Abstract
The Ceylon Journal of Medical Science (CJMS) since its re-launch in 2016 is the official journal of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. The focus of the CJMS is to provide a platform to those involved in diverse fields of medical science to publish high quality research. This will facilitate promotion of evidence based medicine and thereby improve health care. This platform is open to doctors, researchers, scientists in medical sciences and medical education and students in both medical and allied health sciences. The CJMS is an open access, peer-reviewed journal.
Highlights
Invasion of living tissue by the larvae of certain species of the Order Diptera which comprises in sects whose adults possess one pair of wings and a pair of halteres is called myiasis
The larvae of certain species of flies belonging to the genera Dermatobia, Callitroga, Chrysomyia and Cordylobia of the above Order have been responsible for caus ing myiasis in the tropics
Cordylobia anthropophaga (Blanchard) which is commonly referred to in Af rica as the "Tumbu fly" or the "Mango fly" or the "Skin maggot fly" is a non-metallic calliphorine with a vast area of distribu tion within the continent from Senegal and Ethiopia up in the North to Natal down in the South (1). With his Sri Lankan parents has been attributed to C. anthropophaga which is not found in Sri Lanka (4)
Summary
A Sri Lankan man who had been to Cameroon in Africa and stayed there for 15 days had contracted myiasis caused by the larva of Cordylobia anthropophaga ('Tumbu fly'). Identification of the larva and its implications are discussed. This the second reported case of such an infection acquired abroad by a Sri Lankan
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