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Wohlfahrtia vigil Wohl·fahr·ti·a vigil , Wohlfahrtia opacaproduces cutaneous myiasis in human infants in the northern U.S. and southern Canada by larvae that penetrate the skin and cause infected, boillike, or furuncular lesions; mink and fox pups in fur farms, and probably rabbits and rodents, are attacked by this species.Wohlfahrtia vigilA species found in Canada and the northern United States.See also: WohlfahrtiaWohlfahrt, Peter, German medical writer, d. 1726. Wohlfahrtia - a genus of larviparous dipterous flesh flies of which some species' larvae breed in ulcerated surfaces and flesh wounds of humans and animals.Wohlfahrtia magnifica - widely distributed obligatory flesh fly whose tissue-destroying maggots invade wounds or head cavities of humans and domestic animals.Wohlfahrtia nuba - a facultative flesh fly of Old World distribution, found in head wounds or cavities but not in dermal sores.Wohlfahrtia opaca - Synonym(s): Wohlfahrtia vigilWohlfahrtia vigil - produces cutaneous myiasis in human infants in the northern U.S. and southern Canada by larvae that penetrate the skin and cause boillike lesions. Synonym(s): Wohlfahrtia opacawohlfahrtiosis - infection of humans and animals with larvae of flies of the genus Wohlfahrtia. |