Risk factors for tungiasis in Nigeria: identification of targets for effective intervention.

Risk factors for tungiasis in Nigeria: identification of targets for effective intervention.

BACKGROUND: The parasitic skin disease tungiasis (caused by the flea Tunga penetrans) affects resource-poor communities in Latin America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. Prevalences in endemic areas are high, and severe pathology occurs commonly. However, risk factors for infestation have neve...

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Main Authors: Uade Samuel Ugbomoiko, Liana Ariza, Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ofoezie, Jörg Heukelbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2154384?pdf=render

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