Publication: Obligate Myiasis: A Case Series From Nepal
| creativeworkseries.issn | 1812-2027 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Atreya, A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nepal, S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bhattarai, A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kanchan, T | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-23T08:44:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-23T08:44:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description | Atreya A,1 Nepal S,2 Bhattarai A,3 Kanchan T4 1Department of Forensic Medicine, Lumbini Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Palpa, Nepal. 2Department of Community Medicine, Devdaha Medical College, Rupandehi, Nepal. 3Department of Emergency, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal. 4Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical, Sciences, Jodhpur, India. | |
| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT Although maggots are unanonymously linked to carcass or dead tissues, there are reports of its infestation into living tissues as well. Myiasis denotes maggot infestation in living tissue. There are two forms of myiasis namely obligate and facultative. Obligate myiasis denotes maggots feeding on living tissue whereas facultative myiasis represents the opportunistic behaviour of the fly taking advantage of wound or necrotic tissue, laying by eggs which hatch into maggots. Decreased physical activity and poor hygiene leads to maggot infestation. Maggot invasion of living tissues is undesirable occurrence which can best be avoided by improving hygiene. People with low living standards in the developing nations are the occasional victims for maggot infestations. We present cases of obligate myiasis for their uniqueness and rarity. KEY WORDS Hygiene, Maggots, Myiasis | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/3230 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Kathmandu University | |
| dc.subject | Hygiene | |
| dc.subject | Maggots | |
| dc.subject | Myiasis | |
| dc.title | Obligate Myiasis: A Case Series From Nepal | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Case Report | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 271 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 269 | |
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