Editorial: Cutaneous larva migrans and tungiasis: The challenge to control zoonotic ectoparasitoses associated with poverty

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 907-910

  Heukelbach, Jörg ^a   Mencke, Norbert ^a   Feldmeier, Hermann ^a  

^a NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Control; Cutaneous larva migrans; Ectoparasitosis; Poverty; Tungiasis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE CONTROL; POVERTY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL CARE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOG DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPARASITE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FECES; FLEA; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOOKWORM; HOST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LARVA; LARVA MIGRANS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PEST CONTROL; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; SAND FLEA; SANITATION; SHADE; SHOE; SLEEP; SOIL; TETANUS; TRAVEL; TROPICS; TUNGIASIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WALKING; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATS; CATTLE; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS; POVERTY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ZOONOSES;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0036432802     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00961.x     Document Type: Editorial

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