Person Infected with Maggots of Banded Blowfly Chrysomya albiceps and Latrine Fly Chrysomya megacephala

According to Hope [1] myiasis is a disease of human beings originated specially with dipterous larvae. Zumpt [2] defined myiasis as “the infestation of live vertebrate animals with dipterous larvae, which at least for a certain period, feed on host’s dead or living tissues, liquid body substances or ingested food”. These invasions may be benign in effect or may result in mild to violent disturbances, even death. Flies belonging to family Calliphoridae mostly cause traumatic and wound myiasis Roy [3]. The present paper reports a case of cutaneous wound myiasis of a person caused by maggots of family Calliphoridae.