| occurrence and prevalence of bot flies, metacuterebra apicalis (diptera: cuterebridae), in rodents of cerrado from central brazil. | the occurrence and prevalence of metacuterebra apicalis (diptera: cuterebridae) in natural populations of oryzomys subflavus, bolomys lasiurus, and thalpomys cerradensis (rodentia: muridae) from august 1990 to july 1992 in the cerrado, a common savanna-like vegetation type of central brazil, are reported. an increase in bot infection in the 3 rodent species between october 1991 and july 1992 without correlation to precipitation was detected. the prevalence was lower than in neotropical forest fo ... | 1993 | 8410558 |