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Lucilia sericata

Known as: Phaenicia sericata, green bottle fly, sheep blowfly 
 
National Institutes of Health

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DipteraLucilia <blowfly>

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2016
2016
Towards next generation maggot debridement therapy: transgenic Lucilia sericata larvae that produce and secrete a human growth factor
BackgroundDiabetes and its concurrent complications impact a significant proportion of the population of the US and create a… Expand
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2014
2014
Midgut lysozymes of Lucilia sericata - new antimicrobials involved in maggot debridement therapy.
Larvae of Lucilia sericata are used for maggot debridement therapy (MDT) because of their ability to remove necrotic tissue and… Expand
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Review
2013
Review
2013
Multiple actions of Lucilia sericata larvae in hard-to-heal wounds: larval secretions contain molecules that accelerate wound healing, reduce chronic inflammation and inhibit bacterial infection.
In Europe ≈15,000 patients receive larval therapy for wound treatment annually. Over the past few years, clinical studies have… Expand
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2004
2004
Myiasis in Kuwait: nosocomial infections caused by lucilia sericata and Megaselia scalaris.
Myiasis, the invasion of live human tissue by larvae of Diptera, is reported in the nasopharynx and a leg wound in two patients… Expand
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Isolation of Salmonella from muscoid flies at commercial animal establishments in San Bernardino County, California.
Adult muscoid flies collected from three dairies and eight commercial poultry ranches in San Bernardino County were tested for… Expand
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
Maggot therapy for the treatment of intractable wounds.
BACKGROUND Fly maggots have been known for centuries to help debride and heal wounds. Maggot therapy was first introduced in the… Expand
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1998
Highly Cited
1998
Seasonal colonization and decomposition of rat carrion in water and on land in an open field in South Carolina.
Decomposition and insect colonization of rat, Rattus rattus L., carrion on land and in water were compared during summer and… Expand
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1997
1997
[Nasopharyngeal myiasis during mechanical ventilation].
We report a case of myiasis caused by Phaenicia sericata during mechanical ventilation. An 86-year-old woman with bronchiectasis… Expand
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A DNA-based approach to the identification of insect species used for postmortem interval estimation.
Insect larvae found on a corpse can be used for estimating postmortem intervals. Here, we describe a molecular method for rapid… Expand
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1978
1978
The Relationship between Visual Acuity and Illumination in the Fly, Lucilia sericata
Abstract The variation in visual acuity with illumination has been studied by monitoring the extracellular response of direction… Expand
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