A Rare Case of Oral Myiasis Caused by Lucilia sericata in an Intubated Patient from Southeast Turkey
Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2021 The infestation of human and animal tissues or organs by the larvae of flies is collectively termed as myiasis. The occurrence of oral myiasis is analogously low compared with cutaneous myiasis as oral tissues are not habitually exposed to the external ...
Nihat Laçin, Mustafa Yalçın
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Case of multiple furuncular myiasis in Northeast Ethiopia
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Human myiasis is a neglected disease caused by parasitic infestation of the skin, cavities, and other body parts by larvae (maggots) of a wide variety of dipteran flies.
Abebe Dires +3 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 +5 more
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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 +9 more
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Evolutionary profile of the family Calliphoridae, with notes on the origin of myiasis
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2021 The family Calliphoridae is a group of heterogenous calyptrate flies with a worldwide distribution including species of ecological, veterinary, medical, and forensic importance.
M. Nasser +8 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 +5 more
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An Update on Cephenemyiosis in the European Roe Deer: Emergent Myiasis in Spain
Animals, 2021 Simple Summary Cephenemyiosis is a myiasis developing in the nasal cavity and pharynx of roe deer; it is widely spread in the range of distribution of this ungulate in Europe.
P. Morrondo +9 more
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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 +9 more
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Wound myiasis in Western Europe: prevalence and risk factors in a changing climate scenario
European surgery, 2021 Myiasis is an infestation of neglected open wounds by fly larvae. Global warming, related climate changes, and increased traveling in tropical countries may contribute to the worldwide diffusion of new fly species.
E. Andreatta, L. Bonavina
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Furuncular myiasis of the foot caused by the tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga: Report in a Medical Student Returning from a Medical Mission trip to Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 Cutaneous myiasis in humans is a temporary parasitic infestation of the skin by fly larvae or maggots of a variety of Dipteran families. In the United States, autochthonous cases of myiasis are infrequently seen.
North, Dwayne +2 more
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