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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 4(2), 1955, pp. 334-335
Copyright © 1955 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Cutaneous Myiasis of the Scalp Due to Dermatobia Hominis (Linnaeus Jr.) (Diptera; Cuterebridae)

Herbert T. Dalmat1
National Institutes of Health, National Microbiological Institute, Laboratory of Tropical Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland

Report is given of a case of cutaneous myiasis of the scalp due to the Neotropical botfly, Dermatobia hominis (Linnaeus Jr.) in Guatemala. An incision had to be made to enlarge the opening of the boil-like nodule before the larva could be removed.


1 The author wishes to express his thanks to Dr. Maurice T. James for having made available his bibliography of D. hominis.






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