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Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015
Letter

Pin-Site Myiasis Caused by Screwworm Fly, Colombia

Francisco J. Africano, Álvaro A. Faccini-MartínezComments to Author , Carlos E. Pérez, Alejandro Espinal, Juan S. Bravo, and Carlos Morales
Author affiliations: Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogota, Colombia (F.J. Africano); Servicios y Asesorías en Infectología, Bogota (Á.A. Faccini-Martínez); Hospital Militar Central, Bogota (C.E. Pérez, A. Espinal, J.S. Bravo, C. Morales)

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Pin-site myiasis in a 26-year-old male soldier, Colombia. A) Larvae of Cochliomyia hominivorax screwworm fly around an external metallic fixator (arrow). B) Larvae isolated from the insertion wound of the external metallic fixator

Figure. Pin-site myiasis in a 26-year-old male soldier, Colombia. A) Larvae of Cochliomyia hominivorax screwworm fly around an external metallic fixator (arrow). B) Larvae isolated from the insertion wound of the external metallic fixator

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