International Journal of Tropical Medicine

Year: 2019
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page No. 1 - 4

Cutaneous Myiasis Caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga: Case Report of an UN Peacekeepers in Central Africa

Authors : Syed Abdul Hasan Md Abdullah, Munshi Shariful Islam and Nazrul Islam

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