Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases 2322-1984 4 1 2010 06 15 77 80 EN M Salimi Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Science, Iran H Edalat Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran A Jourabchi Infectious disease Specialist, Tehran, Iran MA Oshaghi Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran 2015 10 03 We report a case of human nasal myiasis caused by flower fly larva in a 14-year-old rural girl in Central Province of Iran. Entomological studies on larva showed the larva as Eristalis tenax which is a rarely cause of nasal myiasis. This is the first reported case of E. tenax larva causing human nasal myiasis in Iran. https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/view/66 https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/download/66/64