Bibliographic record
Abstract
Ophthalmomyiasis is a zoonotic disease most often caused by the larvae of oestrus ovis (sheep fly). Thefemale O. ovis retains her eggs within her body until they hatch, and then typically deposits her larvae into thenostrils of sheep and goats. Larvae of Oestrus ovis are obligate parasites of the nasal and sinus cavities of sheep andgoats, so this parasite is widespread in countries where the climate is hot and dry and sheep and goats are numerous.Therefore, it usually occurs in shepherds and farmers in rural areas, but it has also been observed in urban areas andin close contact with animals. In addition to oestrus ovis, there are other species that can cause this disease - thehuman bot fly (Dermatobia Hominis), midge (Fannia), house fly (Musca domestica) and cattle (Hypoderma).Ophthalmomyiasis is classified as external if the larvae are present on the lids or conjunctiva, and internal whenthere is intraocular penetration of the larvae, which affects the retina and if left untreated can lead to blindness.Intraocular penetration of larvae, or ophthalmomyiasis interna, is less common worldwide than ophthalmomyiasisexterna. It is known to occur at various anatomical sites including skin, eye, nose, paranasal sinuses, throat,intestine, and urogenital tract Conjunctival myiasis is the most common form of ophthalmomyiasis, and it is arelatively mild, self-limited, and benign disease.An ocular involvement occurs in about < 5% of all the cases ofhuman myiasis.Risk factors include eye infections, eye sores, advanced age, frailty, poor general health. Symptoms are described asforeign body sensation with lacrimation, conjunctival hyperemia and pruritus followed by eye pain. These initialsigns and symptoms of ophthalmomyiasis externa may mimic conjunctivitis. All movements of the larva are clearlyvisible from the side, which greatly facilitates its detection and diagnosis. Ophthalmomyiasis can be treatedefficiently ,if identified in time The treatment is based on the manual extraction of all larvae under local anesthesia,followed by washing or rinsing the eyes and local treatment. Prevention has always been better than cure. Goodpersonal hygiene can avert significant complications caused by ophthalmomyiasis Cases of ophthalmomiasis havebeen reported in countries around the world including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Libya, Tunisia, Russia,India, USA, Canada, Croatia Slovenia. In the Republic of North Macedonia in 2022, 4 cases of ophthalmomiasiswere diagnosed and treated at the Shtip Clinical Hospital. It is characteristic that all the patients are men who areengaged in animal husbandry and agriculture and they are from a rural environment. Myiasis should be consideredas an occupational disease in farmers and shepherds.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.030 | 0.006 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".