Myiasis by Cordylobia anthropophaga (Calliphoridae) in rodents from Cape Verde

PURPOSE: The tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga (Diptera: Calliphoridae), is widely distributed in continental tropical and subtropical Africa, being the most common cause of furuncular myiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the present work was to analyze the role of rodents as possible reservo...

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Published in:Acta Parasitologica
Main Authors: Fernández-Alvarez, Ángela, Sánchez-Vicente, Santiago, Feliu, Carlos, Valladares, Basilio, Miquel, Jordi, Alves, Joana, Melero-Alcíbar, Rosario, Foronda, Pilar
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:9399013 2023-05-15T18:05:17+02:00 Myiasis by Cordylobia anthropophaga (Calliphoridae) in rodents from Cape Verde Fernández-Alvarez, Ángela Sánchez-Vicente, Santiago Feliu, Carlos Valladares, Basilio Miquel, Jordi Alves, Joana Melero-Alcíbar, Rosario Foronda, Pilar 2022-06-10 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9399013/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35687275 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-022-00576-8 en eng Springer International Publishing http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9399013/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35687275 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11686-022-00576-8 © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . CC-BY Acta Parasitol Original Paper Text 2022 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-022-00576-8 2022-08-28T01:08:17Z PURPOSE: The tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga (Diptera: Calliphoridae), is widely distributed in continental tropical and subtropical Africa, being the most common cause of furuncular myiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the present work was to analyze the role of rodents as possible reservoirs of C. anthropophaga in Cape Verde, considering the zoonotic character of this fly species. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 150 peridomestic rodents were studied in Santiago island. For the obtained larvae, morphological and molecular characters were analyzed. RESULTS: Cordylobia anthropophaga was found in 6.4% of the peridomestic Rattus rattus analyzed. The present work unveils the presence of C. anthropophaga in rodents of the African archipelago of Cape Verde, introduced probably with West African humans and/or animals. CONCLUSION: The presence in peridomestic animals, and the wide range of species that this fly can affect, entails a zoonotic risk of myiasis by tumbu fly. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11686-022-00576-8. Text Rattus rattus PubMed Central (PMC) Acta Parasitologica 67 3 1260 1264
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Fernández-Alvarez, Ángela
Sánchez-Vicente, Santiago
Feliu, Carlos
Valladares, Basilio
Miquel, Jordi
Alves, Joana
Melero-Alcíbar, Rosario
Foronda, Pilar
Myiasis by Cordylobia anthropophaga (Calliphoridae) in rodents from Cape Verde
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description PURPOSE: The tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga (Diptera: Calliphoridae), is widely distributed in continental tropical and subtropical Africa, being the most common cause of furuncular myiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the present work was to analyze the role of rodents as possible reservoirs of C. anthropophaga in Cape Verde, considering the zoonotic character of this fly species. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 150 peridomestic rodents were studied in Santiago island. For the obtained larvae, morphological and molecular characters were analyzed. RESULTS: Cordylobia anthropophaga was found in 6.4% of the peridomestic Rattus rattus analyzed. The present work unveils the presence of C. anthropophaga in rodents of the African archipelago of Cape Verde, introduced probably with West African humans and/or animals. CONCLUSION: The presence in peridomestic animals, and the wide range of species that this fly can affect, entails a zoonotic risk of myiasis by tumbu fly. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11686-022-00576-8.
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author Fernández-Alvarez, Ángela
Sánchez-Vicente, Santiago
Feliu, Carlos
Valladares, Basilio
Miquel, Jordi
Alves, Joana
Melero-Alcíbar, Rosario
Foronda, Pilar
author_facet Fernández-Alvarez, Ángela
Sánchez-Vicente, Santiago
Feliu, Carlos
Valladares, Basilio
Miquel, Jordi
Alves, Joana
Melero-Alcíbar, Rosario
Foronda, Pilar
author_sort Fernández-Alvarez, Ángela
title Myiasis by Cordylobia anthropophaga (Calliphoridae) in rodents from Cape Verde
title_short Myiasis by Cordylobia anthropophaga (Calliphoridae) in rodents from Cape Verde
title_full Myiasis by Cordylobia anthropophaga (Calliphoridae) in rodents from Cape Verde
title_fullStr Myiasis by Cordylobia anthropophaga (Calliphoridae) in rodents from Cape Verde
title_full_unstemmed Myiasis by Cordylobia anthropophaga (Calliphoridae) in rodents from Cape Verde
title_sort myiasis by cordylobia anthropophaga (calliphoridae) in rodents from cape verde
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url http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9399013/
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