Screwworm Fly unhealed wound18-1053-F1

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Description: English: Pin-site myiasis in a 77-year-old man 12 years after tibial osteosynthesis, Colombia. A) Open wound in the man’s left leg, showing multiple insect larvae. B, C) Cochliomyia hominivorax screwworm fly larvae extracted from the wound. Arrow 1 indicates the spinose bands; note the spines arranged in 4 rows that separate each segment. Arrow 2 indicates its mouthhooks. Scale bars indicate 2 mm (B) and 1 mm (C). Date: February 2019. Source: EID Journal, Volume 25 > Number 2—February 2019, https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/2/18-1053-f1. Author: Various.