Reindeer warble fly-associated human myiasis, Scandinavia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 830-832

  Kan, Boris ^a   Åsbakk, Kjetil ^b   Fossen, Kristian ^c   Nilssen, Arne ^d   Panadero, Rosario ^e   Otranto, Domenico ^f  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^d Tromsø University Mu seum   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN; STEROID;

ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYELID; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HYPODERMA; HYPODERMOSIS; LARVA; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PARASITE; REINDEER; SCANDINAVIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SWELLING;

HUMAN; HYPODERMA TARANDI; MYIASIS; PARASITES; REINDEER WARBLE FLY; SCANDINAVIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHILD; DIPTERA; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPODERMYIASIS; IVERMECTIN; LARVA; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; REINDEER; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84876748500     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1905.130145     Document Type: Letter

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