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Botfly Infestation

July 2, 2008
Kirsten B. Hawkins, MD, MPH, Tan D. Ngo, MD, Rachel St. John, MD, Anisha Abraham, MD, MPH

Five weeks after returning from a school trip to the Amazon in Peru, a 16-year-old boy presentedwith 2 persistent “bug bites” on the lateral left calf. He had sustained multiple bug bites duringhis trip, all of which had resolved spontaneously except for the 2 on his lower leg.

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