa (Nigeria) where the Tumbu fly is endemic.