Recovery of a second instar Gasterophilus larva in a human infant: A case report

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 403-404

  Royce, Lynn A ^a   Rossignol, Philippe A ^a   Kubitz, Michael L ^b   Burton, F Randell ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pediatric Clinic Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; POVIDONE IODINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FLY; HUMAN; INFANT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MYIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; SKIN INCISION; UNITED STATES;

ARACHNIDA; EQUUS CABALLUS; GASTEROPHILUS; GASTEROPHILUS INTESTINALIS; HEXAPODA; OESTRIDAE;

EID: 0032958971     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.403     Document Type: Article

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