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The New World screw-worm fly in north Africa
1Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, U.K.
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
|February 1, 1991
Abstract:
The course of the North African outbreak of New World screw-worm myiasis (Cochliomyia hominivorax) since its discovery in 1988 is described. Chemical and biological control measures are reviewed, including the current progress of the 'sterile male' (SIT) eradication programme.