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DNA Extraction and Comparison Between Old and Fresh Necrophilic Fly Samples
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Flies (Calliphoridae, Muscidae) and beetles (Silphidae) from human cadavers in Cali, Colombia
Mauricio Barreto1, María Elena Burbano, Pablo Barreto
1Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, A.A. 25360 Cali, Valle, Colombia. mbarreto@mafalda.univalle.edu.co
Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
|May 7, 2002
Abstract:
Adult specimens of Cochliomyia macellaria, Chrysomya megacephala, Ch. rufifacies, Lucilia sp. (Calliphoridae), Musca domestica (Muscidae), Oxelytrum discicolle (Silphidae) and Sarcophagidae were recovered from 12 human cadavers in Cali, Valle, Colombia. Information regarding these findings is presented.
