Diseases

Screw Worm Infection

Infection with larvae of the blow fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (Callitroga americanum), a common cause of disease in livestock in the southern and southwestern U.S.A.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Infection with larvae of the blow fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (Callitroga americanum), a common cause of disease in livestock in the southern and southwestern U.S.A.

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Synonyms

26 entry terms
  • Infection, Screw Worm
  • Screw Worm Myiasis
  • Myiases, Screw Worm
  • Myiasis, Screw Worm
  • Screw Worm Infections
  • Screw Worm Myiases
  • Chrysomya bezziana Infection
  • Chrysomya bezziana Infestation
  • Chrysomya bezziana Myiasis
  • Cochliomyia hominivorax Infection
  • Cochliomyia hominivorax Infestation
  • Cochliomyia hominivorax Myiasis
  • Chrysomya bezziana Infections
  • Chrysomya bezziana Infestations
  • Chrysomya bezziana Myiases
  • Cochliomyia hominivorax Infections
  • Cochliomyia hominivorax Infestations
  • Cochliomyia hominivorax Myiases
  • Infection, Chrysomya bezziana
  • Infection, Cochliomyia hominivorax
  • Infestation, Chrysomya bezziana
  • Infestation, Cochliomyia hominivorax
  • Myiases, Chrysomya bezziana
  • Myiases, Cochliomyia hominivorax
  • Myiasis, Chrysomya bezziana
  • Myiasis, Cochliomyia hominivorax

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax ( = CALLIPHORIDAE)

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History Note

91(75); was see under MYIASIS 1975-90

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Tree Number

  1. C01w.610w.858.211w.503w.744

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Screw Worm Infection. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012610. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012610
  2. Screw Worm Infection. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4236559