A first record from Thailand of human external ophthalmomyiasis due to Oestrus ovis

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-136

  Nacapunchai, Duangporn ^a   Lamom, Choomanee ^a   Sukprasert, Niran ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Lopburi Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; FLY; HUMAN; LARVA; MALE; MYIASIS; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DIPTERA; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; MYIASIS;

EID: 0032015541     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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