| anti leishmania activity of lucilia sericata and calliphora vicina maggots in laboratory models. | use of sterile fly larvae (maggots) of blow flies for the treatment of many different types of skin and soft tissue wounds is called maggot debridement therapy (mdt). the larvae of blow flies secrete a broad spectrum of compounds with diverse mechanisms of action in the gut and salivary glands called excretion/secretion (es) products which showed to have antimicrobial activities against gram negative and positive bacteria. cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) which is the common form of leishmaniasis is ... | 2016 | 27567983 |