title: Neonatal umbilical cord myiasis in New Jersey.
abstract: Human myiasis is a rare condition. It is more common in tropical regions. Umbilical cord myiasis has not previously been reported from a temperate climate, for example, New Jersey. We report a 9-day-old infant with umbilical cord myiasis. The maggots were identified by the entomologist as the larvae of Sarcophagidae, more commonly known as flesh flies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puvabanditsin
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Weidner
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jadhav
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanderman
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D009198:Myiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D009515:New Jersey / Q000453:epidemiology; D058493:Sarcophagidae; D014470:Umbilical Cord