New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) infestation in a returned traveller from Costa Rica

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2025 May-Jun:65:102843. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2025.102843. Epub 2025 Mar 21.

Authors

Amna Majeed¹, George Ho¹, Antoine Corbeil², Isaac I Bogoch³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Public Health Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
³ Divisions of Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: isaac.bogoch@uhn.ca.

PMID: 40122195
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2025.102843

No abstract available

Keywords: Cochliomyia hominivorax; Costa Rica; New world screwworm; Travel; Ulcer.

Publication types

Letter