Two Severe Cases of Tungiasis in Goat Kids in Uganda

Tungiasis ensues from the penetration and burrowing of female sand fleas (Tunga spp.; Siphonaptera: Tungidae) in the skin of mammals. There are few case reports of severe tungiasis in goats and in these cases the Tunga species were not in most cases clearly identified. Two cases of severe tungiasis...

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Autores principales: Mutebi, Francis, Krücken, Jürgen, Mencke, Norbert, Feldmeier, Hermann, von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg, Waiswa, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4806713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27012871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iew016
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author Mutebi, Francis
Krücken, Jürgen
Mencke, Norbert
Feldmeier, Hermann
von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg
Waiswa, Charles
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description Tungiasis ensues from the penetration and burrowing of female sand fleas (Tunga spp.; Siphonaptera: Tungidae) in the skin of mammals. There are few case reports of severe tungiasis in goats and in these cases the Tunga species were not in most cases clearly identified. Two cases of severe tungiasis caused by Tunga penetrans in goat kids from tungiasis-endemic rural Uganda are reported. These are the first severe cases of tungiasis in goats reported from outside South America.
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spelling pubmed-48067132016-03-25 Two Severe Cases of Tungiasis in Goat Kids in Uganda Mutebi, Francis Krücken, Jürgen Mencke, Norbert Feldmeier, Hermann von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg Waiswa, Charles J Insect Sci Short Communication Tungiasis ensues from the penetration and burrowing of female sand fleas (Tunga spp.; Siphonaptera: Tungidae) in the skin of mammals. There are few case reports of severe tungiasis in goats and in these cases the Tunga species were not in most cases clearly identified. Two cases of severe tungiasis caused by Tunga penetrans in goat kids from tungiasis-endemic rural Uganda are reported. These are the first severe cases of tungiasis in goats reported from outside South America. Oxford University Press 2016-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4806713/ /pubmed/27012871 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iew016 Text en © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Entomological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Mutebi, Francis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4806713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27012871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iew016
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