Case report: Ophthalmomyiasis externa in Dallas County, Texas

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-47

  Sigauke, Ellen ^a   Beebe, Walter E ^b   Gander, Rita M ^a   Cavuoti, Dominick ^a   Southern, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Cornea Associates of Texas ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FLY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MYIASIS; OESTRUS OVIS; OPHTHALMOMYIASIS EXTERNA; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONJUNCTIVA; EYE INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; OESTRIDAE; OESTRUS OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DIPTERA; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYIASIS; TEXAS;

EID: 0037270834     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.46     Document Type: Article

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