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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0375-0760</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Med Trop]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0375-0760</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0375-07602021000200021</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Miasis foruncular causada por Dermatobia hominis en Ecuador]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Furuncular myasis caused by Dermatobia hominis in Ecuador]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Calvopiña]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cordova-Suarez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Arianne]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López Pazmiño]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Camila]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de las Américas (UDLA) Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Quito]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>73</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0375-07602021000200021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0375-07602021000200021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0375-07602021000200021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Las miasis humanas son ectoparasitosis causadas por larvas de varias especies de moscas que producen distintas formas clínicas, afectan piel, cavidades y heridas. Estas prevalecen en regiones tropicales. Se presenta un caso de miasis foruncular en un hombre de 32 años, turista, infestado en una zona tropical húmeda de la región costera del Pacífico del Ecuador. Acude a consulta con un cuadro clínico de 30 días de evolución, y refiere picadura de insecto que creció hasta formar elevación indurada prurítica, no dolorosa, en piel de flanco izquierdo del abdomen. Al examen físico se observó una lesión foruncular de 3 x 2 cm rodeada de placa eritematosa con el centro abierto observándose un agujero central que descargaba un líquido sero-sanguinolento con movimientos. Por extracción manual se obtuvo una sola larva que por sus características externas se identificó como Dermatobia hominis. El resto del examen físico y exámenes de laboratorio fueron normales. Las actividades turísticas o de trabajo a estas zonas tropicales expone a las personas al riesgo de contraer miasis, por ende, es necesario información y medidas de prevención.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Human myases are ectoparasitic infections caused by larvae of several fly species. They present various clinical manifestations, affecting the skin, cavities and wounds. Myases prevail in tropical regions. A case is presented of furuncular myasis in a male 32-year-old tourist infected in a humid tropical area from the Pacific coastal region of Ecuador. The patient presented with a clinical status of 30 days' evolution, reporting an insect bite that grew to form a painless indurated pruritic nodule on the skin of his left flank of the abdomen. Physical examination found a 3 x 2 cm furuncular lesion surrounded by erythematous plaque and an open center which discharged a serosanguineous fluid with movement. A single larva was obtained by manual extraction, which was identified as Dermatobia hominis based on its external characteristics. The remaining physical examination and laboratory tests were normal. Tourist and work activities in these tropical areas expose people to the risk of contracting myasis. Information and prevention measures are therefore necessary.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[miasis foruncular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[caso clínico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ecuador, tropical]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[foruncular myiasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[clinical case]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[tropical]]></kwd>
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