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Case Reports
. 2009 Mar;47(1):57-9.
doi: 10.3347/kjp.2009.47.1.57. Epub 2009 Mar 12.

External ophthalmomyiasis caused by Oestrus ovis: a rare case report from India

Anita Pandey  1 , Molly Madan, Ashish K Asthana, Anupam Das, Sandeep Kumar, Kirti Jain
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Case Reports

External ophthalmomyiasis caused by Oestrus ovis: a rare case report from India

Anita Pandey et al. Korean J Parasitol. 2009 Mar.

Abstract

Myiasis of different organs has been reported off and on from various regions in the world. We report a human case of external ophthalmomyiasis caused by the larvae of a sheep nasal botfly, Oestrus ovis, for the first time from Meerut city in Western Uttar Pradesh, India. A 25-year-old farmer presented with severe symptoms of conjunctivitis. The larvae, 3 in number, were observed in the bulbar conjunctiva, and following removal the symptoms of eye inflammation improved within a few hours.

Keywords: India; Oestrus ovis; myiasis; ophthalmomyiasis.

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Fig. 1
A wet mount showing the spindle shaped skeleton (A) and dark brown oral hooks (B) of an Oestrus ovis larva extracted from the patient. Scale bars = 0.5 mm (A) and 0.2 mm (B).
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