Preferred Label : screw worm infection;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : infection, screw worm; screw worm infections; Screw Worm Myiasis; Myiases, Screw Worm; Myiasis, Screw Worm; Screw Worm Myiases;
CISMeF synonym : infections, screw worm;
DeCS synonym : Cochliomyia hominivorax Myiases; Cochliomyia hominivorax Myiasis; Chrysomya bezziana Infection; Chrysomya bezziana Myiases; Cochliomyia hominivorax Infestations; Chrysomya bezziana Myiasis; Chrysomya bezziana Infestation; Cochliomyia hominivorax Infestation; Cochliomyia hominivorax Infections; Cochliomyia hominivorax Infection; Chrysomya bezziana Infestations; Chrysomya bezziana Infections;
MeSH hyponym : Chrysomya bezziana Infections; Infection, Chrysomya bezziana; Chrysomya bezziana Myiasis; Chrysomya bezziana Myiases; Myiases, Chrysomya bezziana; Myiasis, Chrysomya bezziana; Chrysomya bezziana Infestation; Chrysomya bezziana Infestations; Infestation, Chrysomya bezziana; Cochliomyia hominivorax Infections; Infection, Cochliomyia hominivorax; Cochliomyia hominivorax Myiasis; Cochliomyia hominivorax Myiases; Myiases, Cochliomyia hominivorax; Myiasis, Cochliomyia hominivorax; Cochliomyia hominivorax Infestation; Cochliomyia hominivorax Infestations; Infestation, Cochliomyia hominivorax;
MeSH annotation : caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax ( DIPTERA); caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax ( CALLIPHORIDAE);
Origin ID : D012610;
UMLS CUI : C0036465;
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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.