{"title":"First Reported Cases of Urinary Myiasis in Iraq","authors":"R. Alshimmre, M. Ismail","doi":"10.31031/tteh.2020.02.000538","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Myiasis is defined as invasion of the body by the larvae of flies, characterized as cutaneous (subdermal tissue), gastrointestinal, nasopharyngeal, ocular, or urinary, depending on the region invaded [1]. Any infection due to invasion of tissues or cavities of the body by larvae of dipterous insects [2]. The disease occurs predominantly in rural areas and is associated with poor hygienic practices. Myiasis producers can be divided into three classes:","PeriodicalId":375686,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Telemedicine & E-health","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Trends in Telemedicine & E-health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.31031/tteh.2020.02.000538","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Myiasis is defined as invasion of the body by the larvae of flies, characterized as cutaneous (subdermal tissue), gastrointestinal, nasopharyngeal, ocular, or urinary, depending on the region invaded [1]. Any infection due to invasion of tissues or cavities of the body by larvae of dipterous insects [2]. The disease occurs predominantly in rural areas and is associated with poor hygienic practices. Myiasis producers can be divided into three classes: