Control of Tungiasis through Intermittent Application of a Plant-Based Repellent: An Intervention Study in a Resource-Poor Community in Brazil

BACKGROUND: Tungiasis, an ectoparasitosis caused by the female sand flea Tunga penetrans, is an important health problem in many impoverished communities in the tropics. Sand flea disease is associated with a broad spectrum of clinical pathology and severe sequels are frequent. Treatment options are...

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Hlavní autoři: Buckendahl, John, Heukelbach, Jörg, Ariza, Liana, Kehr, Judith Dorothea, Seidenschwang, Martin, Feldmeier, Hermann
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: Public Library of Science 2010
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On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2976681/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21085467
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000879
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