Imported New World screw-worm fly myiasis

• 1 The Travel Doctor - TMVC, Melbourne, VIC
• 2 Animal Health Australia, Canberra, ACT
• 3 Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, VIC

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