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      • © National Geographic

        World's Weirdest: Larva Removed From a Girl's Scalp

        Meet a pest that can really get under your skin ... or in your head. The parasitic botfly lays its eggs in "vector hosts"—including humans. Removing the hungry larva can be awkward, painful, and downright disturbing.

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        Hisham Ahmed
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        i am  pediatric surgeon working in KSA i did face a case like that before in a baby boy 5 months old the larvae were scattered allover the body and i did remove them all.

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