An urban epidemic of human myiasis caused by Dermatobia hominis in French Guiana.
We report the onset of an urban epidemic of human myiasis caused by Dermatobia hominis. To our knowledge, this is the first urban epidemic described for D. hominis. The epidemic was most likely related to exceptional weather conditions and notably high rainfall in January 2000, which may have facilitated the maturation of the pupae.
Clyti
Emmanuel
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Institut Guyanais de Dermatologie Tropicale, Service de Dermatologie, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, BP 6006, 97306 Cayenne, France. c.emmanuel@voila.fr
Deligny
Christophe
C
Nacher
Mathieu
M
Del Giudice
Pascal
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Sainte-Marie
Dominique
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Pradinaud
Roger
R
Couppie
Pierre
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D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera; D005616:French Guiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009198:Myiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014505:Urban Population