[First Algerian case of human otomyiasis from Chrysomya bezziana]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1997;90(3):172-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

In Algeria, Human myiasis, essentially ophtalmomyiasis, are known for a long time. Most of cases are due to Oestrus ovis. In this papers the authors report, in a shepherd, the first case of otomyiasis due to Chrysomya bezziana larvae, a species still unknown in North Africa. This observation which indicates the presence of the species in a Northern part of Algeria is also the first report of the insect outside of its endemic traditional area.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Algeria
  • Animals
  • Diptera* / growth & development
  • Ear Diseases / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myiasis / diagnosis*
  • Myiasis / epidemiology