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Wound Myiasis Caused by Lucilia Cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Ardabil Province, Northwest of Iran Publisher



Moradiasl E1 ; Ghalehbin BM2 ; Akbarzadeh K3 ; Mohammadshahi J4 ; Afshin H4
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  1. 1. Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Borne Disease, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Infection Disease, School of medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran

Source: Punjab University Journal of Zoology Published:2021


Abstract

Myiasis were occurs in tropical regions and rural areas where animal contact is common. Wound myiasis occurs when fly larvae infect open wounds. We describe an old male with wound myiasis by agent of Lucilia cuprina, who had a history of diabetes and also blind that reefed to hospital in 13 September and was admitted to date 18 September 2019.Larvea extracted manually from thumb finger of left foot and sent to Medical Entomology Laboratory of the School of Public Health, Ardabil University of medical Sciences for identification. This case is a first time was reported from Ardabil province, northwest of Iran and the Diabetics, Blindness and Physical inability to protect the wound were the most important factors in wound myiasis in this report. Novelty Statement | This is one of the rare reports that L.cuprina causes wound my-iasis and it is reported for the first time in the Northwest of Iran. © 2021. All rights reserved.