A rare case of gingival myiasis caused by Diptera (Calliphoridae)

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 777-780

  Gursel, Mihtikar ^a   Aldemir, Osman Selçuk ^a   Ozgur, Zübeyde ^a   Ataoglu, Tamer ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Myiasis; Periodontal diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; FLY; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; LARVA; MALE; MYIASIS; NOMENCLATURE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; MYIASIS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0036675482     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051X.2002.290816.x     Document Type: Article

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