• Correlation between number of human cases of myiasis caused by the reindeer warble fly (Hypoderma tarandi) and weather conditions during summer in northern Scandinavia 

      Åsbakk, Kjetil; Landehag, Jörgen; Skogen, Andreas; Nilssen, Arne C. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-19)
      The reindeer warble fly (<i>Hypoderma tarandi</i>) causes myiasis in reindeer and caribou (<i>Rangifer tarandus and subspecies</i>) and aberrant hosts such as humans. Of 22 human cases reported 1982–2016, 16 were children and 18 were residents in or visited northern parts of Norway or Sweden. Of a series of 39 new human cases in Norway 2011–2016 (reported 2017), 32 were children, 32 were resident ...
    • Human myiasis caused by the reindeer warble fly, Hypoderma tarandi, case series from Norway, 2011 to 2016 

      Landehag, Jörgen; Skogen, Andreas; Åsbakk, Kjetil; Kan, Boris (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-07)
      Hypoderma tarandi causes myiasis in reindeer and caribou ( Rangifer tarandus spp.) in most northern hemisphere regions where these animals live. We report a series of 39 human myiasis cases caused by H. tarandi in Norway from 2011 to 2016. Thirty-two were residents of Finnmark, the northernmost county of Norway, one a visitor to Finnmark, and six lived in other counties of Norway where reindeer live. ...