A 20-year-old military soldier from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil presented a nodule with a central pore on the glans penis with serosanguineous discharge, bilateral inguinal lymphadenopathy, and severe local pain (Figure 1). He had returned from a military mission in a rural area with poor hygiene conditions 2 weeks earlier. Ultrasound assessment with color flow Doppler showed a fusiform irregular ec...

BASSON, P. A. Studies on specific oculo-vascular myiasis (uitpeuloog) in sheep. V. Histopathology. Onderstepoort J. vet. Res., 36 (2), 2172 32. Specimens fro£!~ 51. sheep and one goat were studied microscopically. Myiasis by Gedoelstia larvae 9ccurred mamly m the organs of the head , neck and thorax, the eyes, brain, heart and blood vessels bemg most frequently involved. The fundamental lesion ...

A Preble's meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) parasitized by five grey flesh fly (Wohlfahrtia vigil) larvae was discovered at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado (USA), in June 1998. This is the first documented case of grey flesh fly parasitism of jumping mice (Family Dipodidae). The lesion was approximately 6 mm wide and was partially hidden under a m...

Wohlfahrtia magnifica larvae cause myiasis in mammals, mainly in sheep and rarely in human. In human it may infest the ear, eye, mouth or nose, damaging living tissues. We report a case of ocular myiasis in 1.5 years old child belonging to urban slum after history of minor injury on left upper lid due to fall from bed. The purpose of reporting this case is to highlight the ocular association of...

Myiasis caused by Calliphorid and Oestrid flies constitute a major threat to the development of livestock industry in Kingdom Saudi Arabia. Increased veterinary concerns recently paid frequent reports on enteric pathogens larvae these flies. Although importance sheep goats Arabia, geographic distribution limits infestation caprine has never been highlighted. ArcGIS software was used assess spat...

background: myiasis is defined as the infestation of live human and vertebrate animals with dipterous larvae for a certain period. there are reports indicating that dogs are the most common species affected by myiasis. this study was conducted to identify myiasis-causing flies in owned and stray dogs in mashhad (northeastern iran). methods: a total of 435 owned dogs and 800 stray dogs were exam...

Myiasis is an infestation of tissues with larval stage of dipterous flies.  This condition most often affects the skin and may also occur in certain body cavities.  It is mainly seen in the tropics, though it may also be rarely encountered in non-tropical regions.  Herein, we present a case of cutaneous furuncular myiasis in an Iranian male who had travelled to Africa and his condition was fina...

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 ...

Auricular tumors constitute 6% of all head-neck tumors. Malignant tumors of the auricula are generally squamous or basal cell carcinomas. Myiasis rarely occurs in healthy individuals. In general, it is a parasite that is seen in patients with mental retardation or psychiatric disorders, elderly individuals, those with poor self-care and hygiene, and those with immune system disorders. In humans...