[A case of external human ophthalmomyiasis by Oestrus ovis in Toulouse (France)].
We report a case of external human ophthalmomyiasis by OEstrus ovis was observed in a child living in southwestern France. The patient was contaminated on the playground of a school in a suburban village near Toulouse. Eleven first stage larvae were extracted from the eye. This case illustrates that contamination can occur in suburban areas of a large city remote from any cattle breeding zone.
Suzzoni-Blatger
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Service de Parasitologie, Faculté de Médecine-Purpan, 37, allées Jules-Guesde, 31073 Toulouse Cedex.
Villeneuve
L
L
Morassin
B
B
Chevallier
J
J
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D004175:Diptera; D005123:Eye / Q000469:parasitology*; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013383:Suburban Population