KROK 1 2018 – Question 128 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A patient has an open facial wound with undermined edges; tissue necrosis with gradually developing partial gangrene that nearly reaches the bone tissue is observed. On close examination the wound contains live larvae. The patient is diagnosed with tissue myiasis. What Diptera larvae are the causative agents of this disease?
- A. Wohlfahrtia magnifica
- B. Phlebotomus pappatachi
- C. Musca domestica
- D. Glossina palpalis
- E. Stomoxys calcitrans
Hint
Sort the listed Diptera by their medical role and ask what their larvae or adults actually do to a human host.
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