Myiasis with Lund's Fly (Cordylobia rodhaini) in Travelers

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 293-295

  Tamir, Jeremy ^a   Haik, Josef ^a   Schwartz, Eli ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORDYLOBIA RODHAINI; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FLY; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MYIASIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0142105069     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2003.2732     Document Type: Article

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