Successful Treatment of Severe Tungiasis in Pigs Using a Topical Aerosol Containing Chlorfenvinphos, Dichlorphos and Gentian Violet

BACKGROUND: In endemic communities, zoonotic tungiasis, a severe skin disease caused by penetrating female sand fleas, is a public health hazard causing significant human and animal morbidity. No validated drugs are currently available for treatment of animal tungiasis. Due to the reservoir in domes...

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Published in:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Main Authors: Mutebi, Francis, von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg, Feldmeier, Hermann, Waiswa, Charles, Bukeka Muhindo, Jeanne, Krücken, Jürgen
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5058476/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27727268
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005056
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