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- Title
Infection with tungiasis through interhost movement of adult female sand fleas, Tunga penetrans.
- Authors
Elson, Lynne; Thielecke, Marlene; Fillinger, Ulrike; Feldmeier, Hermann
- Abstract
Keywords: tungiasis; Tunga penetrans EN tungiasis Tunga penetrans 85 86 2 02/03/22 20220201 NES 220201 Tungiasis is a highly neglected tropical skin disease caused by the parasitic adult female sand flea, I Tunga penetrans i . All authors experienced once or repeatedly becoming infected by a female sand flea while conducting close observations of embedded fleas, sometimes placing one foot of the patient on their knees.
- Subjects
FLEAS; SAND; ADULTS; FEMALES; ITCHING; PARASITIC diseases
- Publication
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 2022, Vol 116, Issue 2, p85
- ISSN
0035-9203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/trstmh/trab117