NOUN
- infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation
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- The process is meant to prevent myiasis, or "fly-strike," in which fly larvae infest and feed on the skin. AndPOP.com
- I uncovered a few documented cases in medical journals of black soldier fly intestinal myiasis, which is when undigested larvae make your intestines their new home. AltWeeklies.com Site Feed
- Zumpt proposed an alternative called "rectal myiasis". Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
- This rare and quite disgusting condition is known as myiasis, an infection or infestation of the body of animals and more rarely, humans, with the larva of botflies and WN.com - Articles related to Organic or Not Organic?
- Other than biting and acting as vectors of disease, flies may affect humans by causing myiasis, infestation of the skin or a body orifice with fly larvae of Diptera species, which include the human botfly.
- A dirty environment is one of the factors responsible for the spread of the screwworm fly, according to experts SANAA, 11 January 2009 (IRIN) - The General Department for Animal Health and Veterinary Quarantine (GDAHVQ) in Yemen's Ministry of Agriculture has deployed 21 field teams in the northeast to combat a new outbreak of myiasis, an infestation of human or animal tissue with fly larvae (maggots). near the border with Saudi Arabia in December 2007. IRIN
- Most cases of cutaneous myiasis in the United States occur in persons returning from these endemic areas.
- ▪ Risk of enteric myiasis: intestinal larval infection. Archive 2006-01-01
- Mansour al-Qadasi, director-general of the GDAHVQ, said the screwworm fly, which causes myiasis, thrives in mild conditions with a specific level of humidity, preferring areas with plants. IRIN
