TY - JOUR AU - Lagacé-Wiens, Philippe R.S. AU - Dookeran, Ravi AU - Skinner, Stuart AU - Leicht, Richard AU - Colwell, Douglas D. AU - Galloway, Terry D. T1 - Human Ophthalmomyiasis Interna Caused by Hypoderma tarandi, Northern Canada T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 1 SP - 64 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Human myiasis caused by bot flies of nonhuman animals is rare but may be increasing. The treatment of choice is laser photocoagulation or vitrectomy with larva removal and intraocular steroids. Ophthalmomyiasis caused by Hypoderma spp. should be recognized as a potentially reversible cause of vision loss. KW - Myiasis KW - ophthalmology KW - arctic regions KW - ivermectin KW - treatment KW - review KW - Canada KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1401.070163 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/1/07-0163_article ER - End of Reference