Cutaneous myiasis from Dermatobia hominis

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 156-160

  Guse, Steven T ^a   Tieszen, Myles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous myiasis; Dermatobia hominis; Foreign travel; Furuncular myiasis; Human botfly; Phoresis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FLY; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MYIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL;

EID: 0030781388     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1997)008[0156:CMFDH]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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