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      Molecular approaches to the study of myiasis-causing larvae

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      International Journal for Parasitology
      Elsevier BV

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          Among arthropod diseases affecting animals, larval infections - myiases - of domestic and wild animals have been considered important since ancient times. Besides the significant economic losses to livestock worldwide, myiasis-causing larvae have attracted the attention of scientists because some parasitise humans and are of interest in forensic entomology. In the past two decades, the biology, epidemiology, immunology, immunodiagnosis and control methods of myiasis-causing larvae have been focused on and more recently the number of molecular studies have also begun to increase. The 'new technologies' (i.e. molecular biology) are being used to study taxonomy, phylogenesis, molecular identification, diagnosis (recombinant antigens) and vaccination strategies. In particular, more in depth molecular studies have now been performed on Sarcophagidae, Calliphoridae and flies of the Oestridae sister group. This review discusses the most topical issues and recent studies on myiasis-causing larvae using molecular approaches. In the first part, PCR-based techniques and the genes that have already been analysed, or are potentially useful for the molecular phylogenesis and identification of myiasis-causing larvae, are described. The second section deals with the more recent advances concerning taxonomy, phylogenetics, population studies, molecular identification, diagnosis and vaccination.

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          Journal
          International Journal for Parasitology
          International Journal for Parasitology
          Elsevier BV
          00207519
          October 2002
          October 2002
          : 32
          : 11
          : 1345-1360
          Article
          10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00095-4
          12350370
          07f54c73-27dc-4d84-986d-625b77312441
          © 2002

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