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Furuncular myiasis of the breast caused by the larvae of the Tumbu fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga)

Charles Adeyinka Adisa email and Augustus Mbanaso email

Department of Surgery, Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Aba, Abia State, Nigeria

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BMC Surgery 2004, 4:5doi:10.1186/1471-2482-4-5

Published: 29 February 2004

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