Human ophthalmomyiasis interna caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-66

  Lagacé Wiens, Philippe R S ^a,c   Dookeran, Ravi ^a   Skinner, Stuart ^a   Leicht, Richard ^a   Colwell, Douglas D ^b   Galloway, Terry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPODERMA; HYPODERMA TARANDI; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOMYIASIS INTERNA; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 38049027742     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1401.070163     Document Type: Article

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