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Oral myiasis in a child by the reindeer warble fly larva Hypoderma tarandi
Author(s) -
FABER T. E.,
HENDRIKX W. M. L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00631.x
Subject(s) - myiasis , larva , biology , erythema , veterinary medicine , medicine , ecology , immunology
We describe a case of human oral myiasis by a first‐stage larva of the reindeer warble fly, Hypoderma ( Oedemagena ) tarandi (L.) (Diptera: Oestridae), in a 12‐year‐old girl. In September the patient complained of erythema, swelling and conjunctivitis of the right eyelid. Symptoms subsided spontaneously but re‐occurred in October. In December she presented with acute swelling of the right corner of the mouth. Later that day a living larva protruded from this swelling. The patient had been on vacation in Norway during the previous summer months.