screw worm infectious disease
MONDO:0005954Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names screw worm infectious disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Infection with larvae of the blow fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (Callitroga americanum), a common cause of disease in livestock in the southern and southwestern U.S.A.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005954), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: screw worm infectious disease
- Also called
- Cochliomyia hominivorax caused disease or disorderCochliomyia hominivorax disease or disorderCochliomyia hominivorax infectious disease