Reindeer warble fly-associated human myiasis, Scandinavia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 May;19(5):830-2. doi: 10.3201/eid1905.130145.
No abstract available

Keywords: Hypoderma tarandi; Scandinavia; human; myiasis; parasites; reindeer warble fly.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antiparasitic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Diptera / drug effects
  • Diptera / physiology*
  • Eye / parasitology*
  • Eye / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypodermyiasis / drug therapy
  • Hypodermyiasis / epidemiology
  • Hypodermyiasis / parasitology*
  • Hypodermyiasis / surgery
  • Ivermectin / therapeutic use
  • Larva / drug effects
  • Larva / physiology*
  • Lymph Nodes / parasitology*
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
  • Parasite Egg Count
  • Reindeer / parasitology
  • Scandinavian and Nordic Countries / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antiparasitic Agents
  • Ivermectin