KJM Matthews

Human Myiasis in Western Jamaica: Five Years after the Implementation of a Screwworm Eradication Programme

Issue:

Vol 56, Issue 4 (2007)

Pages:

341–5

Synopsis:

Human myiasis is a public health issue in Western Jamaica and should be a Class I notifiable disease to the Ministries of Health and Agriculture because of the National Screw Worm Eradication Programme.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the distribution of cases of human myiasis admitted to the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH), Jamaica, between 1999 and 2003, following the inception of the National Screwworm Eradication Programme (NSEP) in 1998, and the risk factors associated with the condition.

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