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Indian Journal of Palliative Care, 2015 Myiasis is a pathologic condition in humans occurring because of parasitic infestation. Parasites causing myiasis belong to the order Diptera. Oral myiasis is seen secondary to oral wounds, suppurative lesions, and extraction wounds, especially in individuals with neurological deficit.
Saravanan, Thalaimalai +3 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 +2 more
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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 +8 more
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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 +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 +7 more
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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 +5 more
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BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground 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 +4 more
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.The Australian carrion‐breeding Calliphorinae are revised using an integrative approach combining morphology and mitogenomics. A new taxonomic key, morphological images and verified mitogenomic data, including COX1 barcodes, are provided to support the identification of species.
Liam B. D. C. Foley +4 more
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Adult Blow Flies Host Diverse Carrion‐Associated Microbiomes
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 53, Issue 3, September 2026.Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) perform important yet often overlooked roles in ecosystems as decomposers, pollinators and vectors of disease. Central to these functions are their associations with microbial communities, which are maintained through close contact with diverse microbe‐rich substrates such as carrion, dung and flowers.
Paige Matheson +5 more
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A Rare Case of Nasal myiasis following Kidney Transplantation [PDF]
Archives of Razi InstituteIn this case report, we present a 63-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus and kidney transplantation who was diagnosed with nasal myiasis.
zohre rostami +6 more
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