Tunga Penetrans: Painful Lesions on the Feet—The First Imported Case from Guinea-Bissau

Tungiasis is an endemic disease in certain poor areas around the world. Imported infestations in travelers are becoming more frequent and can lead to considerable morbidity. We report a case of a 50 year-old-man who returned from a trip to Guinea-Bissau with an infection caused by Tunga penetrans.

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Autores principales: Rosmaninho, A., Vilaça, S., Costa, V., Sarmento, A., Amorim, I., Selores, M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3014856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21209743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/681302
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author Rosmaninho, A.
Vilaça, S.
Costa, V.
Sarmento, A.
Amorim, I.
Selores, M.
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Vilaça, S.
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description Tungiasis is an endemic disease in certain poor areas around the world. Imported infestations in travelers are becoming more frequent and can lead to considerable morbidity. We report a case of a 50 year-old-man who returned from a trip to Guinea-Bissau with an infection caused by Tunga penetrans.
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spelling pubmed-30148562011-01-05 Tunga Penetrans: Painful Lesions on the Feet—The First Imported Case from Guinea-Bissau Rosmaninho, A. Vilaça, S. Costa, V. Sarmento, A. Amorim, I. Selores, M. Case Rep Med Case Report Tungiasis is an endemic disease in certain poor areas around the world. Imported infestations in travelers are becoming more frequent and can lead to considerable morbidity. We report a case of a 50 year-old-man who returned from a trip to Guinea-Bissau with an infection caused by Tunga penetrans. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3014856/ /pubmed/21209743 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/681302 Text en Copyright © 2010 A. Rosmaninho et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Rosmaninho, A.
Vilaça, S.
Costa, V.
Sarmento, A.
Amorim, I.
Selores, M.
Tunga Penetrans: Painful Lesions on the Feet—The First Imported Case from Guinea-Bissau
title Tunga Penetrans: Painful Lesions on the Feet—The First Imported Case from Guinea-Bissau
title_full Tunga Penetrans: Painful Lesions on the Feet—The First Imported Case from Guinea-Bissau
title_fullStr Tunga Penetrans: Painful Lesions on the Feet—The First Imported Case from Guinea-Bissau
title_full_unstemmed Tunga Penetrans: Painful Lesions on the Feet—The First Imported Case from Guinea-Bissau
title_short Tunga Penetrans: Painful Lesions on the Feet—The First Imported Case from Guinea-Bissau
title_sort tunga penetrans: painful lesions on the feet—the first imported case from guinea-bissau
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3014856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21209743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/681302
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