High prevalence of tungiasis in a poor neighbourhood in Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-258

  Wilcke, Thomas ^a   Heukelbach, Jörg ^b   César Sabóia Moura, Rômulo ^b   Regina Sansigolo Kerr Pontes, Lígia ^c   Feldmeier, Hermann ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Fundacao Mandacaru   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Ectoparasite; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Sand flea; Tunga penetrans; Tungiasis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH MONITORING; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; PARASITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLEA; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; SAND FLEA; TUNGIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLEAS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC DISEASES; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL;

SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TUNGA; TUNGA PENETRANS;

EID: 0036711322     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00133-X     Document Type: Article

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