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Animal Reservoirs of Zoonotic Tungiasis in Endemic Rural Villages of Uganda

BACKGROUND: Animal tungiasis is believed to increase the prevalence and parasite burden in humans. Animal reservoirs of Tunga penetrans differ among endemic areas and their role in the epidemiology of tungiasis had never been investigated in Uganda. METHODS AND FINDINGS: To identify the major animal...

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Autores principales:	Mutebi, Francis, Krücken, Jürgen, Feldmeier, Hermann, Waiswa, Charles, Mencke, Norbert, Sentongo, Elizabeth, von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608570/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26473360 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004126

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