A case of furuncular myiasis due to Cordylobia anthropophaga in a Korean traveler returning from Uganda

Su Min Song; Shin Woo Kim; Youn Kyoung Goo; Yeonchul Hong; Meesun Ock; Hee Jae Cha; Dong Il Chung

doi:10.3347/kjp.2017.55.3.327

A case of furuncular myiasis due to Cordylobia anthropophaga in a Korean traveler returning from Uganda

Su Min Song, Shin Woo Kim, Youn Kyoung Goo, Yeonchul Hong, Meesun Ock, Hee Jae Cha, Dong Il Chung

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Abstract

A fly larva was recovered from a boil-like lesion on the left leg of a 33-year-old male on 21 November 2016. He has worked in an endemic area of myiasis, Uganda, for 8 months and returned to Korea on 11 November 2016. The larva was identified as Cordylobia anthropophaga by morphological features, including the body shape, size, anterior end, posterior spiracles, and pattern of spines on the body. Subsequent 28S rRNA gene sequencing showed 99.9% similarity (916/917 bp) with the partial 28S rRNA gene of C. anthropophaga. This is the first imported case of furuncular myiasis caused by C. anthropophaga in a Korean overseas traveler.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	327-331
Number of pages	5
Journal	Korean Journal of Parasitology
Volume	55
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2017.55.3.327
State	Published - Jun 2017

Keywords

28S rRNA gene
Cordylobia anthropophaga
Furuncular myiasis
Korean traveler
Molecular identification
Myiasis

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