Cutaneous Myiasis in Traveler Returning from Ethiopia
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Cutaneous Myiasis in Traveler Returning from Ethiopia
To the Editor: Myiasis is an infestation of human tissue by the larval stage of fl ies of the order Diptera. There are 3 clinical manifestations of myiasis: localized furuncular myiasis typically caused by Dermatobia hominis, Cordylobia anthropophaga, Wohlfahrtia vigil, and Cuterebra spp.; creeping dermal myiasis caused by Gasterophilus spp. and Hypoderma spp.; and wound and body cavity myiasis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1712.111062