This has made physicians more aware of myiasis in places where the infection is not common.
#Aural myiasis skin#
It is the fourth most common travel-associated skin disease, representing up to 7.3% to 11% of cases. Even though uncommon in the western world, it is on the rise in non-endemic regions with increased international travel. It is an uncommon condition and is seen more in tropical and subtropical areas. Human myiasis has a worldwide distribution, but its presence in the western world is extremely rare. Larvae may be obligate parasites affecting undamaged skin, semi-specific where the larvae are laid on damaged skin usually associated with wounds or facultative parasites which can accidentally infect humans. 4 Myiasis infection can be wound myiasis, cavitary myiasis, sanguinivorous or even migratory myiasis. Bishopp was the first one to classify myiasis according to their location on host. domestica (Indian housefly) are seen commonly in wounds. 3 The dipterous larvae feed on the host tissue and body fluids to grow and complete their life cycle. 2 Authors have also reported Drosophillidea causing myiasis in the nose and eyes. bezziana was first reported by Abed Benamara et al. Myiasis is a well-known condition on the Indian sub-continent, found in sores and wounds of animals.
The most common flies causing human myiasis are of the order Diptera, family Calliphoridae, species calyptratae - Chrysomya bezziana (named to honour Italian entomologist Mario Bezzi) seen in South Asia, India, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Guinea and the Persian Gulf. The term myiasis was coined by Rev FW Hope in 1840 1 and comes from the Greek word “muia” or “mya” meaning fly and “iasis” meaning disease. Myiasis is an infestation of parasitic dipterous larvae in living human and vertebral animals.
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