Miíase humana por Alouattamyia baeri (Shannon &amp; Greene) (Diptera, Cuterebridae): comunicação de dois casos na região norte do Brasil

Guimarães, J.H.; Coimbra Jr, Carlos E.A.

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751982000100005

Resumo

The purpose of this paper is to record two peculiar cases of human myiases occurring in Northern Brasil which apparently have not been reported. In both cases maggots of Alouattamyia baeri (Shannon & Greene) (Diptera, Cuterebridae) were localized in the pharyngeal cavity. The first case involved a female Suruí indian, 30 years old, living in the Parque Aripuanã, Rondônia, presenting symptoms of cough, nausea, dyspnea and painful throat. After treatment with Tiabendazol six large maggots were expelled through the mouth. The second case occurred in the state of Amazonas, involving a 45 years old worker of the Manaus-Manacapuru road, km 27. The patient showed, for two weeks, intense cough and throat irritation and after gargle with iodine solution expelled a large maggot. The native hosts of this fly include mainly howler monkeys (Alouatta sp.). The large maggots (22-27 mm) develop in the cervical, upper sternal and axillary regions. An up-to-date list of hosts of A. baeri found in the literature is presented. The material is deposited in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo.

Miíase humana por Alouattamyia baeri (Shannon & Greene) (Diptera, Cuterebridae). Comunicação de dois casos na região norte do Brasil

J.H. Guimarães^I; Carlos E.A. Coimbra Jr^II

^IMuseu de Zoologia USP. Bolsista do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq

^IICentro de Estudos e Pesquisa em Antropologia Médica, CEPAM, Brasília, DF

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to record two peculiar cases of human myiases occurring in Northern Brasil which apparently have not been reported. In both cases maggots of Alouattamyia baeri (Shannon & Greene) (Diptera, Cuterebridae) were localized in the pharyngeal cavity. The first case involved a female Suruí indian, 30 years old, living in the Parque Aripuanã, Rondônia, presenting symptoms of cough, nausea, dyspnea and painful throat. After treatment with Tiabendazol six large maggots were expelled through the mouth. The second case occurred in the state of Amazonas, involving a 45 years old worker of the Manaus-Manacapuru road, km 27. The patient showed, for two weeks, intense cough and throat irritation and after gargle with iodine solution expelled a large maggot.

The native hosts of this fly include mainly howler monkeys (Alouatta sp.). The large maggots (22-27 mm) develop in the cervical, upper sternal and axillary regions. An up-to-date list of hosts of A. baeri found in the literature is presented. The material is deposited in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo.

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AGRADECIMENTOS

Os autores ficam gratos aos Drs. Hugo de Souza Lopes, Academia Brasileira de Ciências, ao Sr. Edson Nunes Palheta, Departamento de Ecologia, INPA, Amazonas, pelo encaminhamento do material.

Dunn, L. H., 1934. Entomological investigations in the Chiriqui region of Panama. Psyche, Cambr. 20:219-226.
Ewing, N. E., 1925. Cuterebra larvae in skin of Panama howler monkey (Alouatta palliata inconsonans). J. Parasit. 12 (2):107.
Goldmann, E. A., 1920. Mammals of Panama. Smiths. Misc. Coll 69 (5):229.
Greene, C. T., 1956. Dipterous larvae parasite on animals and man and some dipterous larvae causing myiasis in man. Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 82:17-34.
Guimarães, J. H., 1971. Note on the hosts of Neotropical Cuterebrini (Diptera, Cuterebridae) with new records from Brazil. Papéis Avulsos Zool., S Paulo 25 (10):84-94.
Hershkovitz, P., 1977. Living New World monkeys (Platyrrhini), with an introduction to Primates, 1:1117 pp. University of Chicago Press.
Shannon, R. C. & C. T. Greene, 1926. A bot-fly parasitic in monkeys. Zoopathologica, N. York 1:285-290, 2 figs.
Zeledón, R., O. Jiménez Q. & R. R. Brenes M., 1975. Cuterebra baeri Shannon & Greene en el mono aullador de Costa Rica. Revta Biol. trop. 5:129-134, 11 figs.

Datas de Publicação

Publicação nesta coleção
28 Ago 2009
Data do Fascículo
1982

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[1] Dunn, L. H., 1934. Entomological investigations in the Chiriqui region of Panama. Psyche, Cambr. 20:219-226.

[2] Ewing, N. E., 1925. Cuterebra larvae in skin of Panama howler monkey (Alouatta palliata inconsonans). J. Parasit. 12 (2):107.

[3] Goldmann, E. A., 1920. Mammals of Panama. Smiths. Misc. Coll 69 (5):229.

[4] Greene, C. T., 1956. Dipterous larvae parasite on animals and man and some dipterous larvae causing myiasis in man. Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 82:17-34.

[5] Guimarães, J. H., 1971. Note on the hosts of Neotropical Cuterebrini (Diptera, Cuterebridae) with new records from Brazil. Papéis Avulsos Zool., S Paulo 25 (10):84-94.

[6] Hershkovitz, P., 1977. Living New World monkeys (Platyrrhini), with an introduction to Primates, 1:1117 pp. University of Chicago Press.

[7] Shannon, R. C. & C. T. Greene, 1926. A bot-fly parasitic in monkeys. Zoopathologica, N. York 1:285-290, 2 figs.

[8] Zeledón, R., O. Jiménez Q. & R. R. Brenes M., 1975. Cuterebra baeri Shannon & Greene en el mono aullador de Costa Rica. Revta Biol. trop. 5:129-134, 11 figs.