Infantile Nosocomial Myiasis in Iran
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 suc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/view/177/109 |
| Summary: | 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 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae),on the basis of mtDNA-COI and morphological characteristics. Since presence of the larva was recordedafter hospitalization, by definition, this infestation is considered a nosocomial myiasis. |
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| ISSN: | 2322-1984 2322-2271 |