title: Urinogenital Myiasis From Blow Fly in a Pakistani Child.
abstract: Herein is reported the first case of urogenital myiasis from Peshawar, Pakistan. Third instar blow fly larvae were recovered from the urinogenital tract of a 5-year old female child. The larvae were identified as Chrysomya bezziana(Villeneuve), using Light and Scanning Electron microscopic techniques. The study brings into focus the subject of human myiasis, about which little is known in Pakistan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
authors.forename: Farrah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zaidi
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
authors.forename: Naheed
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khisroon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004175:Diptera / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D009198:Myiasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*