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3 live human botflies removed from American woman’s eye in successful surgery at Delhi hospital

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An American woman, who had recently visited the Amazon forests, was diagnosed with a rare case of myiasis, a type of tissue infection, in her eye and underwent a "successful surgery at a private facility here, hospital authorities claimed on Monday. During the operation, "three live human botflies almost 2 cm in size" were removed from the 32-year-old woman, they said.