Investigations on the biology, epidemiology, pathology and control of Tunga penetrans in Brazil: I. Natural history of tungiasis in man

Parasitology Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-99

  Eisele, Margit ^a   Heukelbach, Jörg ^b   Van Marck, Eric ^c   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^d   Meckes, Oliver ^e   Franck, Sabine ^a   Feldmeier, Hermann ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Fundacao Mandacaru   (Brazil)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Eye of Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; INVOLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND FLEA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; TUNGIASIS;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TUNGA PENETRANS;

EID: 0037534212     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0817-y     Document Type: Article

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