Endemic bot fly larvae infection in Northern New York State

Andrew J Hale; Blaine Mathison; Bobbi Pritt; Keith Collins

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00531

Endemic bot fly larvae infection in Northern New York State

IDCases. 2019 Mar 28:16:e00531. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00531. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Andrew J Hale^{1

2}, Blaine Mathison³, Bobbi Pritt⁴, Keith Collins⁵

Affiliations

¹ University of Vermont Medical Center, United States.
² Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States.
³ ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
⁴ Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
⁵ Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, Plattsburgh, NY, United States.

Abstract

Tropical botfly infection is well described, though endemic botfly myiasis in humans is rare in temperate regions. Reported is a case of myiasis from Cuterebra botfly larvae in a man from northern New York with no tropical travel. The authors discuss the epidemiology, life-cycle, and diagnosis of non-tropical botfly infection.

Keywords: Bot fly; Ectoparasite; Myiasis.

Publication types

Case Reports