Imported furuncular myiasis in Germany

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 990-993

  Robert, Leon ^a   Yelton, John ^b  

^a Ctr Hlth Prom Prev Med Europe   (Germany)

^b US Army Health Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELIZE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOBIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MYIASIS; SOLDIER; TRAVEL;

EID: 0036902613     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.12.990     Document Type: Article

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