Enteral myiasis or intestinal myiasis is acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated
with dipteran fly eggs or larvae. Here, we describe a patient with intestinal myiasis presenting
with acute dysentery caused by the larva of Hermetia illucens. The larva was identified
morphologically, and its species confirmed through molecular analysis using polymerase
chain reaction and sequencing based on mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene
(COI).
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