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Human myiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.
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- Clogmia albipunctata fails to induce true intestinal myiasis: Evidence from in vitro and in vivo digestive models.PloS one · 2026Article
- Multiple Furuncular Cutaneous Myiasis in a 4-Month-Old Infant in an Urban Setting: A Case Report From Cameroon.Case reports in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Infestation of humans and non-human primates withParasitology · 2025Article
- Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice of livestock farmers in northwest Iran regarding myiasis.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Successful conservative management of myiasis of an episiotomy wound and the uterine cavity postnatally: A case report.Case reports in women's health · 2025Article
- Myiasis by Cordylobia anthropophaga and C. rodhaini (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Polish travelers to Africa with new molecular data.Journal of medical entomology · 2025Article
- Comprehensive Management of Multisite Myiasis in a Critically Ill Patient: A Case Report Highlighting Challenges in Vulnerable Populations.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Human ophthalmomyiasis caused byFrontiers in ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Atypical neonatal cutaneous myiasis: A diagnostic challenge mimicking pustular rash in a resource-limited setting.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- Travel-Related Cutaneous Myiasis: A Case Report.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundHuman myiasis is a parasitic dipteran fly infestation that infects humans and vertebrates worldwide. However, the disease is endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. In Sub-Saharan Africa, it is under-reported and therefore its prevalence is unknown. This systematic review aims to elucidate the prevalence of human myiasis, factors that influence the infection, and myiasis-causing fly species in SSA. The review also dwelled on the common myiasis types and treatment methods of human myiasis.
methodsHere, we collect cases of human myiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa based on literature retrieved from PubMed, Google Scholar and Science Direct from 1959 to 2022. A total of 75 articles and 157 cases were included in the study. The recommendations of PRISMA 2020 were used for the realization of this systematic review.
resultsIn total, 157 cases of human myiasis in SSA were reviewed. Eleven fly species (Cordylobia anthropophaga, Cordylobia rodhaini, Dermatobia hominis, Lucilia cuprina, Lucilia sericata, Oestrus ovis, Sarcophaga spp., Sarcophaga nodosa, Chrysomya megacephala, Chrysomya chloropyga and Clogmia albipuntum) were found to cause human myiasis in SSA. Cordylobia anthropophaga was the most prevalent myiasis-causing species of the reported cases (n = 104, 66.2%). More than half of the reported cases were from travelers returning from SSA (n = 122, 77.7%). Cutaneous myiasis was the most common clinical presentation of the disease (n = 86, 54.7%). Females were more infected (n = 78, 49.6%) than males, and there was a higher infestation in adults than young children.
conclusionThe findings of this study reveals that international travelers to Sub-Saharan Africa were mostly infested therefore, we recommend that both international travelers and natives of SSA be enlightened by public health officers about the disease and its risk factors at entry points in SSA and the community level respectively. Clinicians in Sub-Saharan Africa often misdiagnose the disease and most of them lack the expertise to properly identify larvae, so we recommend the extensive use of molecular identification methods instead.
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