Tungiasis (sand flea disease): A parasitic disease with particular challenges for public health

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-26

  Feldmeier, H ^a   Sentongo, E ^b   Krantz, I ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^c Skaraborgs Institutet   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCONUT OIL; INSECT REPELLENT;

ABSCESS; ABSENTEEISM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FOOT CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF ESTEEM; SKIN PENETRATION; STIGMA; TETANUS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TISSUE NECROSIS; TOE GANGRENE; TUNGA; TUNGIASIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOLBACHIA; WOUND DRESSING; ZOONOSIS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; TUNGA; TUNGIASIS;

EID: 84872618919     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1725-4     Document Type: Review

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