National prevalence and risk factors for tungiasis in Kenya

BACKGROUND: Tungiasis is a highly neglected tropical skin disease caused by the sand flea, Tunga penetrans, the female of which burrows into the skin, causing pain and itching. The disease occurs throughout South America and sub-Saharan Africa but there are few systematic data on national disease bu...

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Autores principales: Elson, Lynne, Kamau, Christopher, Koech, Sammy, Muthama, Christopher, Gachomba, George, Sinoti, Erastus, Chondo, Elwyn, Mburu, Eliud, Wakio, Miriam, Lore, Jimmy, Maia, Marta, Adetifa, Ifedayo, Orindi, Benedict, Bejon, Phillip, Fillinger, Ulrike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10506256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37723532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-023-01131-x

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