01162nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653000900080653001100089653001100100653001200111653000900123653001600132653001200148100001700160700001300177700001400190700001300204700001600217245006100233856005900294300001000353490000700363050003200370520043200402022001400834       1990                            d  c1990 Dec10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aMyiasis1 aMalaviya G N1 aHusain S1 aGirdhar A1 aBhat H R1 aGirdhar B K00aPreliminary observations on myiasis in leprosy patients.  uhttp://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1990/v61n4/pdf/v61n4a07.pdf  a375-80 v61  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Out of 3350 leprosy patients attending the surgical outpatient department for various ulcerative lesions, 18 patients had typical symptoms of myiasis. Maggots were collected in 5 cases from the nose, in 3 cases from ulcers of the hand and in 10 cases from ulcers of the foot. It was possible to rear the maggots into flies in 8 out of 18 cases. The flies were identified as Sarcophaga ruficornis and Chrysomyia bezziana.</p>  a0305-7518