First Report of Human Nasal Myiasis Caused by Eristalisin Iran (Diptera: Syrphidae)tenax

M Salimi; H Edalat; A Jourabchi; MA Oshaghi

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases (Jun 2010)

First Report of Human Nasal Myiasis Caused by Eristalisin Iran (Diptera: Syrphidae)tenax

M Salimi,
H Edalat,
A Jourabchi,
MA Oshaghi

Affiliations

M Salimi: Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Science, Iran
H Edalat: Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
A Jourabchi: Infectious disease Specialist, Tehran, Iran
MA Oshaghi: Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1

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We report a case of human nasal myiasis caused by flower fly larva in a 14-year-old rural girl in Central Province of Iran. Entomological studies on larva showed the larva as Eristalis tenax which is a rarely cause of nasal myiasis. This is the first reported case of E. tenax larva causing human nasal myiasis in Iran.

Published in Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases

ISSN: 2322-1984 (Print); 2322-2271 (Online)
Publisher: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pathology
Website: http://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad

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