Furuncular myiasis by tumbu fly

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 195-197

  Mashhood, Asher Ahmed ^a  

^a Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cordylobia anthropophaga; Extraction; Larva; Myiasis; Prevention; Tumbu fly

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FACE; FLY; FOOT DISEASE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; LARVA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYIASIS; OINTMENT; PAKISTAN; SIERRA LEONE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NODULE; SOLDIER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYIASIS; PAKISTAN; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 0038396220     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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