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Eristalis tenax (drone fly)
Etiologic agent of intestinal myiasis.
Epidemiology:
-> fly eggs or larvae ingested with contaminated food mature in the gut resulting in intestinal myiasis
Clinical manifestations:
- enteritis
Related
myiasis
General
Eristalis
Properties
KINGDOM: animal
PHYLUM: arthropod
ORGANISM-CLASS: INSECTA
ORDER: diptera
References
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed.
Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 936