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Green Bottle Fly

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Green Bottle Fly
An opportunistic insect pathogen, which causes a form of myasis—i.e., maggot infestation, pupating in open sores or purulent discharges
green bottle fly
see lucilia.
green bottle fly
An opportunistic insect pathogen, which causes a myasis/maggot infestation, pupating in open sores or purulent discharges
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The team from Swansea University in south Wales has created Seraticin, a drug made from the secretions of green bottle fly larvae.
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The team from Swansea University in south Wales has created Seraticin, a drug made from the secretions of green bottle fly larvae.
British researchers develop new drug - with maggots by AFP / AFP Global Edition
They used sterile "free-range" larvae from the green bottle fly Lucilia Sericata, which were applied between two and eight times for four days at a time.
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