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Dermatobia hominis

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Noun1.Dermatobia hominis - large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals
human botfly
botfly - stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
Dermatobia, genus Dermatobia - larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans
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Myiasis caused by Dermatobia hominis (South America) or Cordylobia anthropophaga (Africa) and many other species can cause painful boils.
Parasitic infections often present with nonspecific symptoms by Grobusch, Martin P.; Menezes, Colin N. / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD
Dermatobia hominis, endemic to tropical or subtropical areas, and Oestrus ovis (sheep bot fly) cause most cases of ophthalmomyiasis (2).
Human ophthalmomyiasis interna caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern ... by Lagace-Wiens, Philippe R.S.; Dookeran, Ravi; Skinner, Stuart; Leicht, Richard; Colwell, Douglas D.; / Emerging Infectious Diseases
SYMPTOMS: Burning and itching; ringworm, a red eruption on skin that spreads out from the center as it heals (right) TREATMENT: Keep infected area clean and dry; use antifungal treatment, such as chlotrimazole (kloh-TRY-muh-zohl) HUMAN BOTFLY SCIENTIFIC NAME: Dermatobia hominis (der-ma-TOH-byuh HO-mih-nis) CLASSIFICATION: Insect HABITAT: Larva (young botfly) digs into skin HOW IT GETS THERE: Female botfly lays eggs on a mosquito's abdomen.
Body Bugs by STIEFEL, CHANA / Science World
 
 
 
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