tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post7379917816311683312..comments2024-03-26T16:04:11.096-05:00Comments on Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites: Answer to Case 602ParasiteGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093150363550239544noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-15003595562812555302020-08-15T12:25:48.141-05:002020-08-15T12:25:48.141-05:00Here are several reasons that I still entertain th...Here are several reasons that I still entertain the POSSIBILITY that this genus may cause urogenital myiasis.<br /><br />1. Yes , a breathing tube is present, in addition I believe the bristles to be gills similar to this used by a number of aquatic insect larvae (example Hydropsychidae) which allows respiration at low oxygen tension.<br />2. Why is it that Psycoda is found almost exclusively in these case reports? What about the other drain fly genera ?<br />3. I agree with Blaine that most of the case reports are wanting. But I am haunted by the 1929 case of a boy<br />where they found larval psychoda cytscopically in the bladder.<br /><br />Just entertaining the possibility. With the plague going on, I can use all the entertainment I can get.Old Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03517349371972756602noreply@blogger.com