myiasis is the infection caused by a variety of dipterous (fly) larvae in vertebrate’s tissue (man and domestic or wild animals). species of gasterophilus are obligate parasite of horses, donkeys, zebras, elephants and rhinoceroses. there are records worldwide, but mostly, in tropical and subtropical regions. this case report describes a type of gastric myiasis caused by g. intestinalis in an o...

myiasis is the invasion of body tissues of humans or animals by the larvae of the diptera or two-winged flies. the vari­ous forms of myiasis may be classified from clinical or entomological point. this study describes the existence of chry­somya bezziana (diptera: calliphoridae) cases as a causative agent of myiasis in 18 and 87 year-old men in two differ­ent regions in fars province. to our kn...

myiasis is due to the opportunistic dipterous larvae feeding on viable or necrotic tissues of the host occurring throughout the world. we report a case of oral myiasis in an immune-compromised patient suffering from nonhodgkin lymphoma. we  would like  to  emphasize that such ectoparasitic infections may happen in  immuno- compromised patients and oral hygiene should be evaluated in all of thes...

This study reports for the first time on the use of ethanolic extract of Ageratum conyzoides in women with breast myiasis. A total of fifty rural women were examined [ages 18-62 years old] and 17.25% had breast myiasis at the fishing settlements at Okoikri and Oyorokotor of Rivers State Nigeria. Women with cutaneous breast myiasis were treated with ethanolic leaf extracts of Ageratum conyzoides...

To the Editor: We report migratory myiasis that occurred during 1991–2012 caused by the reindeer warble fly, Hypoderma tarandi (on-line Technical Appendix Figures 1, 2,