Author(s): M Salimi | H Edalat | A Jourabchi | MA Oshaghi
Journal: Iranian Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
ISSN 1735-7179
Volume: 4;
Issue: 1;
Start page: 77;
Date: 2010;
Original page
Keywords: Eristalis tenax | Nasal Myiasis | Iran
ABSTRACT
"nWe report a case of human nasal myiasis caused by flower fly larva in a 14-year-old rural girl in Central Province of Iran. Entomological studies on larva showed the larva as Eristalis tenax which is a rarely cause of nasal myiasis. This is the first reported case of E. tenax larva causing human nasal myiasis in Iran.
Journal: Iranian Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
ISSN 1735-7179
Volume: 4;
Issue: 1;
Start page: 77;
Date: 2010;
Original page
Keywords: Eristalis tenax | Nasal Myiasis | Iran
ABSTRACT
"nWe report a case of human nasal myiasis caused by flower fly larva in a 14-year-old rural girl in Central Province of Iran. Entomological studies on larva showed the larva as Eristalis tenax which is a rarely cause of nasal myiasis. This is the first reported case of E. tenax larva causing human nasal myiasis in Iran.
