The respiratory and allergic manifestations of human myiasis caused by larvae of the sheep bot fly (Oestrus ovis): A report of 33 pharyngeal cases from southern Iran

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-81

  Masoodi, M ^a   Hosseini, K ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MYIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; CHILD; COUGH; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; IRAN; LARVA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYIASIS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; PHARYNGITIS; SHEEP;

CAPRA HIRCUS; MAMMALIA; OESTRIDAE; OESTRUS OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037285978     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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