Ophthalmomyiasis caused by the sheep bot fly Oestrus ovis in Northern Iraq

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 586-590

  Gregory, Andrew R ^a   Schatz, Scott ^a   Laubach, Harold ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iraq; Middle East; Oestrus ovis; Ophthalmomyiasis; Sheep bot fly

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; EYE MOVEMENTS; HEALTH CARE; LIFE CYCLE; OPTOMETERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SKIN;

INFLAMMATION; LACRIMATION; MYIASIS; VERTEBRATES;

VISION;

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EAR; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; EYE; EYE INFECTION; FLY; FOREIGN BODY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRAQ; LACRIMATION; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MAMMAL; MYIASIS; NOSE; OESTRUS OVIS; OPHTHALMOMYIASIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SKIN; SLIT LAMP; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRATE; VISION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BLEPHARITIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIPTERA; EDEMA; ERYTHROMYCIN; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; HUMANS; IRAQ; LARVA; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYIASIS; ORBITAL DISEASES;

EID: 4143113566     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000141793.10845.64     Document Type: Article

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