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Parasitism of fly larvae in the skin. Especially in the tropics, aggressive fly species (tumbu fly) are found that develop in sand and whose larvae actively bore into the skin (Myiasis linearis migrans). The clinical picture of myiasis linearis migrans is identical to that of larva migrans (pathogens fly larvae and ancylostoma species), so that if the clinical picture is largely identical, no differentiation is necessary, especially since the pathogen is identified in only a few cases.
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Fly larvae, Cordylobia anthropophaga.
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Tropics.
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