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A qualitative case study of community experiences with Tungiasis in high prevalence villages of Bungoma County, Kenya: “The whole body aches and the jiggers are torturing me!”

INTRODUCTION: Tungiasis is a painful skin infection caused by a flea called Tunga Penetrans/jiggers, which enters the epidermis of humans and animals. If untreated it may result in bacterial infection, sepsis, necrosis, and disability. In Kenya, it is estimated that 4% of the population suffer from...

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Autores principales: Mørkve, Åse Walle, Sitienei, Jackline, Van den Bergh, Graziella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10166527/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37099605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011304