Human external ophthalmomyiasis occurring in Barbados

West Indian Med J. 2004 Jun;53(3):198-200.

Abstract

Human infection with the sheep nasal botfly Oestrus ovis occurs sporadically. In most cases, there is a history of a strike in the eye by the adult fly. Human O. ovis has been reported rarely from the Americas. We report the first case of O. ovis infection in the Caribbean region, which occurred in an urban area of Barbados. The patient responded to removal of the larvae from the conjunctiva and symptomatic treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Barbados
  • Diptera / growth & development*
  • Eye Infections, Parasitic / diagnosis*
  • Eye Infections, Parasitic / therapy
  • Female
  • Goats / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Larva
  • Middle Aged
  • Myiasis / diagnosis*
  • Sheep / parasitology
  • Zoonoses / parasitology