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Case Reports
. 1995 Sep;32(5):745-6.
doi: 10.1093/jmedent/32.5.745.

Human furuncular myiasis caused by Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

A I Adler  1 , F P Brancato
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Human furuncular myiasis caused by Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

A I Adler et al. J Med Entomol. 1995 Sep.

Abstract

Cutaneous myiasis caused by Hermetia illucens (L.) has not been reported previously. We present a case of facultative furuncular myiasis characterized by infestation with a single larva in a woman from Seattle, WA, who had traveled to East Africa.

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