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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.
Biomarker and diagnostic research for screw worm infectious disease has been reported in the published literature.
No clinical trials have been registered for screw worm infectious disease.
128 publications have been identified in PubMed for screw worm infectious disease. Research spans Review / Meta-Analysis (53%), Epidemiology / Natural History (16%), and Basic Science / Preclinical (14%).
Research Type | Count | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
Research summaries | 68 | 53% |
Data assembled from 2 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 19, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC
Disease patterns and progression
20 |
16% |
Laboratory research | 18 | 14% |
Patient case studies | 17 | 13% |
Testing and diagnosis research | 3 | 2% |
Other research | 2 | 2% |
Lázár E (2026). [PMID: 41028908](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41028908/). *Nat Rev Genet*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Huang Y (2026). [PMID: 41544799](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41544799/). *Metabolism*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
Amado C (2026). [PMID: 40975490](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40975490/). *Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Anderson EN (2026). [PMID: 41468891](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41468891/). *Am J Hum Genet*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]
Long B (2026). [PMID: 41539184](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41539184/). *The American journal of emergency medicine*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Vasilevsky NA (2026). [PMID: 41052288](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41052288/). *Genetics*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
David C (2026). [PMID: 41395910](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41395910/). *Ann Rheum Dis*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
Quinodoz M (2025). [PMID: 39623139](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39623139/). *The EMBO journal*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]
Verbinnen I (2025). [PMID: 39978342](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39978342/). *Am J Hum Genet*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]
Park HE (2025). [PMID: 40323519](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40323519/). *Jpn J Ophthalmol*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]