An 11-year-old boy, with a complaint of 5 days of pain, slight pruritus, and oedema in his right inner canthus, was brought to the Department of Ophthalmology, State University of Campinas, Brazil.

Under your skin, a parasite could be eating you alive until it develops into this horrifying insect, the botfly. So what would happen if botflies infested your body? How would the larvae eat you alive ...

This is an actual video of a botfly larva being pulled from a person's lip. This infection likely occurred after a botfly laid its eggs on a mosquito, which were then transferred to a human via a ...

Images in Clinical Medicine Myiasis Due to Dermatobia hominis (Human Botfly) Authors: Francisco M. Marty, M.D., and Kristen R. Whiteside, B.S. Author Info & Affiliations Published June 9, 2005 N Engl ...

Myiasis is an infestation of organs and tissue caused by the larvae of flies. Shutterstock The infection is commonly reported in domestic and wild animals – and occasionally in humans. Myiasis ...

Since mid-2019, the people of Murang'a County in Kenya have experienced what they call "a mysterious worm infection" which causes their skin to itch and then swell, resulting in oozing boil-like ...