IMMUNOLOGICAL STRATEGIES OF MYIASIS-CAUSING LARVAE REVIEW ARTICLE
Maha S. Shaheen, Lamia A.A. Galal, Hanan El Deek and Al Zahraa Abdel Raouf
Dept of Parasitology Assiut Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University

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Myiasis refers to the infestation of live human and vertebrate animals with dipterous fly larvae. Recent advances in understanding the specific and nonspecific immune responses of hosts to infestation by myiasis-causing larvae and the immunological strategies evolved by larvae against the host are the matter of great interest. Therefore this review provides information for better understanding the host–parasite relationships. It also explains the immunology and immunopathology of these larvae, the target response and their relation in the practical implications of immunological knowledge for diagnostic and immunization strategies.

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December 2011