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Volume 32, Number 3—March 2026

Research Letter

Oestrus ovis Nasal Myiasis with Pupation in Human Host, Greece, October 2025

Ilias P. Kioulos, Emmanouil Kokkas, and Evangelia-Theophano PiperakiComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece (I.P. Kioulos); University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece (E. Kokkas); Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Heraklion (E. Kokkas); National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens (E.T. Piperaki)

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Third instar Oestrus ovis larva and puparium retrieved from nasal sinuses of a 58-year-old female patient, Greece. A) The third instar was yellowish, with rows of spines on the ventral surface. B) The posterior peritremes were circular with a central button. C) The broken puparium was black and wrinkled and contained remnants of the pupa.

Figure. Third instar Oestrus ovis larva and puparium retrieved from nasal sinuses of a 58-year-old female patient, Greece. A) The third instar was yellowish, with rows of spines on the ventral surface. B) The posterior peritremes were circular with a central button. C) The broken puparium was black and wrinkled and contained remnants of the pupa.

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