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Tungiasis presenting as a soft tissue oral lesion

BACKGROUND: The sand flea Tunga penetrans usually infects the feet and affects primary school-age children and elderly persons in rural Uganda. Tungiasis occurs nationwide but disease outbreaks have been reported in the Busoga sub-Region of eastern Uganda, associated with poor sanitation and proximi...

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Autores principales: Sentongo, Elizabeth, Wabinga, Henry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4236635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25186303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6831-14-112