Tungiasis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 307-313

  Heukelbach, Jorg ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Jigger flea; Sand flea; Tunga penetrans; Tungiasis

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; METRIFONATE; NIRIDAZOLE; TIABENDAZOLE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLOTHING; EXTRACTION; FLEA; HUMAN; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POVERTY; REVIEW; SAND FLEA; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN PENETRATION; SOUTH AMERICA; TUNGIASIS;

EID: 31544468888     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652005000600001     Document Type: Review

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