Parasites are organisms that live on other creatures and depend on the host organism for survival. Humans can become hosts to many parasitic creatures, including insect larvae. The resulting ...

We report myiasis by Lucilia silvarum with an overall prevalence of 0.9% in amphibian populations in boreal Alberta. In the period 1998-1999, we documented L. silvarum infestations in wild populations ...

Myiasis, the infestation of live human or animal tissue by dipteran larvae, presents a multifaceted challenge across both clinical and veterinary disciplines. Manifesting in forms such as cutaneous, ...

Myiasis is a type of infection of a fly larva (maggot) in human tissues. This infection can catch you mostly in tropical and subtropical areas. In myiasis, there is a constant feeling of itching, a ...

The term myiasis was first proposed by Hope (1840) to refer to diseases of humans originating specifically with dipterous larvae, as opposed to those caused by insect larvae in general, scholechiasis ...

On Monday, an American woman was diagnosed and treated for a rare case of myiasis in a Delhi hospital. It was a kind of tissue infection in her eye for which she underwent a successful surgery at ...

The first human case of a deadly, flesh-eating parasite called “new world screwworm” has been detected in the United States, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. According to ...

The objective of this study was to show which species of flies are responsible for human myiasis in the Brazilian state of Goiás and to determine the frequency of cases. Patients at the Clinical ...

A full-term female infant was born in late September 2013 via spontaneous vaginal delivery at a central New Jersey hospital. Meconium-stained amniotic fluid was noted at delivery, and Apgar scores ...

Mexico has reported the first-ever human case of myiasis caused by a screwworm. According to Mexico's Health Ministry, the case was detected in a 77-year-old woman from the municipality of Acacoyagua ...