Open AccessCase Report: First Report of Autochthonous Human Cutaneous Myiasis Caused by Hypoderma lineatum in Europe
Author(s) -
Paola Rappelli,
Antonio Varcasia,
Arnoldo Vargiu,
A. Scala
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
american journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.015
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1476-1645
pISSN - 0002-9637
DOI - 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0100
Subject(s) - myiasis , biology , calliphoridae , zoology , larva , ecology
We report a case of human cutaneous myiasis by Hypoderma lineatum , contracted by a farmer who never traveled outside Italy. Identification at species level has been performed by both morphological examination and sequencing of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene. This is the first description of human hypodermosis by H. lineatum contracted in Europe.
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