Case Report of Human Urinary Myiasis Caused by Eristalis tenax in Palestine
- Publication Type
- Original research
- Authors
In humans and other mammals, urinary myiasis can be rarely caused by Eristalis tenax, which belongs to the order Diptera. In this case, we report a 21-year-old woman with this myiasis. She was complaining of dysuria and bilateral Costo-lumbar pain. The larva in her urine sample was identified as E. tenax associated with its typical morphology.
Journal
- Title
- Iranian journal of Parasitology
- Publisher
- Iranian Society of Parasitology
- Publisher Country
- Iran
- Indexing
- Scopus
- Impact Factor
- None
- Publication Type
- Online only
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