| a comparison of the role of musca domestica (linnaeus) and chrysomya megacephala (fabricius) as mechanical vectors of helminthic parasites in a typical slum area of metropolitan manila. | a total of 1,016 flies (508 each for musca domestica and chrysomya megacephala) were collected from a typical urban slum area (barangay 51, pasay city, metropolitan manila) in the philippines and examined for the presence of helminth ova attached to their external surfaces. a significantly greater proportion of c. megacephala (41.9%) was found positive compared to m. domestica (9.4%). c. megacephala also exhibited a significantly higher average egg load (11.9 eggs per positive fly) than m. domes ... | 1991 | 1948283 |