Treatment of tungiasis with a two-component dimeticone: a comparison between moistening the whole foot and directly targeting the embedded sand fleas

BACKGROUND: Tungiasis (sand flea disease) is caused by the penetration of female sand fleas (Tunga penetrans, Siphonaptera) into the skin. It belongs to the neglected tropical diseases and is prevalent in South America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. Tungiasis predominantly affects marginaliz...

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Autores principales: Nordin, Per, Thielecke, Marlene, Ngomi, Nicholas, Mudanga, George Mukone, Krantz, Ingela, Feldmeier, Hermann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28293130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-017-0046-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28293130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-017-0046-9

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