Myiasis in animals and humanbeings in Turkey

This study was carried out to detect etiological agents of myiasis occurred in animals and humanbeings in Turkey, betweeen the years of 2006-2010. Twenty-eight myiasis cases were examined in this period. Twenty-two of them were traumatic myiasis while two anal myiasis, two aural myiasis, one nasomyiasis and one oral myiasis were detected. Twenty-three cases were detected in the animals, while five cases occurred in the humanbeings. Five species; Wohlfahrtia magnifica, Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis, Lucilia sericata, Calliphora vicina and Eristalis tenax were identified as etiological agent of the myiasis. W. magnifica was detected as predominat species in the traumatic myiasis cases. L. sericata was found as secondary agent in the all cases. The other species were detected in only one each case.