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Lund's Fly Myiasis.

Idzi Potters1, Ralph Huits1

  • 1Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Nationalestraat, Antwerp, Belgium.

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
|May 30, 2019
PubMed
Summary
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A traveler developed a skin abscess and swelling around the eye. A larva of Cordylobia rodhaini, causing Lund's fly myiasis, was removed, and the condition resolved.

Keywords:
Cordylobia rodhainiLund’s flyMyiasisfuruncular

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Entomology
  • Dermatology
  • Tropical Medicine

Background:

  • Myiasis, the infestation of live animals by dipteran larvae, can affect humans.
  • Lund's fly myiasis, caused by Cordylobia rodhaini, is a rare form of human myiasis.