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Control of Tungiasis in Absence of a Roadmap: Grassroots and Global Approaches
Tungiasis is a tropical skin disease caused by the sand flea Tunga penetrans. It inflicts misery upon tens of millions of people, mostly children, across Central and South America and sub-Saharan Africa, and yet there is no globally accepted roadmap for its control. Here we review how research in th...
Autores principales: | Elson, Lynne, Wright, Katherine, Swift, Jennifer, Feldmeier, Herman |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082108/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30270889 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed2030033 |
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