I would like to correct some of the impressions left by the report of a case of myiasis in the July 1979 issue of Pediatrics.1 In the first place, the authors' statement that there have been no recent reports is not altogether true, as a few minutes in the library soon turned some up,2,3 with a very clear account by Jeliffe,4 for example, and, indeed, in all the standard works on tropical medicine.5-8 Myiasis is, after all, common and widespread in the tropics and subtropics, and is well known to the natives and settlers in these areas, where it has a variety of local names such as Tumbu fly or Putsi fly in Africa, Warble fly, blow fly, flesh fly, bot fly, and screw worm in America.
Myiasis from the Tumbu Fly: Two Cases Recorded in Britain
