Open AccessThe first imported human infestation with Furuncular myiasis in man in the Slovakia and current knowledge of myiasis
Author(s) -
A Totková,
J Jakubovský,
A Totka,
Dirk Böhmer,
Ivana V. Stanković,
K Holeckova,
J Malova,
A Cibulkova
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bratislavské lekárske listy/bratislava medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1336-0345
pISSN - 0006-9248
DOI - 10.4149/bll_2016_064
Subject(s) - myiasis , infestation , veterinary medicine , larva , medicine , biology , ecology , horticulture
Furuncular myiasis is caused by the genus of botfly Dermatobia hominis. It belongs to the family Cuterebridae and is indigenous to Central and South America.