myiasis
parasitic ectoparasitic infectious disease that is caused by parasitic dipterous fly larvae (maggots) feeding on the host's necrotic or living tissue
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myiasis
Summary
myiasis is an infectious disease[1]. myiasis has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- myiasis's instance of is recorded as infectious disease[3].
- myiasis's instance of is recorded as disease caused by Diptera[4].
- myiasis's instance of is recorded as class of disease[5].
- myiasis is a type of ectoparasitism[6].
- myiasis is a type of rare skin disease[7].
- myiasis is a type of disease[8].
- myiasis's Commons category is recorded as Myiasis[9].
- myiasis's has cause is recorded as maggot[10].
- myiasis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Myiasis[11].
- myiasis's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
- myiasis's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
- myiasis's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 134.0[14].
- myiasis's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C128400[15].
- myiasis's health specialty is recorded as infectious diseases[16].
- myiasis's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11080[17].
- myiasis's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:11080[18].
- myiasis's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[19].
Why It Matters
myiasis has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] myiasis is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]