Correspondece: Satoshi Shinonaga
Satoshi SHINONAGA
Department of Medical Zoology, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan.
Fumihiko KAWAMOTO
Sahoko MIZUNO
Atsushi AKUTAGAWA
Department of Medical Zoology, Faculty of Medicine, Nagoya University, 65, Tsuruma, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466, Japan.
Yoshiro HIRAOKA
Yachiyo Hospital, 1-10-13, Touei-cho, Anjyo-shi, Aichi 446, Japan.
Abstract
We reprot two cases of cutanwous myiasis due to Dermatobia hominis (Linnaeus, Jr.) imported into Japan from Brasil. With increasing the population of Japanese Brasilian workers and international travellers, myiasis may be increased more frewuently in our country. These are the fourteenth and fifteenth cases of myiasis found in Japan.
Key words: cutaneous myiasis; Dermatobia hominis; imported cases; Japan.