Oral mucosa myiasis caused by Oestrus Ovis

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 194-196

  Hakimi, Ramin ^a   Yazdi, Ismail ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Myiasis; Oestrus ovis; Oral myiasis

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EAR INFECTION; EYE INFECTION; FLY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH INFECTION; MOUTH MUCOSA; MYIASIS; NOSE INFECTION; OESTRUS OVIS; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0036662118     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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