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Myiasis

Infestation of a living human or other vertebrate by the larvae of flies, which feed on living or necrotic tissue, body fluids, or ingested food. Classified by site (wound, cavitary, intestinal, urinary) and by whether the fly is an obligate parasite or a facultative invader.

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