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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...
Autores principales: | Sentongo, Elizabeth, Wabinga, Henry |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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