A 5-year-old boy is referred from an Army hospital in Panama in the mid-1980s to Brooke Army Medical Center for evaluation of an unrelated problem when his parent asked about a case of several ...

Myiasis, the infestation of live human or animal tissue by dipteran larvae, presents a multifaceted challenge across both clinical and veterinary disciplines. Manifesting in forms such as cutaneous, ...

There has been a warning that so-called "cutaneous myiasis" infections, in which fly larvae laid in damp laundry burrow into ...

International travel exposes millions to skin diseases acquired abroad, with dermatologic disorders ranking as the third most ...

The Journal of Parasitology is the official publication of the American Society of Parasitologists (ASP). It has been in print continuously since 1914, when it was founded by Henry Baldwin Ward. The ...

Most people with lupus have it affect the skin. The types of rashes can be divided into two large groups. First, when lupus affects the skin with problems only seen in lupus, it’s called cutaneous ...

Dermatobia hominis myiasis typically presents as a cutaneous nodule with a central punctum that may exude serosanguineous or purulent fluid. Patients may experience pruritus or a sensation of movement ...

Current Science is a fortnightly journal published since 1932 by the Current Science Association, Bangalore (India) in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Sciences. The journal covers all ...