title: First Record of Urogenital Myiasis Induced by Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae) from Iran.
abstract: Myiasis is the infestation of organs and tissues of human and animals with fly larvae. This article reports an 18 year-old man with urogenital myiasis, the passing of live Megaselia scalaris larvae in the urine, from Zanjan City, northwest of Iran. We discourse the importance of diagnosis and management of urogenital myiasis in medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Bagher
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ghavami
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Djalilvand
keywords: Megaselia scalar; Phorid larva; Scuttle fly; Urogenital myiasis