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<Articles JournalTitle="Iranian Journal of Parasitology">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Parasitology</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>1735-7020</Issn>
      <Volume>11</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2016</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>21</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Uncommon Human Urinary Tract Myiasis Due to Psychoda Sp. Larvae, Kashan, Iran: A Case Report</title>
    <FirstPage>417</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>721</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sima</FirstName>
        <LastName>RASTI</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Dept. of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Rouhullah</FirstName>
        <LastName>DEHGHANI</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Research Center, Department of Environmental Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hassan</FirstName>
        <LastName>NAEIMI KHALEDI</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Laboratory of Shaheed Beheshti, Hospital, Kashan, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sayed Mahdi</FirstName>
        <LastName>TAKHTFIROOZEH</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Student Research Committee, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Elahe</FirstName>
        <LastName>CHIMEHI</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Dept. of Environmental Health, School of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2016</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>28</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2016</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>28</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Contamination of human and animal body tissues with flies&#x2019; larvae and diptera cause myiasis. A 26 yr old female patient refers to Kashan Shahid Beheshti Hospital, central Iran because of urogenital infection, pain in the right part of stomach, smelly and reddish vaginal discharge and frequent urination. In the first checking, urine sample was taken. In the sample, active and alive larvae were seen. The live samples were taken to the Environmental Health Department Lab of Kashan University of Medical Sciences in clean glass jars. In the morphological survey, Psychoda sp larvae were identified. In Iran, this study is the first report of this species of larva that causes urinary myiasis. This fly larva is not carnivore or bloodsucker and feeds on bacterial agents. Observance of personal hygiene especially during defecation and urination is essential to prevent contamination of this type of myiasis.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/1215</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/download/1215/614</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
