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[Imported myiasis. Report of a case and prevention measures]
S Pellicanò1, O L Dattola, L Terra
1Divisione di Malattie Infettive, Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio, Crotone, Regione Calabria, ASL n. 5.
Minerva Medica
|April 23, 1999
Abstract:
Myiasis is the invasion of tissue by larvae of flies. They parasitize living tissues (specific myiasis) or cavity of warm blood animals compulsorily, optional (hemispecific myiasis) or accidentally (accident myiasis). It is frequent in sub-saharian Africa, while in European countries only imported cases are described. A case personally observed and some measures for prevention are described.