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. 2023 Mar 13.
doi: 10.1111/jdv.19040. Online ahead of print.

An unusual furuncle: The first human report of scoleciasis due to Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)

Edoardo Cammarata  1 , Astrid Lappi  1 , Claudio Giacomazzi  2 , Lorena Soledad Torre  3 , Paola Savoia  4 , Moreno Dutto  5
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An unusual furuncle: The first human report of scoleciasis due to Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)

Edoardo Cammarata et al. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. .
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