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Myiasis Blow Fly References

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Erzinclioglu, Y. Z. (1989) The early larval instars of Lucilia sericata and Lucilia cuprina (Diptera, Calliphoridae): myiasis blowflies of Africa and Australia. Journal of Natural History, 23, 1133-1136.

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Hall, M. J. R. (1995) Trapping the flies that cause myiasis - their responses to host-stimuli. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 89, 333-357.

Hall, M. J. R. & Wall, R. (1995) Myiasis of humans and domestic animals. in J R Baker, R Muller D Rollinson. Advances in parasitology, London 35: 257-334.

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Harterreiten-Souza, E. S. & Pujol-Luz, J. R. (2012) Comparative morphology of the spermathecae of some species of Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy and Cochliomyia Townsend (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 56, 54-58.

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Janoskova, V., Orszagh, I., Jamriska, J. & Kopani, M. (2010) Pre-imaginal stages of the blowfly Protocalliphora falcozi in nests of the tree sparrow (Passer montanus). Entomologica Fennica, 21, 107-116.

Jarrett, S., Morgan, J. A. T., Wlodek, B. M., Brown, G. W., Urech, R., Green, P. E., et al. (2010) Specific detection of the Old World screwworm fly, Chrysomya bezziana, in bulk fly trap catches using real-time PCR. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 24, 227-235.

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Knipling, E. F. (1939) A key for blowfly larvae concerned in wound and cutaneous myiasis. Ann ent Soc Amer, 376-388.

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