According to the report, the woman worked outdoors on a Greek island in proximity to grazing livestock. She recalled being surrounded by flies on a particularly hot and dry day in September.
Oestrus ovis, a cosmopolitan dipteran parasite commonly known as the sheep nose botfly, is responsible for oestrosis in small ruminants and ophthalmomyiasis in humans. In sheep and goats, the larvae ...
How did the larvae end up in her sinuses? A 58-year-old woman sneezed out live maggots after fly larvae developed inside her ...