Vidi, vini, vinci: External ophthalmomyiasis infection that occurred, and was diagnosed and treated in a single day: A rare case report

Ophthalmomyiasis is an infestation of eye with larvae or maggots of certain flies. Oestrus ovis (sheep nasal botfly) belonging to family Oestridae is the most common cause of human myiasis. We describe here an acute presentation of a case of external ophthalmomyiasis, i.e., infestation of conjunctiv...

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Main Authors: Kamlesh Thakur, Gagandeep Singh, Smriti Chauhan, Anuradha Sood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Oman Journal of Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://www.ojoonline.org/article.asp?issn=0974-620X;year=2009;volume=2;issue=3;spage=130;epage=132;aulast=Thakur