Abstract
Myiasis in humans and animals
Highlights
Kirby and Spence (1918) for the first time, used the term Scholechiasis for infected animals with fly larvae [1], Hoop (1840) used the term Myiasis for many years before that [2]
Myiasis is a Greek word (Myia=Fly) meaning fly, which means the contamination of organs, living tissues or dead vertebrates with fly larvae
Infestation with Californian fly larvae has been reported in an aquarium fish species, Asryanax mexicanus faciatus [3]
Summary
Kirby and Spence (1918) for the first time, used the term Scholechiasis for infected animals with fly larvae [1], Hoop (1840) used the term Myiasis for many years before that [2]. These flies rarely attach their eggs to the human foot and the larvae infiltrate under the skin and create spiral tunnels which can sometimes cause local paralysis by excrescence or abscesses. These infections usually do not cause significant harm because the larvae consume mainly from dead tissue and pus This fly existed throughout Africa and most parts of Asia, including Iran, and caused extensive damage to livestock in the south, southwest and west of the country in recent years. The larvae of this fly can infect all warm-blooded animals and humans.
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