Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 20, 2025

Exploring Life History Choices: Using Temperature and Substrate Type as Interacting Factors for Blowfly Larval and Female Preferences
Published on: November 17, 2023
Furuncular myiasis caused by Dermatobia hominis in a Slovenian traveler
Mark Sergej Bartenjev1, Jan Stanič1, Mateja Dolenc Voljč1,2
1Dermatology Department, Ljubljana University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Abstract:
A case of furuncular myiasis caused by the larva of Dermatobia hominis is described, involving the ankle region of a 35-year-old woman that had returned from a vacation in Colombia. After removal of the larva from the skin, the lesion healed in 2 weeks. Due to an increasing rate of intercontinental travel, dermatologists in Slovenia may need to consider Dermatobia myiasis in the differential diagnosis of furuncular lesions in patients with a relevant travel history.

