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Imported New World screw-worm fly myiasis

Sonny Lau, Ian Langstaff and Norbert J Ryan
Med J Aust 2015; 203 (11): . || doi: 10.5694/mja15.00704
Published online: 14 December 2015


  • 1 The Travel Doctor - TMVC, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2 Animal Health Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • 3 Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, VIC



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