Tungiasis: A neglected disease causing severe morbidity in a shantytown in Fortaleza, State of Ceará;Tungíase: Doença negligenciada causando patologia grave em uma favela de Fortaleza, Ceará

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-67

  Ariza, Liana ^a   Seidenschwang, Martin ^b   Buckendahl, John ^b   Gomide, Marcia ^a   Feldmeier, Hermann ^b   Heukelbach, Jörg ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ectoparasite infestation; Morbidity; Tunga penetrans; Tungiasis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLEA; HUMAN; INFESTATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL INFECTION; PAIN; SKIN FISSURE; SKIN INFECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUNGIASIS;

SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TUNGA PENETRANS;

EID: 34248587445     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822007000100013     Document Type: Article

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