Myiasis in humans: An overview and a report of two cases in the Republic of Panama

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 495-497

  Powers, Nelson R ^a   Yorgensen, Michael L ^a   Rumm, Peter D ^a   Souffrant, Wilfredo ^a  

^a USA MEDDAC Panama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MYIASIS; PANAMA;

EID: 0029760183     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.8.495     Document Type: Article

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