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Ms. Patterson also suggests that this fly research may lead to broader discoveries regarding human skin diseases. Further examination of the roles of serine proteases in wound healing may inform ...

Mexico has reported the first-ever human case of myiasis caused ... parasitic infection that occurs when fly larvae, also known as maggots, infest open wounds and feed on living tissue.

According to medical advice on the bot fly, up to 50 eggs could be living in each wound. The fly deposits its eggs on to a carrier insect like a mosquito and the larvae penetrate the human host's ...