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

Per Nordin,Marlene Thielecke,Nicholas Ngomi,George Mukone Mudanga,Ingela Krantz,Hermann Feldmeier

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

2017

Per Nordin
Marlene Thielecke
Nicholas Ngomi
George Mukone Mudanga
Ingela Krantz
Hermann Feldmeier

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 preva ...

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Veterinary medicine
Dimeticone
Tungiasis
Tropical medicine
Flea
Neglected tropical diseases
Tunga penetrans
Medicine
effective treatment
marginalized populations

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