Periungual myiasis caused by wohlfahrtia magnifica mimicking an ingrown toenail
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Gingival myiasis of camel (Camelus dromedarius) caused by Wohlfahrtia magnifica
Myiasis is defined as the infestation of living tissues of vertebrates by larvae of flies. Gingival myiasis is an uncommon type of myiasis. During the inspection of the teeth of slaughtered camels (in Mashhad, Iran) for a research project, a gingival myiasis was seen in a 15 year-old camel. Eight larvae were removed from the lesions and sent to a parasitology laboratory for identification. Affe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Translational Pediatrics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2224-4336,2224-4344
DOI: 10.21037/tp.2016.03.01