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Myiasis in domestic cats: a global review

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Myiasis is an infestation caused by larvae of Diptera in humans and other vertebrates. In domestic cats, Felis silvestris catus L. (Carnivora: Felidae), four dipteran families have been reported as agents of obligatory and facultative myiasis: Oestridae,
Marco Pezzi, Teresa Bonacci, Marilena Leis, Elisabetta Mamolini, Maria Gabriella Marchetti, Stjepan Krčmar, Milvia Chicca, Carlo Nicola Francesco Del Zingaro, Michel J. Faucheux, Chiara Scapoli   +9 more
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Aural myiasis in a neonate in peninsular Malaysia

Parasites & Vectors, 2009
Myiasis is a pathological condition in humans and animals caused by various species of dipterous larvae. Myiasis which occurs in a newborn baby is referred as neonatal myiasis. It is a rare condition and there are only a few reports to date.
Ibrahim Mohd, Hadi Azahari, Ibrahim Sa'diyah, Jeffery John, Ismail Anuar, Ahmad Nazni, Chin Heo, Lim Lee   +7 more
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ZOONOTIC MYIASIS IN EGYPT: WITH REFERENCE TO NOSOCOMIAL OR HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED MYIASIS [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2014
The most important insects from medical point of view are the blood suckers or the insectborne diseases. Still others, almost non-blood suckers, but may attack man and animal to deposit their eggs or larvae of myiasis producing flies in skin, nose, eye ...
TOSSON MORSY
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Cutaneous myiasis in an elderly woman in Somaliland

International Journal of Women's Dermatology, 2019
Background: Cutaneous myiasis is a self-limited skin infestation by developing fly larvae, with three clinical subtypes: furuncular, migratory, and wound myiasis.
Mukhtar A. Yusuf, MD, Bobbi S. Pritt, MD, Josette R. McMichael, MD   +2 more
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First record of traumatic myiasis obtained from forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii)

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021
Myiasis is an infestation of maggots on living tissue in humans and animals all over the world. It is known to occur in wild animals, while no information is reported in forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii).
Yunyun Gao, Yajun Fu, Liping Yan, Defu Hu, Benmo Jiang, Dong Zhang   +5 more
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Traumatic myiasis agents in Iran with introducing of new dominant species, Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2014
Objective: To study agents of animal wound myiasis in various geographical districts of Fars province. Methods: This study has been done in Fars province, located in the southern part of Iran.
Javad Rafinejad, Kamran Akbarzadeh, Yavar Rassi, Jamasp Nozari, Mohammad Mehdi Sedaghat, Mostafa Hosseini, Hamzeh Alipour, Abdolmajid Ranjbar, Danial Zeinali   +8 more
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Massive orbital myiasis arising from nasal myiasis in an Indonesian patient with diabetes

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2019
Purpose: Orbital myiasis is a rare condition. We report a case of massive orbital myiasis (ophthalmomyiasis profunda) arising from nasal myiasis and caused by Chrysomya bezziana in a patient with diabetes. Observations: A 55-year-old woman presented with
Rodiah Rahmawaty Lubis, Marina Yusnita Albar, Dewi Masyithah Darlan   +2 more
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INTESTINAL MYIASIS CAUSED BY CLOGMIA ALBIPUNCTATA LARVAE IN AN INFANT: A CASE REPORT IN EGYPT [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2023
Myiasis occurs when the human tissues are infested by larvae of dipterous flies. Clogmiaalbipunctata (C. albipunctata), is one of the important arthropods causing human myiasis.
MONA KHATER, ABD EL-AZIZ EDMARDASH, ABEER AL-ANTABLY, MARWA HASSAN, HEBAT-ALLAH YOUSOF   +4 more
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First Report of Nasal Myiasis Caused by Lucilia sericata in the Pediatric Age Group from Tehran, Iran

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2022
Myiasis is an infestation caused by dipterous larvae. Nosocomial myiasis usually occurs in bedridden patients. Herein, we report a nasal myiasis in a 12-year-old female with cerebral palsy (CP) from Tehran, Iran and provide morphological identification ...
Shirin Sayyahfar, Ramin Zare Mahmoudabadi, Soheila Mahdavynia, Abdoulreza Esteghamati, Borna Salemi, khadijeh khanaliha   +5 more
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Scalp myiasis associated with soft tissue sarcoma lesion: a case report and review of relevant literature

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Sarcophagidae is one of the main fly families that is attracted to open wounds, ulcers, lesions, and other injuries for depositing their larvae. The presence of larvae of flies in human tissues makes myiasis. Myiasis on the scalp could be more
Sahar Azarmi, Kamran Akbarzadeh, Ali Ekrami, Zahra Sheikh, Omid Dehghan   +4 more
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