infantile nosocomial myiasis in iran
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myiasis, the invasion of live human tissue by larva of diptera, is reported in the nasal cavity of a 5.5- year-old iranian girl. she was referred from golestan province to the shaheed rajaei heart center in tehran. in the 41th day after admission, a live parasite was found in her nasal secretions suction identified presumably as a second instar larvae of a facultative myiasis, woholfartia nuba (diptera: sarcophagidae), on the basis of mtdna-coi and morphological characteristics. since presence of the larva was recorded after hospitalization, by definition, this infestation is considered a nosocomial myiasis.
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Infantile Nosocomial Myiasis in Iran
Myiasis, the invasion of live human tissue by larva of Diptera, is reported in the nasal cavity of a 5.5-year-old Iranian girl. She was referred from Golestan Province to the Shaheed Rajaei Heart Center in Tehran. In the 41th day after admission, a live parasite was found in her nasal secretions suction identified presumably as a second instar larvae of a facultative myiasis, Woholfartia nuba (...
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journal of arthropod-borne diseasesجلد ۶، شماره ۲، صفحات ۱۵۶-۱۶۳
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