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  2. Forcipomyia taiwana - Wikipedia

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    The head of the mature larvae is dark brown, and the body is yellowish brown. The body length of a mature larva is about 2.7 mm. Larvae have hairs on the back of their chest and legs. The last two segments of the body each have a pair of horns-shaped protrusions with the tips facing backward. The pupa of F. taiwana is about 2 mm long. The newly ...

  3. Dracunculiasis - Wikipedia

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    Over the ensuing months, the female migrates to connective tissue or along bones, and continues to develop. [6] About a year after the initial infection, the female migrates to the skin, forms an ulcer, and emerges. When the wound touches fresh water, the female spews a milky-white substance containing hundreds of thousands of larvae into the ...

  4. Myiasis - Wikipedia

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    Maggot therapy – also known as maggot debridement therapy (MDT), larval therapy, larva therapy, or larvae therapy – is the intentional introduction by a health care practitioner of live, disinfected green bottle fly maggots into the non-healing skin and soft tissue wounds of a human or other animal for the purpose of selectively cleaning ...

  5. 5 Signs You May Have a Snake Infestation and Not Even Know It

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    Carpenter adds that snake droppings often have “white tip,” and she suggests checking thoroughly “along walls, under furniture, and in all dark corners.” Weird Noises in Crawl Spaces or Attics

  6. Onchocerciasis - Wikipedia

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    The larvae can move through the body without triggering a response from the host's immune system, so some people who are infected with the parasite experience no symptoms; the Global Burden of Disease Study estimated that in 2017 there were at least 20.9 million people infected worldwide, of which 14.6 million had skin disease symptoms and 1.15 ...

  7. Tungiasis - Wikipedia

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    Tungiasis causes skin inflammation, severe pain, itching, and a lesion at the site of infection that is characterized by a black dot at the center of a swollen red lesion, surrounded by what looks like a white halo. Desquamation of the skin is always seen, especially after the flea expands during hypertrophy.

  8. Wuchereria bancrofti - Wikipedia

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    The larvae move through the lymphatic system to regional lymph nodes, predominantly in the legs and genital area. The larvae develop into adult worms over the course of a year, and reach sexual maturity in the afferent lymphatic vessels. After mating, the adult female worm can produce thousands of microfilariae that migrate into the bloodstream.

  9. Sarcophaga bullata - Wikipedia

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    Sarcophagidae larvae are white or pale yellow, cylindrical, and tapered anteriorly. All segments beyond the first have anterior and posterior bands of hairs. The mandibles are usually strong and curved, resembling a hook. Posterior spiracles are sunken in, which is a characteristic that can be used to distinguish between flesh fly and blow fly ...