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

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 prevalent in South America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. Tungiasis predominantly affects marginaliz...

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Publicado en:Trop Med Health
Main Authors: Nordin, Per, Thielecke, Marlene, Ngomi, Nicholas, Mudanga, George Mukone, Krantz, Ingela, Feldmeier, Hermann
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345134/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28293130
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-017-0046-9
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