Life quality impairment caused by hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans in resource-poor communities in Manaus, Brazil.

• Main Authors: Angela Schuster (Author), Hannah Lesshafft (Author), Sinésio Talhari (Author), Silás Guedes de Oliveira (Author), Ralf Ignatius (Author), Hermann Feldmeier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) is a common but neglected tropical skin disease caused by the migration of animal hookworm larvae in the epidermis. The disease causes intense pruritus and is associated with important morbidity. The extent to which CLM impairs skin disease-...