"Myiasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The invasion of living tissues of man and other mammals by dipterous larvae.
| Descriptor ID |
D009198
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.858.211.503
|
| Concept/Terms |
Myiasis- Myiasis
- Myiases
- Maggot Infestations
- Infestation, Maggot
- Infestations, Maggot
- Maggot Infestation
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Myiasis".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Myiasis".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Myiasis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Myiasis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Myiasis" by people in Profiles.
-
Parker TB, Meiklejohn KA, Dahlem GA, Eagle RC, Heersink MJ. Ophthalmomyiasis Case Caused by Two Blow Fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Species in North America. ScientificWorldJournal. 2024; 2024:2209301.
-
Durrani AF, Johnson MW. OPHTHALMOMYIASIS INTERNA WITH INVASION OF THE OPTIC NERVE. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2023 Jul 01; 17(4):370-373.
-
Rozanski CA, DeSimone JD, Milman T, Ramesh S. Botfly Myiasis Masquerading as Dacryocystitis. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 May-Jun 01; 39(3):e72-e75.
-
Mori MT, Paulson CL, Greenberg MR, Roth KR. Point-of-care ultrasound utilized for foreign body in a toe: A case report of botfly?larvae. J Emerg Med. 2022 06; 62(6):e105-e107.
-
Lysaght TB, Wooster ME, Jenkins PC, Koniaris LG. Myiasis-induced sepsis: a rare case report of Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica and Ignatzschineria indica bacteremia in the continental United States. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Dec; 97(52):e13627.
-
Rotte M, Fields M. That's Not An Abscess! Furuncular myiasis. Ann Emerg Med. 2013 Jul; 62(1):98, 103.
-
Guarneri C, Mughini M, Celesia B, Massimino D, Nunnari G. The undesired fellow traveller. QJM. 2012 Jul; 105(7):697-8.
-
Price KM, Murchison AP, Bernardino CR, Kang SJ, Grossniklaus HE. Ophthalmomyiasis externa caused by Dermatobia hominis in Florida. Br J Ophthalmol. 2007 May; 91(5):695.
-
Spirn MJ, Hubbard GB, Bergstrom C, Harris L, Aaron MM, Broocker G. Ophthalmomyiasis associated with Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis. Retina. 2006 Oct; 26(8):973-4.