Cordylobia anthropophaga, the mango fly, tumbu fly, tumba fly, putzi fly, or skin maggot fly, is a species of blow-fly common in East and Central Africa. It is a parasite of large mammals (including humans ) during its larval stage. [ 2 ]

Jun 26, 2019 · Mango flies (Cordylobia anthropophaga) are a species of blow fly that’s native to certain parts of Africa, including South Africa and Uganda. These flies have several names, including putsi or...

Aug 9, 2019 · Laundry drying on a line. Who could possibly be frightened by the idyllic image of sheets blowing in the wind on a sunshine-filled day—unless you happen to be visiting East or Central Africa, home to the putzi. A type of parasitic blow-fly, …

The African tumbu fly (also known as the mango fly and putzi fly) is responsible for the majority of furuncular lesions in Sub-Saharan, Central, and West Africa. 1 – 3, 6, 11 – 13 Infestation in humans by larvae of the tumbu fly was first described in a patient from Senegal in 1862. 1 Female tumbu flies normally oviposit between 100–300 ...

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Jun 30, 2021 · Also known as the mango fly, tumbu fly, or skin worm fly, the putzi fly ( Cordylobia anthropophaga) is a species of fly native to eastern and central Africa. Like many other hit fly species, putzi fly larvae are parasitic.

Jun 1, 2017 · Myiasis is the parasitic infestation of the body by the larvae (maggots) of fly species. Human myiasis is caused in sub-Saharan Africa by the Tumbu fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga) also known as mango fly or Putzi fly.

Mar 29, 2017 · Pain and swelling on a woman's arm was caused by several tumbu fly larvae that had burrowed into her skin, according to The New England Journal of Medicine.

Aug 22, 2021 · The mango fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga), aka the marula fruit fly, skin maggot fly, tumbu fly and putzi fly, is a type of blow-fly common in African subtropical regions. The descriptor anthropophaga comes from the Greek word for “human eater”.

Furuncular myiasis is caused by larvae of D. hominis, C. anthropophaga, Cuterebra spp., Wohlfahrtia vigil, and W. opaca. 2, 4 Of these, D. hominis ‘Human Botfly’ and C. anthropophaga ‘Tumbu Fly’ are the most common worldwide causing human infestation. 1