Preferred Label : Wound myiasis;
ICD-11 definition : Infestation of wounds by the larvae of flies. Both obligatorily parasitic larvae (which
always pass their larval stage in the body of an animal) and facultatively parasitic
larvae (which normally develop in decaying flesh or vegetable matter) may cause wound
myiasis.;
ICD-11 synonym : Traumatic myiasis;
Origin ID : 894204357;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Infestation of wounds by the larvae of flies. Both obligatorily parasitic larvae (which
always pass their larval stage in the body of an animal) and facultatively parasitic
larvae (which normally develop in decaying flesh or vegetable matter) may cause wound
myiasis.
