In this photo, a woman poses with a projection of live maggots on a screen, in Paul Insect's 'Maggot Planet' installation, at the 'Hell's Half Acre' exhibition at the Old Vic Tunnels in south London, ...

A 59-year-old woman from Chiang Mai, Thailand, endured a week of nasal congestion and facial pain before a nosebleed unveiled a horrifying truth: her nostrils were infested with hundreds of maggots.

The Gauteng health department has dismissed claims of an outbreak of myiasis, a disease linked to maggots in Pretoria North clinics. The department said an investigation into the claims found no ...

Mexico has reported the first-ever human case of myiasis caused by a screwworm. According to Mexico's Health Ministry, the case was detected in a 77-year-old woman from the municipality of Acacoyagua ...

A team of shocked medics removed 150 maggots from a woman's mouth that had appeared after a dental procedure left her with rotting tissue. The 40-year-old patient, whose name was not revealed, went to ...

The term myiasis indicates the invasion of tissues or organs of man or animals by dipterous larvae. Several species of Diptera can act as ectoparasites, feeding on live or necrotic tissues.

For those of you that are weak stomached, look away now. A revolting video has emerged showing an operation in Brazil that saw a dentist remove 15 maggots from the inside of a ten-year-old’s mouth.