Chrysomya bezziana as a Causative Agent of Human Myiasis in Fars Province, Southern Iran

Myiasis is the invasion of body tissues of humans or animals by the larvae of the Diptera or two-winged flies. The various forms of myiasis may be classified from clinical or entomological point. This study describes the existence of Chrysomya bezziana (Diptera: Calliphoridae) cases as a causative a...

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Autores principales: Faramarzi, A, Rasekhi, AR, Kalantari, M, Hatam, GR
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3385523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22808374
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description Myiasis is the invasion of body tissues of humans or animals by the larvae of the Diptera or two-winged flies. The various forms of myiasis may be classified from clinical or entomological point. This study describes the existence of Chrysomya bezziana (Diptera: Calliphoridae) cases as a causative agent of myiasis in 18 and 87 year-old men in two different regions in Fars Province. To our knowledge, this is the first observation of mentioned species in this province.
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spelling pubmed-33855232012-07-17 Chrysomya bezziana as a Causative Agent of Human Myiasis in Fars Province, Southern Iran Faramarzi, A Rasekhi, AR Kalantari, M Hatam, GR Iran J Arthropod Borne Dis Case Report Myiasis is the invasion of body tissues of humans or animals by the larvae of the Diptera or two-winged flies. The various forms of myiasis may be classified from clinical or entomological point. This study describes the existence of Chrysomya bezziana (Diptera: Calliphoridae) cases as a causative agent of myiasis in 18 and 87 year-old men in two different regions in Fars Province. To our knowledge, this is the first observation of mentioned species in this province. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2009-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3385523/ /pubmed/22808374 Text en Copyright © Iranian Society of Medical Entomology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0), which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Chrysomya bezziana as a Causative Agent of Human Myiasis in Fars Province, Southern Iran
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title_short Chrysomya bezziana as a Causative Agent of Human Myiasis in Fars Province, Southern Iran
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