Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health 2251-6085 48 6 2019 06 03 1165 1168 Ehsan AHMADPOUR Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Mohammad Reza YOUSSEFI Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran Mohammad NAZARI Tuberculosis Laboratory, Deputy of Public Health of Mazandaran Province, Sari, Iran Seyed Abdollah HOSSEINI Student Research Committee, Toxoplasmosis Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Arash RAKHSHANPOUR Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Taghi RAHIMI School of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran 2019 06 03 Myiasis is a parasitic infestation of human and animal tissues caused by larva of several fly species. Nosocomial myiasis is a type of myiasis that patient acquires infestation after admission to hospital and prevention of this infestation should be one of hospital authorities concerns. Therefore, we report a case of nosocomial oral myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata in a woman aged 78-yr-old hospitalized in a Heart Center in north of Iran Aug 2015. The significance of fly extermination in hospital was highlighted and emphasized. Besides, the etiology and different aspects of infestation were discussed elaborately.     https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/17366 https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/17366/6425