A 74 yr old woman from Gonabad, southern part of Khorasan Razavi Province of Iran was admitted to a Hospital of Gonabad, because of respiratory distress, exertional dyspnea and fever. Close contact with domestic animals, history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and completely resolved pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in remote past, were notable parts of her past medical history. Due...

The peritrophic matrix is a prominent feature of the digestive tract of most insects, but its function, formation, and even its composition remain contentious. This matrix is a molecular sieve whose toughness and elasticity are generated by glycoproteins, proteoglycans, and chitin fibrils. We now describe a small, highly conserved protein, peritrophin-15, which is an abundant component of the l...

Myiasis is the condition where larvae of certain fly species use living hosts as a food source for their growth and development. The results of a retrospective study on the incidence of myiasis among dairy animals in Punjab (India) are reported. A total of 470 larval samples were collected from myiasis affected animals from the different districts of Punjab. The Old World Screwworm (OWS) flyChr...

Chrysomya megacephala, also known as the Oriental latrine fly, is indigenous to south-east Asia. During the 1970's it successfully invaded Africa and South America, and more recently during the 1980's also established itself in the United States of America. Although the first specimens from South Africa were collected from the south-western Cape Province in 1978, no published data appears to ex...

Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol | January-February 2009 | Vol 75 | Issue 1 skin, suggest that PV may be triggered or maintained by prolonged sun exposure. This case is reported for its atypical presentation and adequate response to potent topical steroid. It is suggested that localized PV should be considered in the differential diagnosis of persistent erosive lesions, more so when present ov...

Regional surveys were carried out in different parts of North West Pakistan among domestic animals (N=57,921) including pets and livestock identifying cases of traumatic myiasis (n=1037). A total of four surveys focused general livestock population during Eid ul Adha (Eid surveys; incidence=1.21%) while another four surveys (Miscellaneous surveys; incidence=7.34%) targeted animal population bro...

This study was carried out to determine the role of non-biting cyclorrhaphan flies as carriers of human intestinal parasites at Woreta, northwestern Ethiopia. In total, 6530 flies were collected from four breeding sites and then examined for human intestinal parasites, mainly using the formol-ether concentration method. Fly species identified were Musca domestica (32.9%), Chrysomya rufifacies (...