The patterns of tungiasis in Araruama township, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The patterns of tungiasis in Araruama township, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This paper describes patterns of infestation with Tunga penetrans (L., 1758) within the poor community of Araruama municipality, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, assessed by the number of persons and domestic animals parasitized. The overall prevalence of infestation was 49.2% (211 parasitized hosts...

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Main Authors:	Carvalho Raimundo Wilson de, Almeida Adilson Benedito de, Barbosa-Silva Silvia Cristina, Amorim Marinete, Ribeiro Paulo César, Serra-Freire Nicolau Maués
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-01-01
Series:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:	Siphonaptera tungiasis Tunga penetrans prevalence host preferences epidemiology Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000100005

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