Three incidents of human myiasis by rodent Cuterebra (Diptera: Cuterebridae) larvae in a localized region of western Pennsylvania.
Three aberrant incidents of human myiasis by Cuterebra larvae (Diptera: Cuterebridae) are described. All 3 cases were documented in the fall, on a nearly annual basis, and at the same western Pennsylvania hospital. Mature larvae were removed from cutaneous warbles of the neck and torso of a small female child and adult male, respectively. An early 2nd instar was removed from a warble located in the upper anterior quadrant of the left breast of an adult female.
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Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004175:Diptera; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology*