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Morphological and Molecular Characterizations of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Larvae Responsible for Wound Myiasis in French Guiana

Diagnostics, 2023
Myiasis is an ectoparasitic infection caused by the larvae of true flies (Diptera). We came across a rather rare case of myiasis in an immunocompetent 34-year-old man from French Guiana with advanced wound myiasis masquerading as cavitary myiasis and a ...
Mohammad Akhoundi, Alexandre Mathieu, Wajih Hannachi, Jade Nasrallah, Guillaume Quezel, Romain Blaizot, Denis Blanchet, Habib Ben Romdhane, Loïc Epelboin, Arezki Izri   +9 more
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Excision of furuncular myiasis larvae using a punch: a simple, practical and aesthetic method [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016
: Myiasis refers to Diptera larvae infesting vertebrate animals. There are two forms of the disease: primary and secondary. In primary myiasis, fly larvae invade and develop in healthy tissue; in secondary myiasis, flies lay their eggs in skin ...
Gianne Pascoal, Fernanda Queiroz de Oliveira, Rosana Rocon Siqueira, Maria Gabriela Araújo Lopes, Marcelino Pereira Martins Neto, Aloísio Carlos Couri Gamonal   +5 more
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Severe Vaginal Myiasis: Successful Management With Ivermectin

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Summary: Myiasis refers to infestation of living animals or humans by maggots or fly larvae. Urogenital myiasis is a rare condition that is linked to poor sanitary conditions and limited access to healthcare and with few published case reports.
César Payán-Gómez, Ana María Cabal-Herrera, Jurany Andrea Caicedo-Rosales, Wilmar Saldarriaga-Gil   +3 more
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A case of furuncular myiasis in an Italian patient: a “travel souvenir”

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2022
Furuncular myiasis is a parasitosis of the skin that is commonly reported in the tropical areas and is caused by various agents including Dermatobia hominis.
Martina Silvestri, Lorenzo Zammarchi, Marco Pombi, Aldo Morrone, Mauro Caterino, Norma Cameli   +5 more
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Persistent pediatric gastro-intestinal myiasis: A case report of fly larval infestation with musca domestica with review of literature

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2013
The occurrence of dipterous fly larvae in human is termed as human myiasis. Human myiasis can be classified based on clinical condition it causes like cutaneous myiasis, ocular myiasis, urogenital myiasis and intestinal myiasis.
Venkataramana Kandi, Sandeep Kumar Lal, Akhila, Shruthi, K Sandhya, Harender Simar, Mispah Pranuthi, Moses Vinay Kumar, Kalaskar Anand, Sanjeev D Rao   +9 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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MYIASIS [PDF]

Southern Medical Journal, 1911
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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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Vulvar Myiasis

Yonsei Medical Journal, 2002
To report a rare case of vulvar myiasis caused by Wohlfartia magnifica, including clinical and microscopic observations.A vulvar lesion was found in a 31-year old married female villager with the history of dropping fly larvae from vulva, vulvar pain and itching sensation. The larvae were identified as the species of Wohlfartia magnifica.
DİNÇER, Şükran, Yazar, Süleyman, ÖZCAN, Haluk, ŞAHİN, İZZET   +3 more
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