Handbook of medical entomology . was that of a woman offifty-five who suffered from albuminuria, andurinated with much difficulty, and finally passedthirty to forty larvae of Fannia canicularis. It is probable that infestation usually occilrsthrough eating partially decayed fruit or vege-tables on which the flies have deposited theireggs. Wellman points out that the flies maydeposit their eggs in or about the anus ofpersons using outside privies and Hewittbelieves that this latter method of infection is probably the commonone in the case of infants belonging to careless mothers. Suchinfants ar
Handbook of medical entomology . was that of a woman offifty-five who suffered from albuminuria, andurinated with much difficulty, and finally passedthirty to forty larvae of Fannia canicularis. It is probable that infestation usually occilrsthrough eating partially decayed fruit or vege-tables on which the flies have deposited theireggs. Wellman points out that the flies maydeposit their eggs in or about the anus ofpersons using outside privies and Hewittbelieves that this latter method of infection is probably the commonone in the case of infants belonging to careless mothers. Suchinfants are sometimes left about in an exposed and not very cleancondition, in consequence of which flies are readily attracted to themand deposit their eggs. Muscinae—The larv^ae of the common house-fly, Musca domestica,are occasionally recorded as having been passed with the feces orvomit of man. While such cases may occur, it is probable that inmost instances similar appearing larv^ae of other insects have beenmistakenly 101. Larva of Fanniascalaris. 140 Accidental or Facultative Parasites
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