Cutaneous human myiasis due to Dermatobia hominis.
This is a case report of cutaneous myiasis due to Dermatobia hominis in a female physician who had travelled to Belize. Cutaneous myiasis is endemic in Central and South America but is seldom reported from the Caribbean islands.
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Dermatology Department, Port-of-Spain General Hospital, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. naomis@tstt.net.tt
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D000818:Animals; D001531:Belize; D004175:Diptera / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D014195:Travel; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago